Good Hotel Location...........

We want to come to NYC next spring. There will be 5 of us (2 adults and 3 children) We will stay for probably 2-3 days. We are driving.

Where is a good location to stay for a nice hotel (not luxury, not budget, I guess moderate)?

Suggestions please!

Good Hotel Location...........

The most convenient place for any visitor to stay is Manhattan. The problem with Manhattan for you, though, is that there is on ly one hotel in the entire borough that has free parking. Everyplace else you will find yourself paying through the nose to park a car that you will have no use for the whole time y ou are here.

Your car will be less of an issue if you stay in Queens or in New Jersey, but then the problem becomes that you must ';commute'; into Manhattan every day in order to sightsee.

Good Hotel Location...........

What%26#39;s the name of the hotel that has the free parking?

I work in DC and the average price for parking in hotels or garages is anywhere from $15.00-$25.00 all day for garages and $30.00 or more at most hotels daily parking.

What about those garages where you can park your car and basically leave it. I wouldn%26#39;t mind paying like $50.00-$75.00 for the 2-3 days. Is that possible?

Thanks for responses.

Here%26#39;s a really useful web site re: parking garages; you can search by location (once you know where you%26#39;ll be staying), get prices, and make a reservation (bring your confirmation with you).

You%26#39;re wise to start looking now for next spring because accommodations for parties of 5 are not abundant in Manhattan. A couple of sweet suite possibilities:

the Embassy Suites in lower Manhattan (they often have a stay-and-park package which gives you somewhat of a discount of their usual parking charge); the Affinia chain%26#39;s properties (I myself would pick the Affinia50); the San Carlos; and a local TA favorite, Radio City Apartments (decor is rather dated, a bit more bare bones than the others I%26#39;ve mentioned but fabulous location by Rockefeller Center, clean accommodations %26amp; an excellent value). The Doubletree Suites is also a popular choice for families who wish to be in Times Square... altho%26#39; it%26#39;s a locale you won%26#39;t see many of us locals recommending ;-)

Since all the favorite sighseeing attractions are not clustered together anyway and we%26#39;re so well served by an excellent (and quite safe) public transportation system, location need not be as much of a a driving concern as with some other cities.

Happy hotel hunting!

Oops, here%26#39;s the URL for IconParking:

http://www.iconparking.com

The hotel that has free parking is the Travel Inn. It%26#39;s a 2 diamond property and gets good reviews here on TA.