Bedford St. in the W.Village is pretty 'posh' these days.

Folks(!) No need to argue - the post that described Times Square as 'posh' . . . has been nuked. The post isn't there any longer . . . Can we agree TS is lively but but not what most would call 'posh'.

Right now the Marriott Marquis and the Renaissance across the street (in TS itself) are both running well above $300 per night for your time frame. The Crowne Plaza is also in that same price range for October; you could check something nearby such as the Milford Plaza.

I cannot comment on the charge about the area being "tacky" since the meaning of that term has been proven to be quite subjective given some of the history on this site.

Is the Milford Plaza still referred to as The Mildew Plaza?

Yes.

It's funny that people always jump to conclusions about these kinds of hotels. The Milford Plaza is actually undergoing a rather massive, years-long renovation right now. Almost all rooms, while still really small, are already finished and are fairly stylish and modern-looking, though I haven't seen them in person. I suspect it's always going to be difficult to run a 1000-plus room hotel efficiently and well, but I think this one has actually taken many positive steps forward.

Fab. It's about time they finally moved to doing something about the substandard rooms. All we've heard about for years is this great renovation was taking place when in reality all that was done For Years was a little paint and rubber tree plants added to the forlorn lobby.

Someone should let the folks at oyster.com know; they'll get the word out and post pictures (worth a thousand words) so visitors can judge for themselves if it's the New Milford or just the same Old Mildew Plaza.

We actually walked through the lobby at the Milford Plaza last time we were there. It isn't someplace I'd choose to stay, but it really didn't look bad at all. I'd just call it what tour brochures might call a "tourist class hotel", along the lines of the Wellington (where I did stay once, and while it wasn't terrible, it wasn't really to my liking either).

How long ago was that, sf7307? If it was recently, then that's as good as it gets!

It was within the last year. I suppose you're right. Again, a place to sleep, but not on my list!

Time Square is a FUN place (just got back) which every NY tourist owes a visit to himself, but I see no reason to pay premium for accommodation in one of the noisiest, busiest street in NYC.... The subway in NYC is so efficient, easy to use, I'd say save your money, find a good place somewhere else, as long as it's not too far from it.

That would depend on your idea of FUN. Seeing someone dressed like Mickey on a street corner handing our fliers - or herds of tourists clomping into an M&Ms store (selling M&Ms - that you can get in every store in the world!!!!) is beyond my comprehension.

I suppose if you have never seen a city with any sort of promotion going on it might be worth 15 minutes - otherwise it's good only for the theater.

And I would best describe it as frantic (not busy - but close to hysteria - except at very off hours - 3 am?)

But - if that's what someone wants - they re more than welcome to it.

I totally agree with nytraveler...lokkat Tomes Square and leave.

I also agree, and I both grew up in New York and have stayed over the years in Times Square many many times (no longer, we now stay mostly with friends on the UWS). For the first-time visitor, Times Square is a huge "WOW", but after that, except for theatre and theatre-related venues, there's not much at ground level that's intrinsic to NY.

Well, Fox News is there..... ; )

No ... They are on Sixth Avenue near Rockefeller Center. ABC is at Times Square.

yes, you're right, Doug.

I agree with all of you about Times Square, but I am staying at a hotel there later this month because I'll be at a conference taking place at the Hilton TS. Sometimes people have good reasons for picking that area, despite the tackiness factor.