Why is the quality bar for NYC hotels so low?
 

It's amazing that you don't get what you pay for in an NYC hotel. <BR><BR>I booked a place for $195 a night... IT STUNK! The place was filthy. The room was tiny. The services was horrible, and it smelled in the hall.<BR><BR>The next trip was the about the same.<BR><BR>Why is it this? Is it the ol' Supply/Demand rule? Or is it a general consensus among hotel managers to scoot by on Grade C quality?

What was the name of the stanky place? I've had good and bad, but have found that you usually have to pay the large green to get a consistently decent place in NYC.

Try the Troll Hotel - they have a room just for you.

Hey, Ismell, <BR><BR>I'm actually asking something legitimate. But thanks for caring.<BR><BR>

OK, let's assume you really are asking something legitimate. Can you please answer Dave's question and tell us which hotel so we can get an idea what you're talking about and stay away from it? Thank you.

If it's a legitimate question I gladly retract my remark but please note that when a post is made with an overall highly negative tone that tagets a particular industry and city with phrases such as "filthy, tiny, horrible, STUNK, Grade C"... it shouold be easy to understand why some of us might assume that the focus of your question is to start a rabid discussion rather than get constructive advice. If yo posted by clarifying where you stayed and asking if there were clean, decnet and acceptable hotels for that price or less in NYC you'd probably get lots of great and accurate advice. Research is often key to getting best value and acceptable accomodations in some areas, especially major cities. If I"m outside major urban areas I can always stay in a Hampton Inn and know what I'll get. It takes more planning for a place like NYC. We can't help offer constructive advice if we have no info to work with. NYC has somwhere in the vicinity of 10,000 restaurants and certainly at least a thousand or more hotels. Some are good and some bad. there is no simple answer but the reality is that with millions of unwary tourists coming through every year there are places that can skate by with sub-par accomodations and still get the rooms filled. You'll find that those are the places wiht few repeat guests. research in this forum and you'll learn about some less well known places that offer a great value - clean and reasonably spacious rooms with good customer service and happy repeat customers.

Tired posts his note at 5:13<BR>Dave asks for name of hotel at 5:54<BR>Tired posts a note at 6:59 stating his original note is legit but still does not name the hotel <BR>TROLL? - probably

You're right ss. Time for tired to come clean. Either come forward with the name of this mysterious hotel, or lose whatever limited credibility you may have ever had.

You guys crack me up. I loved your responses to "tired"....