With even modest hotels charging from $200 to $300 a room all over the world (and sometimes more), the smart traveler is frequently turning to the rental of lower-cost vacation homes or apartments.
We have learned that it is rather easy to find, say, a perfectly acceptable $139-a-night apartment in Manhattan to substitute for a Manhattan [...]

For the young budget traveler, there are approximately 2500 hostel beds on Manhattan’s Upper West Side*, but now 350 of those beds offer a hip experience to go along with a utilitarian place to sleep. Hank Freid’s Broadway Hotel & Hostel (www.Broadwayhotelnyc.com), located at the corner of Broadway and 101st Street, have undergone renovations and [...]

Police were hoping that images caught on security cameras would lead them to a brazen bandit who followed a family of three tourists to their downtown Manhattan hotel and robbed them of jewelry and other possessions worth thousands of dollars.
Detective Madelyne Galindo said Sunday that no new information had turned up in the incident that [...]

Hersha Hospitality Trust , a real estate investment trust (REIT), which owns interests in 68 high quality, mostly upscale hotels in high barrier to entry markets, today announced that the Company has entered into separate agreements to purchase interests in two hotels in New York City. Additionally, the Company has completed the acquisition of a [...]

From the moment you step into the Pines Restaurant you are transformed into another world. It actually feels like you are at a posh Manhattan restaurant. Once you enter the door you are greeted by a well-dressed maître d’ and whisked to your seat, where you are greeted with a three course gourmet meal. With [...]

NOT everyone can afford a posh second home in New York City, but an increasing number of people may soon be able to own at least part of one, thanks to the emergence of time-share properties in urban areas.
Once found exclusively in resort areas, time shares are now steadily expanding into big cities.
“The trend to [...]

Kelly and Deidre Britt were thrilled to find an Internet listing for a three-star Manhattan hotel “suite” at a bargain $250-a-night for their family’s trip to the Big Apple — until they opened the door to the room.
The two rooms were filthy and musty, with paint peeling off the walls. The towels in the bathroom [...]