Hotel Thirty-Thirty, New York City

INTRODUCTION I have always dreamed of going to New York so in January 2004 my dream came true when we arranged a stop off in New York for a five night stay, this was the perfect start to our additional three week break in St Pete beach Florida. As everything was arranged through a travel agent the additional flights to New York only cost 55.00 each as we had already bought and paid for the flights to Tampa Bay we only had to pay a fuel surcharge of the 55.00 each. As for accommodation this is what made the trip that bit more expensive, but all in all I think we got the whole New York trip for ... more

When looking for a hotel in New York this time around, I had a few more factors to consider compared to last time, as I was taking my mum I wanted to make sure that she was in a good location next to the shops and would be able to find her way around easy enough. I was trying to book the Helmsley which was a fantastic hotel in a fantastic location but like many of the hotels I had already tried most of the availability had already gone, so my colleague suggested staying at the Hotel Thirty Thirty after looking at the hotel and its location I thought it would be perfect and the price also ... more

I booked the Thirty Thirty hotel after looking on hotels.com and finding the pictures looked really nice. I also checked on a popular review site and although reviews where slightly mixed, most enjoyed the hotel. I had lost my bags on my flight to New York so whilst checking in at the hotel I told the reception about this and they were very helpful and reassuring. My bags arrived the day after and I was informed of this straight away 10/10 for the reception staff. The conceirge was also very helpful, directing us to the centre of new york and to a local restaurant. The location of the hotel is ... more

I did not enjoy staying at Thirty-Thirty Hotel. When we arrived there the desk gave us a dirty room and lied to us saying it was clean. When we were moved to a new room I noticed there were no toiletres such as soap which I thought was odd for a hotel. When we needed help with all are luggage the luggage man asked us to move them areselves and did not open the doorway for us to go through. I expect standard service at a three star hotel, however this location was far from adequate. The only positive aspects about this hotel was the high pressured showers and the location from the shopping ... more