Hello all, im Tara and wonder if you can help me. I live in Birmingham, England. I want to take my son to New York for two weeks, proberly about february. Can you recommend a cheap but clean appartment/or other to stay in? We will be travelling by continental airways which is in Birmingham or the other option is London. When we went to New York last year we stayed at the hotel Pennsylvania, it was lovely but expensive! We want accomodation close to the hotel where we stayed, or times square, all around that area. Do you know or can recommend a place, much appreciated & Thank You for your time...Tara.

You should check out Portland Square Hotel. Right off Times Square.
[www.portlandsquarehotel.net]

You could also try the Broadway Plaza Hotel. It is located on Broadway and 27th. That is a little south of where you were interested in, but a great area near the Flatiron District and Chelsea. I have had friends stay there and the rooms are very spacious and reasonably priced.

Thank You Caroline i will check this out.

Thanks Courtney never heard of these places, but will look in to it.

also see the home page here on this site, under the A List feature for more recommended hotels. Herald Sq. Hotel may be a good choice for you.

The Newton Hotel is on the Upper West side on Broadway and 95th Street. It gets good reviews, especially for value. It is in a safe residential neighborhood with close by shops and good moderately priced restaurants. It is one block from the subway which can get you to midtown in 10 minutes and most anywhere in Manhattan in 30 minutes.

[www.thehotelnewton.com]

[www.tripadvisor.com]

Thank You 4 your reply. Much appreciated!

Thank You Kelly i will check it out.

I am travelling to NY in September and after having no luck at all with finding an affordbale hotel we are going with a company called www.affordablenewyorkcity.com and staying in an apartment. I know a couple of other companies do this that are mentioned in the rough guide so it might be worth popping into a bookshop to write down the names.