A few weeks ago, my husband and I discovered the perfect mini-vacation—convenient, inexpensive, accessible by taxi from our New York apartment. In other words, we spent the weekend in a New York hotel.
The idea came to me from looking at the Sunday travel section of the New York Times, where hotels advertise cheap weekend rates to fill the house when the commercial gents who occupy them during the week have gone home (so I hope) for their weekend. The hotels are empty then, but they have to keep their staff on duty —and if you can’t get full price for your rooms, well, half price, or whatever you can charge, is better than nothing. This situation prevails in all of our cities where business is done during the week (I did some checking), so, if you are interested, consult the travel section of your Sunday paper and make your choice. We decided togotoa part of the city less familiar to us than midtown; and, because we had heard nice things about the Vista International Hotel at the World Trade Center, we thought we’d explore the lower end of Manhattan, which includes Wall Street, the Battery, and City Hall. To be brief and truthful, we had a perfectly wonderful time, and we intend to repeat the performance whenever we get cabin fever.
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