For a recent Friday night at a Hilton in Times Square: $537, including a daily $35 “destination charge.”
A night at a Hotel Indigo in Lower Manhattan: $414.
The Aloft Hotel overlooking LaGuardia Airport in Queens: $351.
New York City has never been a budget destination, but many travelers are experiencing sticker shock over the high cost of a night at a hotel, especially as the peak holiday tourism season begins.
The average price of a hotel room in New York City in September climbed to $417, the highest monthly rate ever recorded in the city by CoStar, a real estate analytics company, since it started tracking the data in 1987.
The only place with more expensive hotels for that same time period was Maui, according to CoStar.
In New York,…
