Staying in Doubletree Hotel JFK Airport - any opinions?

Hi everyone. I just booked a room at the Doubletree Hotel JFK Airport (135-30 140th Street, Jamaica, New York, United States 11436) because I got a great discount. I am planning to go back and forth to the city everyday, do the usual sightseeing. I would really appreciate if I could get opinions on the hotel quality, location, ease of transportation, etc. Thanks!

Staying in Doubletree Hotel JFK Airport - any opinions?

This is a dreadful mistake. Take the address of the hotel and go to hopstop.com and put it in as you starting point and any destination in Manhattan as the end point. I put in Times Square and you will see this is a trip of 1 hr. 20 mins. in each direction. The hotel is not near a subway stop so you either have to walk 15 minutes in what is probably an iffy neighborhood, or use the hotel%26#39;s shuttle to go the airport where you%26#39;d get the AirTrain which is $5/ride. From there you%26#39;d need to transfer to the subway which is another $2. The area is awful. There are no restaurants or services. Staying at a hotel airport seems to be a common BIG mistake for many travelers. There is NO place I can think of where staying at an airport hotel for longer than a night makes sense. Airports by definition are generally in grotty areas.

If you can%26#39;t afford to stay in Manhattan, look at the Doubetree Club or the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City. Both are near a PATH train (like a subway) that%26#39;s $1.50 into Manhattan.

In Queens (where JFK is) there are some BASIC budget hotels that are near a subway and a lot closer to Manhattan than JFK. There%26#39;s a Holiday Inn Express , a La Quinta and a Comfort Inn, all in in Long Island City. The area is industrial but reasonably safe and near the subway.

Here%26#39;s one of many other posts on this subject.

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Staying in Doubletree Hotel JFK Airport - any opinions?

Hard to believe anyone would stay at JFK - did you not read any posts that recommended NOT doing this.

For the pittance you will save monetarily - you%26#39;ll spend so much much in aggravation and misery having to travel almost 3 hours per day to get in and out of the city.

If possible, do as the %26#39;whiz%26#39; suggests and check out Jersey City or even some of the downtown Manhattan hotels - there are quite a few choices in the New York City hotels column to the left of these messages - I%26#39;m sure you should be able to find something in your price range that is CONVENIENT to transportation.

Remember, it%26#39;s no crime to stay in a generic- no-name hotel.

Have you tried the Wellington - they offer some good deals at certain times of the year.

Poppa

Not to pile on, but a very BAD idea. To come all the way from Australia to stay next to an airport (especially JFK which is not really near the city) is just a crime. Cancel this reservation if you can and look elsewhere either in Manhattan or in Queens or Brookyn near a subway line. There is a new Holiday Inn express on Union Street in Brooklyn that might be cheap and is in a decent location. I hope in a few hours when you wake up you will take our advice and look and book a place elsewhere!!!

Oh dear...I am going to try and go ahead and cancel the reservation, I guess I am making a first-timer mistake...

Any suggestions on places to stay for under $100 (two people). I guess Manhattan is going to be out of our budget?

Reality Check - under $100.00 - excuse me for saying this - you have to be kidding - even in the outskirts this is an extremely low budget for lodging in the NYC area.

You%26#39;re going to have to ';bite the bullet'; (monetarily) as it were and come up with some more cash - not to burst your bubble, but this is really not realistic, IMO.

Poppa

Unless you stay in something on the level of the YMCA or a hostel, $100 is simply not a possibility. If the two people are women, there are a number of relatively inexpensive women%26#39;s residences (such as the Brandon or the Evangeline), but they are usually hard to book, and not available for short time. Two family members or a married couple might also try for Leo House, but (as it is run by a religioius order) an unmarried couple would NOT be accepted there in the same room.

Sadly, I am going to have to agree. I put in some random days in May in for the Comfort Inn in Long Island City, near the subway, close to Manhattan, and it was $170 a night. Also, most prices you get quoted don%26#39;t include tax which is close to 15% of the total bill. You really need to be more realistic or possibly look at a hostel and see if they have private rooms. There are a few hostels in Manhattan, looks at hostels.com. Maybe the YMCA?

Really, $100 a night just isn%26#39;t realistic.

Not that anyone reads them (or even scrolls back 1 day! to see if is possible that someone else came up with their question), but I think we need a sticky warning Manhattan visitors about booking the airport hotels...

evening - you%26#39;re right - there was someone else on today who also booked at JFK - I second your suggestion.

Poppa

You would have paid $14/day per person for transportation or $28 for 2. Ok, it would have been a bit less b/c you would have bought weekly metrocards. But my point is, have a look at the Larchmont Hotel in Greenwich Village. It has shared bathrooms but is well located as would cost about $130/night if it%26#39;s available.

When is this for and how long are you staying? You might be able to bid on Priceline for the Jersey City 3*%26#39;s and you can get those for under $100/night.