Hotels

• Charlie Suisman’s list of the best hotels under $200 and “The Best”

• The Pod Hotel, 230 East 51st Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. 212-355-0300

• New York magazine’s “Best Hotels Under $150“

• Chelsea Inn, 46 West 17th Street, 212-645-8989, toll-free: 1-800-640-6469

• Club Quarters Downtown, 52 William Street, 212-269-6400

• Herald Square Hotel, 19 West 31st Street, 212-279-4017, toll-free reservations: 1-800-727-1888

• Hotel Beacon, 2130 Broadway, at 75th Street, 212-787-1100, toll-free reservations: 1-800-572-4969. A friend from Denver with 2 children did a lot of research and stayed here, saying this is her top pick for a NYC hotel.

• Madison Hotel, 21 East 27th Street, 212-532-7373

B&Bs, Sublets and Extended Stay

• Manhattan sublets on craiglist

• 409 Suites

• Manhattan Bed and Breakfasts

Hostels (that’s hostels, with two “s”‘s as in “students”)

• American Dream Hostel – dorm style rooms – 168 East 24th Street, 212-260-9779

• Bowery’s Whitehouse Hotel – kind-of private “rooms” – 340 Bowery