new york apt

looking for apartment for a week in summer 2006

any suggestions

new york apt

I%26#39;m staying at West Eleventh (www.west-eleventh.com) from Sept 26th through to the 3rd October. I will post a report on how I got on when I got back but the apartments look lovely and they%26#39;re in Greenwich which is a pretty area and away from the hustle and bustle of mid-town. The reviews on here are mixed, a lot of bad reviews from people who haven%26#39;t stayed there and just had contact with the owner who was rude. I%26#39;ve found them to be abrupt in their replies but as long as their apartments are nice I%26#39;m not that bothered!

new york apt

im staying at radio city apartments, they have good reviews on here and seem very reasonable!

www.radiocityapartments.com

There are now about 20 hotels with apartment style rooms. There are a number of websites for vacation rentals. I can give you all of them but you%26#39;ll be overwhelmed. Do you have an idea of what area you want? Budget? Type of apartment? (size)

newyork.craigslist.com

yes the apartment would be for family of six.

2 children under 5.

would it be better to get apt or hotel for 1week.

Hi, I%26#39;ve never used these but did a lot of searching for an apartment recently and the best I could find was www.furnishedquarters.com.

The site has photographs of the apartments and also floor plans, although when I contacted the company they pointed out that these were representative only as each apartment was slightly different.

I ended up booking a guest house as it worked out cheaper but then there are only two of us to accomodate.

Having said that the apartments do look really nice with good quality furnishings, some have gyms and pools in the buildings if that%26#39;s the kind of thing you%26#39;re keen on, and many of them have doormen. They seem to have a wide choice of locations too.

If anyone else has used this company or has some local knowledge I would be interested in hearing their experiences as I am thinking about booking one of these later on next year.

wham I think it depends on your budget and how much space you need. It will be simpler to get a hotel apartment and know what to expect b/c you can read reviews here. But if you want 2 bedrooms or more, that starts to get expensive in the hotels. There are one bedroom suites that can sleep 6 with 2 big beds in the bedroom and a sofabed for 2 in the sitting room. But that also means only one bathroom.

If budget isn%26#39;t too much of an issue, I%26#39;d look at the Salisbury Hotel which I know has 2 bedroom , 2 bathroom suites. It%26#39;s centrally located, not outrageously priced and very near Central Park which will be good with kids in the summer.

The Radio City Apartments I agree is another good place. They do have some 2 bedroom suites but I don%26#39;t know whether they%26#39;re also 2 baths.

The upper westside is another very family friendly area. There are several suite hotels up there including the Beacon, the Milburne and the Belleclaire. I%26#39;m not sure if any have 2 bedroom suites though. The Lucerne is probably the nicest hotel in that area. They do have some suites but I%26#39;m not sure how large they are.

Another idea is checking whether either of the 2 timeshare hotels in NYC have rental availabilities. They are the Manhattan Club and the Hilton something. Tug2.net is one website where timeshare owners list rentals. I know there are some large one bedrooms in the Manhattan Club that have 2 full baths. I think there are also some other websites to look for these rentals if you do a websearch. This can sometimes be cheaper than many other options.

An apartment will usually be cheaper but you always run the risk of getting something that%26#39;s not what you expected or wanted AND you won%26#39;t have daily maid service. That said, people have been very happy with places from several websites.

citylightsnewyork.com

newyorkhabitat.com

http://www.metro-home.com/

gezash, I%26#39;ve been posting about furnishedquarters.com which I found out about elsewhere but don%26#39;t actually know anyone who%26#39;s used them and noone here has posted about using them. I agree, their website looks great and the apartments do seem nice. There%26#39;s a website slowtrav.com that has reviews of apartments around the world. I wonder whether there are any reviews there.

Craigslist is definitely another option. People who may be going away during the summer and want to rent their apts. will post there. You can also post your own ad there for free and describe what you want and have people respond to you. I think in order to do that though, you have to be reasonably knowledgeable about the city and the various areas.

vrbo.com (vacation rental by owner) is another option but be careful about locations. Many that sound as though they%26#39;re in Manhattan are not. ;)

One company NOT to deal with trades under the names urbanstay.com, yourstay.com, and woogoo.com. They%26#39;re unscrupulous and people have had lots of problems with them.

nywhiz, I%26#39;ve just checked out slowtrav.com but can%26#39;t find anything on furnishedquarters.com unfortunately, (other than a link), but thanks for mentioning it as I%26#39;ve been reading some great trip reports on there.

Let%26#39;s hope someone will be able to give us some feedback in the future.

gezash I originally heard of furnished quarters on another travel website from someone who used them to house a large number of Australian families who were transferred to Manhattan on business. They used furnished quarters until they could find more permanent housing. The poster said all seem to be satisfied.

I would say the biggest challenge for finding an apt. in NY is lack of consistency. An agent can be great but is not in control of everything in an apt. so there will be some good ones and some problems. Also, some of these agent/managers would prefer renting for a longer time period so may not be willing to commit to a 1 week rental far in advance when they might get a request for a 1 month rental for the same property.

For people who are willing for others to stay in your home/apt., there are home exchanges, particularly active in the summer (for wham).