Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at Rock-Bottom Rates [Paperback]

Lisa Mullenneaux (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 2002

This pocket-sized travel guide lists 141 properties in New York City's five boroughs that cost less than $150 a night (the average is closer to $99). Hotels, B&Bs, hostels, and extended-stay residences are reviewed and rated according to value, cleanliness, security, and guest services. Accommodations are organized by neighborhoods with lots of street maps and photographs of individual hotels. Special chapters list agencies that rent apartments and websites that allow you to book a room. Readers are advised on how to negotiate the best room at the best price and how to get freebies like refrigerators and microwave ovens. An index to hotels by category (full-services, limited-services, Euro-style, boutique) helps readers quickly identify their preferred lodging choice.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Filled with facts, figures, and photos, this guide belongs in the library of everyone who plans to visit New York." -- Thrifty Traveling.com, January 2002

"I didn't think it was possible to stay in my city at a safe price. Lisa Mullenneaux proves me wrong." -- Paul Glassman, travel guidebook author

"I recommend this travel guide to anyone who wants a great deal in a great city." Jens Jurgen, publisher -- Travel Companions newsletter, January 2002

From the Publisher

New York City's tourist boom and bustling business arena have pushed hotel prices and occupancy rates into the stratosphere. Last year, visitors paid an average of $240 a night to stay in "the city that never sleeps." Now Manhattan resident Lisa Mullenneaux shows travelers how easy it is to find cheap sleeps in America's costliest city.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Penington Press (NY) (January 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970429622
• ISBN-13: 978-0970429629
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,893,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential reference to finding reasonable lodgings, June 6, 2002

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This review is from: Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at Rock-Bottom Rates (Paperback)

Travel writer Lisa Mullenneaux's Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at Rock-Bottom Rates is the definitive guide to staying in one of America's greatest cities while on a budget. Filled with handy street maps, it covers a wide variety of affordable places to stay from the American Dream Hostel to the New York Inn to various YMCA. Each affordable hotel has a ratings guide, contact information, and a short, direct description. Sleep Cheap In New York is a core, essential reference to finding reasonable lodgings. If you are planning a budget-restricted trip to the Big Apple, begin your travel planning with a careful, money-saving perusal of Lisa Mullenneaux's Sleep Cheap In New York!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good...however...., December 22, 2006

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Adrian Howell "Travelling Man" (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at Rock-Bottom Rates (Paperback)

This book is a valuable guide to finding rooms in NYC that are cheap and affordable. It is well laid out, and provides all the information you need to know in order to make a wise choice. I've stayed in several hotels mentioned by the book, and have not been disappointed.

However, the only problem I have with this book is that it is getting dated. The book was published in 2002, which means the info probably was gathered one or two years before that. I recently had the necessity to consult this book in October 2006, and some of the hotels are not as cheap as they were, and some were just plain expensive!! ( and I've been to NYC 9 times in the last 5 years, so I know the avg hotel rates).

So in a nutshell...this book is an excellent starting point, and will probably help you out in finding inexpensive accomodations, bearing in mind that the info on prices are at LEAST 5 years old or more ( as of Jan 1, 2007). If there is a later edition out there, consult that, and if not..there is definite NEED for one!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sleep cheap in new york, March 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at Rock-Bottom Rates (Paperback)

A great resource for anyone who is planning to visit NYC - or any New Yorker who wants to know more about the affordable hotels in his or her city. Very informative and cleverly written.