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Gizmo6 said: "mailhandler777 said: "Gizmo6 said: "MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "$1000 for a hotel for three or four days???? I know New York is pricey, but even with the most basic search, you can find better rates than that. If you'd like to stay in the theatre district I would recommend Row NYC. It was recently renovated, rooms are small but nice, and they have very affordable rates. But there are PLENTY of hotels out there that will come in under $1000."

I've looked at the Row Nyc but discounted it because of the service charge/resort fee thing. We don't get that over here and I don't know why but I prefer it inclusive it seems petty to divide the charges. It's probablyI'm just not used to it.

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Resort fee??? It'sjust a regular hotel like the Hilton or any name hotels."

Yep the Row NYC charges $34.42 per night resort fee so on top of $650 room x 14.75% tax then $3.50 per night tax plus resort fee of $34.42 equals $843.57

Theystates resort fee/facility feeis for calls WiFi and water,

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Interesting. I've never stayed there. I stay in Long Island City in Queens or one of the Pod Hotels in Manhattan. I refuse to pay over $100 to stay in NYC...LOL

mailhandler777 said: "Gizmo6 said: "mailhandler777 said: "Gizmo6 said: "MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "$1000 for a hotel for three or four days???? I know New York is pricey, but even with the most basic search, you can find better rates than that. If you'd like to stay in the theatre district I would recommend Row NYC. It was recently renovated, rooms are small but nice, and they have very affordable rates. But there are PLENTY of hotels out there that will come in under $1000."

I've looked at the Row Nyc but discounted it because of the service charge/resort fee thing. We don't get that over here and I don't know why but I prefer it inclusive it seems petty to divide the charges. It's probablyI'm just not used to it.

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Resort fee??? It'sjust a regular hotel like the Hilton or any name hotels."

Yep the Row NYC charges $34.42 per night resort fee so on top of $650 room x 14.75% tax then $3.50 per night tax plus resort fee of $34.42 equals $843.57

Theystates resort fee/facility feeis for calls WiFi and water,

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Interesting. I've never stayed there. I stay in Long Island City in Queens or one of the Pod Hotels in Manhattan. I refuse to pay over $100 to stay in NYC...LOL"

I was to stay in the Pod Hotel last time but it hadn’t opened, the Times Square one. This year I note they’ve added a $17 resort fee/service charge per night. Which I thought was at odds with their ethos.

I have reserved the Moxy now which is very reasonable but Tripadvisor isn’t kind.

Resort Fees---Marriott Marquis and Renaissance Hotel both charge a "resort" fee per day. You get credit toward room service and I think some type of bus tour ticket. And yes, the room service can of pepsi is $6.00 plus a $4.00 delivery fee. :)

Moxy--Stayed there and it was an experience. Very noisy from the hallways. The rooms are TINY, yes, tiny for NYC standards. There are no closets, drawers, tables, etc. You get a bed, and hooks on the wall. The chair is fold up and hangs on a hook on the wall. But it is very modern and 'cool". The rate is usually at least $100 less than other hotels in the area and the location is great.

I go frequently to NYC and usually budget about $250 per night (room, tax, etc) I travel for work, so I have status with Marriott so I avoid the Hot Wire, Expedia sites. I have found that if you go to any of those sites and look for specific dates, you can usually find that same rate or very close if you go directly to the hotels website.

mailhandler777 said: "Destroying communities???

No place quotes you one base price no matter where you look. Every hotel has taxes and charges in addition to the price they tell you on the website. It's really not that confusing."

It is absolutely. Look at Barcelona, locals run tourists get out campaigns.

Dublin is going the similar route, with a homeless crisis.

UK and Ireland all hotels just state one price. Some European countries have a couple of euro taxes separate charge which I don't mind as it's a tax. I don't like a hotel stating a price plus a compulsory add-on charge. I'm entitled not to like it and take my custom elsewhere.

I agree with Ghostlight it's unnecessary and ultimately it's just an irritant for the consumer.

Bettyboy72 said: "Im not a fan of AIRBNB anymore. What started as lovely has grown into quite a monster. It works in small towns and cities where you are often staying with a local. In NYC however, people from overseas are buying up condos and apartments and creating unfavorable conditions for the people who live in the building. I once booked a condo in Toronto and the AIRBNB host gave me all these clandestine rules to get by the front doorman. Never again.

The resort fees are killing the deals at what used to be cheaper hotels. Tack an extra 30-40 onto a decent rate and its no longer decent. Three days at the cheapest hotel is just under a grand. I love paying extra for use of a crappy gym."

I thought NYC had banned Air BnB?

Air BnB has moved so far from its original intention of a spare room in the owner's house.

Now across the UK, it's used for pop up brothels.

My friends in Ireland, Dublin say South American English language students rent properties from landlords then list them on Air BnB robbing tenancies from people and robbing the landlord.

Most Air BnB hosts in my area don't own the properties, this seems widespread. Also, the as you say the clandestine way you need to get past residents or doormen should give people pause for thought. I have never and would never stay in one.



My best friend lived beside one, the apartments had no washing machine and he was convinced they never changed the sheets.

New York does use Air BNB but I researched like crazy before booking a host and I had an excellent experience. I booked a penthouse suite in a townhouse. The first floor is where the original owners lived, the second floor was rented out as well, and the top floor (penthouse suite) was all to myself. No crazy rules or anything. Housekeeping would come and give me new linens and toilet paper every now and then. I had a kitchen, laundry room, living room, bedroom, tea kettle, bathroom, etc. all to myself. Interaction with hosts was quite lovely.

There have been horror stories before, though. I stayed at an Air BNB in New York City before, also with a live-in host (I've never stayed in an Air BNB where I was alone in the property) and when I got there, the host just started yelling at me about all these bizarre house rules that weren't even mentioned. Like, as I was walking to the front door, I threw a gum wrapper into the trash by the door but missed and it fell on the floor without me noticing, she absolutely yelled at me like it was the end of the world instead of calmly saying: "Oh, you dropped your wrapper" and I had to endure that hell for about a week. She'd come into my room and scrutinize things like the amount of hair I had on my hairbrush, my toothpaste cap not being on, me having a cup of tea on my night stand from the night before (I was going to go wash it in the morning - her kitchen was right by her room and I couldn't just do it late at night...) and it was a bad experience.

However, I had some Air BNB hosts in New York City treat me so well and they were so unbelievably kind to me. It just depends on the situation.

Updated On: 11/9/18 at 02:57 PM