New York City is home to some of the most expensive hotels on the planet but if you
don't mind a room shaped more like a cruise ship cabin could this be New York's best deal at a
little over 100 a night today we're checking into the Jane Hotel this definitely does not look like
a cheap hotel it looks like a distinctive Hotel it's even on a cobblestone street
the architect of this hotel William boring had a sea Motif for the building you can see it with a
fish and the anchors outside he also co-designed the Immigrant station at Ellis Island this hotel
may be most famous because in 1912 the survivors of the Titanic were housed here they got dropped
off at Pier 54 by the Carpathia most people don't even realize that the old docks are
still there instead of little island the big tourist attraction is there but that's where
they were dropped off the survivors were housed right here [Music] I love the doors
wow ooh pretty Lobby
Hi how are you gonna check in bar b-a-r-r be your ID and credit card sure one night yes
looks like the lobby hasn't changed in a hundred years um that is just illusion it was remodeled
uh see what it looked like in the 80s uh watch the
movie Vampire's Kiss with Nicholas Cage is it true that hotels haunted
there's a lot to find out this is like the coolest hotel lobby I've ever seen in New York City this
was like that Disney World elevator I forgot what it was called this is just like it oh
there's elevators of vibe I'll tell you right now
the hotel's got some class say that up front definitely got some class oh it's
a shaking no if you don't like elevators you might get nervous
we were swaying back and forth I think we're on some kind of a ship at the moment they've got
that seat Motif down pat all right we're almost at the room excited feels like a little Adventure
here we are I actually was really expecting one of those old keys but we have the decal crackers
it is literally maybe the smallest hotel room I have ever seen in my
life it's like just a bunk the outside looks like a cruise ship with the room
itself looks like it's a double bunk train cabin I can't even stretch out my arms all
the way from the bed to the wall my first question would be where would you put your
suitcase because there's no opening here the only opening I've seen so far is this
so they have a big safe here and then you have a second under storage which maybe you could feel
like a cool bag or a really small suitcase could possibly fit under there this is basically a place
to rest your head and go out and explore the city which I think would work for a lot of people two
TVs I've been in fancy hotel rooms they didn't even have two TVs all right let's check this
out all right I'd be very impressed if we got HBO going here all of life's problems I hate you Dad
maybe someone's dad was up there they just pinned that in WoW I'm glad this isn't moving if this was
a moving train I'd be a little bit afraid I don't know I might want to sleep up here no maybe not
all right I can see the air conditioner is behind there they thought of everything there's a little
shelf up here and you've got two separate Outlets you want my honest opinion not the
most comfortable mattress on Earth but we are staying on a budget all right let's see how wide
this room is all right it's 63 inches across by a little over seven feet and they said 50
square feet I think it's even smaller well if you need a mirror it's like all around you this is a
nice touch because the bathroom as you can tell is not in the room it is shared with strangers
and you get your very own bathrobe I don't think you get to keep it though complimentary
slippers three different towels all right this kind of works I've had worse bathrobes far nicer
hotels before speed test says 75 Mbps which isn't that fast but it is one shared Wi-Fi
so I think there's a ton of people using this right now you know there's stories that the
hallways are haunted by the survivors of the Titanic I haven't seen any ghosts yet
it's not bad huge shower body wash shampoo conditioner big shower head here
all about the nice touches here look you mean the hot and the cold
I know communal bathroom is a deal breaker for many people but I think if you had to do it in
New York this would probably be the hotel to do it I think that the sound is really
well barricaded here like I barely hear any sounds in some ways that's more important
for me in a hotel in New York City is how quiet it is even you know looking outside
you're not surrounded by big skyscrapers it looks like an apartment next door in a little Courtyard
at one point this hotel was housing people for as little as 200 a month the starving artist
type RuPaul one of the most famous people that ever lived here and I've heard that there are
still people who've lived in this hotel for over 30 years yeah this room is definitely not for
the claustrophobic it's for people that want to save money and enjoy all this city has to
offer and I have just something a bit unique and they have bigger rooms available closer to what
you would expect market rate for a New York City hotel if you're not adventurous enough
for this but I hope if you're watching his channel you might just be take the keyhole
put it here controls the lights and the air conditioning one up top this one here
two plugs then there's two plugs down here counting the television and then
two plugs up top so we actually have six outlets in a 50 square foot room
Bravo that's that's 2023 for you that's thinking even the hallways are a little claustrophobic but
it's all intentional it's all themed I feel like too many hotels these days they don't
have any style they all feel the same this this is a throwback you even have the portholes here
all right this is from another time
payphone's not working I could just imagine people making calls in the middle of the night here 1980s
foreign by the West Side Highway here the only tough part about staying at the Jane is that
you're about a 10 minute walk to some of the Subways but what you lose in access to public
transit you're definitely getting a steal of a deal here I am curious would you stay tell me in
the comments why or why not now that you've got a classic and affordable New York hotel to stay at
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