Advantages: excellent location, it is really downtown NYC Disadvantages: expensive, dirty rooms and unbelieably dirty decaying bathrooms
I had been to YMCA West Side in New York once ten years ago, before they renovated it, and I enjoyed it much. Thus last summer I went back there with my girlfriend without even having a look at the rooms. I wish I did not go there! Definitely I will not go there any more.
I am 32 and since I travel quite a lot I can say I have some spirit of adaptability. However there's a limit to everything.
The place where this hotel is locate is very good, ...
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YMCA New York Review ofYMCA, New Yorkby
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Advantages: Fantastic Location Disadvantages: Not great quality rooms and washing facilities
If you appreciate the "well, it's a roof over your head" style accommodation then I promise you will love the YMCA Westside, NYC. I was lucky enough to spend 5 days in New York last year as part of my college course so the accommodation was out of my hands. Fortunately I prefer to prioritise location to accommodation.
As far as youth hostels go, the YMCA west side has everything and more. Literally 1 minute to the end of the road, cross the street ...
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The West Side YMCA is a huge building situated on West 63rd St., in a fairly quiet, but safe area, just across from the Lincoln Center. It's a convenient location, just a couple of mins walk from Central Park, and an easy bus ride to downtown.
We stayed for 3 nights in a private room, which has 2 beds (bunk) with cable TV and aircon, and access to the shared bathrooms on each floor (separate sex). That was 84 dollars a night, which by NY standards ...
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Advantages: Close to Central Park Disadvantages: Too many to list
I went to America in mid-Ferbruary with my school band. We spent the last 3 days, 2 nights in New York City and spent our nights at the West Side YMCA.
When we pulled up outside we were quite wary of the place but inside the reception was beautiful... what a false impression that was!
We were all staying on the 15th floor, girls on one side, boys on the other and teachers in the middle. When we stepped out of the lift we were shocked. It looked ...
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Advantages: Cheap, Central Location, Nice Food Disadvantages: Some rooms are poor, lifts sometimes take a while to get to you.
I spent three nights at the West side YMCA. The first was spent in a twin room on the 10th floor. It was just big enough for a bunk, table, TV and a lamp. It was air conditioned, although it was noisy, and had a great view (only some rooms have this) There were bathrooms on each floor - one set male one set female. The girls had a combination lock on the door, but everyone knew the code. The boys door wouldn't shut properly. There were 3 toilets, ...
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Advantages: Lowest priced Disadvantages: Not for the posh
I had always dreamed of going to NYC ever since I was a child. NYC was the only place I ever wanted to go in the world but of course it is highly expensive to get there from the UK. I had to save for months and months just to be able to have enough spending money but I got there in the end (and by the way came home with no money). The best deal I got on accommodation was at the Vanderbilt YMCA right in the middle of NYC. It was nothing like the YMCA's ...
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