hey there it's there and today I'm going
to be your new york city guide on where
to stay when visiting New York City
there are so many options and it's
extremely overwhelming but it can be
really expensive did you know that
average price of a hotel here in New
York is three hundred and fifty dollars
a night pretty crazy so today I'm gonna
walk you through some of the ones that I
think are incredibly unique and worth
staying at that are under that 350
dollar mark let's begin our journey
through New York City's hotel scene but
before I do this I want to give you two
quick tips number one if you are on a
budget a good option is Airbnb you can
find Airbnb places for as little as $30
a night here it may be sketchy if it's
$30 a night just a heads up but a pretty
good ones are like $70 so number two the
best time to visit if you're trying to
spend the least amount of money is
actually in January and the reason is
because it's freezing here
and we have less tourists in January
everyone comes for the holidays that's
the most expensive time to come so the
prices of hotels can be cut by five
times from New Year's Eve to the end of
the first week of January okay so if
you're looking to spend the least amount
of money visiting New York come in
January it'll be the cheapest with that
said let's begin our tour of New York
City's hotel scene some of my favorites
come along
I'm here at the Paper Factory hotel
where you can stay in what was once a
100 year old paper factory that's now
been renovated into a beautiful
industrial style hotel the renovations
here cost 27 million dollars and were
completed in 2012 I love the style here
plus locations in Long Island City which
is only a 15-minute ride from Manhattan
with beautiful city views I love this
area in particular because it's at the
crossroads of Kauffman Studios and
Astoria which is a very international
area it's one of my favorite areas I
actually lived there for two years and
they also have Queens comfort there
which is a great brunch spot that I
talked about in one of my other videos
so tons of stuff to do in this area
close to the city yet still far enough
to have a whole real New Yorker
experience like a local the eclectic
decor and artistic ambiance here are
enriched by modern industrial accents
reminiscent of the building's past as a
paper mill Factory
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right here they even have a game room
with shuffleboard and ping pong so
there's plenty of activities to do here
even if you're not out exploring the
city I'm here at James New York this is
a hotel in Soho and I like this spot for
a couple of reasons one being their
rooftop pool bar called Jimmy at the
game which I've talked about before in
my video on best bars of New York
they're also conveniently located in
Soho which is near tons of local shops
local restaurants this is a place that
you want to go if you want a more local
New Yorker experience they're also a
very contemporary and artistic hotel
which brings a really nice vibe this is
their penthouse suite it's freakin
beautiful and the views I can't even
imagine how this looks at night it's an
amazing view of the World Trade Center
as well the hotel is conceived and
designed as a locally inspired
artistically approachable and community
focused and environmentally thoughtful
hotel which is perfect for the creative
set seeing authenticity and a connection
to themselves and others the James
approach is to help you open your mind
nourish your spirit and create an
environment that allows you to be your
best self and of course what better way
to do that than a penthouse suite but
they also have tons of regular rooms
available which are just as beautiful
though this is their rooftop pool behind
me and it's connected to a bar that
serves cocktails with ingredients that
are grown fresh from their garden
there's not a lot of bars in the city
that do something like this and you get
a beautiful
which is open during the warmer seasons
of the year
you can find out when it's open on their
site not a lot of places in the city
have pools especially pools that would
views like this so you can literally
walk right from their pool and then come
in here and now you're in their bar and
this bar is awesome
they have floor-to-ceiling length
windows over here and just tons of
seating area the cocktails are really
high quality so I definitely recommend
stopping here when you're in the city I
mean just stay here it's way easier and
you can come up any time of day
James hotel also has two awesome dining
options one is a David Burke kitchen
which is an award-winning restaurant
they have an inventive culinary style
that showcases authentic regionally
sourced and thoughtfully selected market
fresh cuisine and you'll also find
outside during the warmer seasons of the
year the David Burke garden and this is
a great place to come enjoy a cocktail
and just best in the Sun plus it's a fun
garden a vibe if you don't know the
David Burke is he's an American chef and
he's appeared on
Iron Chef America so it's kind of a big
deal here Hotel giraffe is located on
Park Avenue and 26th Street which makes
it walking distance to the Empire State
Building and conveniently located here
tourist attractions like the sex museum
once you have three over eighteen so
kids hold it together right
also the math museum which sounds
terrible but honestly it's really cool
and I hate math so that means a lot that
I'm saying that plus I love this place
because they have complimentary wine and
cheese hour every night for guests from
5:00 to 8:00 in their lobby with a live
pianist and if you eat next door at this
one bread and tulips then you'll get 20%
off because you're a guest of hotel
giraffe in the rooms there beautifully
decorated with subtle giraffe art
plus two thirds of the rooms actually
have a balcony overlooking Park Avenue
like the one right behind me and it's
actually really rare to have a balcony
at a New York Hotel especially one
that's reasonably priced like this one
this rooftop is open during the warmer
months and they sometimes even serve
drinks out here what I like to do when I
say is go downstairs get my breakfast
and then bring it up here and the best
way to start the day
New York City rooftop just enjoying the
views so highly recommended they're also
part of the library hotel collection and
next up I will be talking about the
library hotel and I want to show you
this one with a very unique library
theme so let's go I'm here at the
library hotel now this is one of my
favorite hotels in New York because it
has such a unique beat it's literally
themed to a library so each floor is
based off the Dewey Decimal System
meaning that each floor has its own
category I'm on the religion floor right
now and each room on the religion floor
has its own subcategory they have food
azimuth ology Native American I'm here
in the Native American room and every
book and piece of artwork in this room
has to do with Native Americans the
other really cool thing about this hotel
is that you can actually take home
advance copies of books that haven't
been published yet by Simon and Schuster
and bring it back home with you I mean
this is literally a book lovers dream
hotel just like Hotel giraffe they have
wine and cheese our that is
complimentary for guests here which is
super awesome because drinking is
expensive in New York that's the bottom
line so this saves you some money plus
it's classy I mean that is like the best
way to enjoy your afternoon I'm here at
the rooftop bar at the library hotel and
it's absolutely beautiful right now it's
raining outside which sucks because
normally you can go out and enjoy this
beautiful Terrace that overlooks Madison
Avenue also this is open all day for
guests for the public you can come
starting at 4:00 and it transforms into
bookmarks which is a high quality
cocktail bar essentially but the
cocktails are incredible I'm telling you
as a craft cocktail enthusiast as this
place qualifies plus they have really
good appetizer
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Kampai that's enough for today
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