Help with NYC hotels

We are coming to NYC for the first time for my sister%26#39;s 50th birthday. We have 3 middle-aged sisters , two teen daughters, and my 75 year old mother. I have booked tickets for the Rocketts Christmas Show and for Hairspray. We only have 2 nights. Plan to do some shopping and looking for must see things. We can%26#39;t go too crazy because I don%26#39;t want to wipe out my Mom. Any suggestions? I have also booked two hotels and can%26#39;t decide which would work best for us. Hoping you can help. I have a one bedroon suite at the Hilton New York for all 6 of us. It has 2 double beds and a pull out sofa. I have also booked 2 rooms at the Courtyard Marriott in Times Square. Which would have a better location? What do you recommend for reasonable places to eat at those locations? Any help for a first timer would be appreciated. Thanks

Help with NYC hotels

With a party of 6, I would go with the Courtyard rather than the Hilton for the simple reason that 4 real beds, 2 baths trumps 2 beds + 1 pullout couch, 1 bathroom :-)

Here%26#39;s the most recent thread re: restaurants in the Times Square area, but if you%26#39;d like additional suggestions, simply type Times Square restaurants into the Forum search box which appears above your post to retrieve more:

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Shopping with teens? Voila

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But again, the Forum search feature can be your new best friend; it%26#39;s a quick and easy way to gain lots of useful info.

If you can afford it, either the Party Shuttle or Marvelous Manhattan tours would be an especially nice way for your mother to see the sights with a minimum of fatigue. Because it%26#39;s not a hop-off/hop-on service and they use mini-buses, it%26#39;s a more ';intimate'; expericen; plus, their tour guides are quite good.

Help with NYC hotels

I agree with CockleCove. Real beds are better than a sofa bed; 2 bathrooms are better than 1. If you look at the reviews of the Hilton, there is a review with photos from someone who stayed in a 1 bedroom suite, and it doesn%26#39;t look all that spacious. I like the location of the Hilton, but the Courtyard%26#39;s location is also good and it gets better reviews.

I%26#39;m not sure about restaurants in the immediate area of the Courtyard, but a number of good places are just a few blocks north in the theater district (Ollie%26#39;s for chinese, Carmine%26#39;s for Italian, Junior%26#39;s, Virgil%26#39;s BBQ, etc.).