pacificnorthwest said: "I also do Hilton Honors. In fact, used points for both nights this trip.I've stayed at a bunch of their properties in and near the theater district, but I long ago discovered the Hilton Times Square via Priceline. It remains one of my favorite hotels. I always get a south-facing room, from which you can see most everything from the Empire State Building to the Freedom Tower. Have you stayed there? That's great that you get to travel for work so much. I used to travel more, usually for conferences, and I always took careto avoid the travel agency my employer wanted us to use. Those tickets and reservations were billed to my employer. I usually succeeded at working around the agency so I coulduse my own hotel and airline credit cards to get the points and miles. I also have an Amtrak credit card and many points -- though they're worth far less than they used to be as Amtrak constantly increasesthe amount you have to use for a ticket. Oh for the eraof easy,entirely flexible,Amtrak travel on "unreserved" trains. Those days, sadly, are long gone. :)”
i have not stayed at that specific Hilton property before. I did stay at the Doubletree right in Times Square for one night one time (so expensive), but swore I’d never do it again because while it was fun, I couldn’t rationalize the expense and I’ve tired of Times Square. I’ve stayed at other non-Hilton properties near there before, too. I’ll admit though that while I enjoy many parts of the city, it is nice to be so close to Broadway. This time I stayed at the new Millenium Hilton near the UN (not be confused with the Millenium Hilton Downtown). Very nice hotel with great views of either the East River (which I got) or Chrysler and Empire State Buildings. I got a great point redemption rate as it has recently been converted into a Hilton property and for a short period they were trying to draw customers, I suppose. But the downside was that it took longer to get places or return home at the end of the night. As a result, I ended up taking taxis more than I would have liked when running late and didn’t have time to walk to subway, etc. I’ll keep the Hilton Times Square on my radar in the future. I actually changed my hotel reservations five times (all Hilton properties) for this vacation before i settled on this one. Lol. Always looking for the best hotel with the best point redemption value while also not too far out of the way. I’ve stayed all over, even Jersey City (just a long commute at the end of a long night) and Newark (never again! Lol). I like midtown and even downtown. Probably won’t stay near UN again although room was a very nice size and staff were great.
