Me and a friend went to the New York in Nov'07 to celebrate hitting the big 30!!!
We had an evening flight and did not arrive at the hotel until 11.30pm - we had no problems thou and were checked into our room within about 5 mins.
The room was lovely - 2 double beds, plenty of storage space, a safety deposit box provided & clean bathroom and towels/beding which was changed on a daily basis.
The location of the hotel was fine - about 5 mins from Broadway/Times Square and about 15 mins from Macys/Empire State building. After all the food we ate - walking did us good!!
We did not use the Hotel restaurant during our stay as we were out for most of the day - I can recommend 10 Avenue diner (turn left out of the hotel & about a 30 sec walk) for brilliant breafasts. We ate in different restuarants most nights and all were ok - remember to tip about 15-20% or check its not automatically been added on the bill.
If you are going to NY I would recommend seeing a show - we saw Wicked and it was just that!!!
As complete shopaholics the hotel arranged a day trip to woodbury common (£20 return fare) - which is a shoppers heaven - loads of shops at even lower discounted prices!!!
We were in NY for 5 days and did not manage to do everthing we wanted to do - there are so many sights/attractions to do and see - we just ran out of time!! Macy's & Bloomingdales are very distracting!! My tip for dept stores is go in the morning as its a lot quieter - check out the Macy's visitors centre, as by showing your passport you get an 11% discount card - making it even cheaper!!
We also did the Sex In The City tour which was really good, you get to see different parts of NY & sit on Carrie's steps - fans of the show will understand what i mean!!!
At no time during our stay did we feel unsafe - infact like other people have said we felt safer over there!!
All in all NY & the Skyline Hotel are brilliant - I will defintely be going back to do all the things i didn't do this time & I'd happily stay at the Skyline again.
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