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Mad Men package at Roosevelt Hotel NYC

AMC Mad Men Season 5 Cast Photo

Sleep, eat and drink with the characters of Mad Men, at The Roosevelt Hotel NYC, featured often in the AMC mega-hit  — this is where Don Draper lived after Betty threw him out last season. The Roosevelt Hotel is celebrating the return of the series, and [...]

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NYC hotels celebrate return of Mad Men with old fashioned drink deals

AMC Mad Men Season 5 Cast Photo

Monday menus — NYC hotels, where Don Draper, Roger Sterling and some of the other cast of the award-winning Mad Men drank, ate or slept — alone or not — are celebrating the return of the blockbuster AMC series for its fifth season with deals on [...]

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Chocolate themed NYC hotel package supports Autism Speaks

A special Gold Chocolate Package at The New York Palace hotel celebrates spring, Easter, the 60th birthday of the iconic Lindt chocolate gold bunny, and supports the group Autism Speaks.  The package features a menu choc full of Lindt chocolate experiences.  Also, the hotel’s Madison Avenue courtyard is decorated with a giant gold Easter [...]

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Third night free at NYC Hotel Pennsylvania for US military and veterans

Travel Tuesday — NYC’s Hotel Pennsylvania has a special deal for active and retired US military.  Through April 15th, 2012, US service members get a third night free with a two-night stay, plus free continental breakfast each morning.’stay two nights and receive the third night free’ for stays now through April 15th, 2012.  Hotel [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

The app version of NYC on the Cheap has just been updated and re-released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums [...]

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NYC Hilton hotels discount deal

Tuesday Travel — Sleep cheap in NYC with a special package from a group of seven mditown hotels named Hilton, DoubleTree and Hampton Inn.    The NY Super Sale Package includes discounted rates, plus savings certificates to two of New York City’s most popular visitor attractions, Dialog in the Dark and Madame Tussaud’s New [...]

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NYC hotel deal for Leap Year Day 2/29

If your birthday is Leap Year Day, February 29th, you can get a FREE sleep-over night at the fashionable Z Hotel in Long Island City on your birthday.    The “Leap over to the Z” package requires a two-night stay, and the second night is $229, but the package also includes a complimentary bottle of [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

The app version of NYC on the Cheap has just been updated and released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums [...]

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New gay-friendly NYC hotel: $99 rooms in Times Square

The first hotel in NYC that is advertising as gay-friendly opens in Times Square on March 1st, including with $99 shared rooms that are either dorm-like or hostel-like, take your pick.  The OUT NYC has been getting lots of pre-advance publicity as being the first straight-friendly hotel in NYC that’s also being marketed as [...]

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Tuesday travel: Philadelphia hotel deals

Philadelphia is close enough to NYC for a daytrip.  Better to stay overnightand enjoy all Philly has to offer, with these Philly on the cheap hotel deals –

Van Gogh Up Close in Philadelphia Package at the  Best Western Center City Hotel, Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel Philadelphia, The Rittenhouse Hotel and the Four Seasons Hotel [...]

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NYC hotel deals includes discounts for bikes, bowling, sightseeing cruises

Feel like a Super Bowl champ, or at least an MVP, with this Sports Fanatic Package of sports-themed discounts from participating Hilton brand hotels in Manhattan.  The  package includes –

Complimentary shoe rental at Bowlmor Lanes, the ultimate entertainment experience offering stylish, glow-in-the-dark bowling with big screen video walls, 20% savings certificate to [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

Launched last year as NYC Free and Frugal, the app version of NYC on the Cheap has been renamed NYC on the Cheap.

Download it now from the iTunes store, and get hundreds of places for cheap eats, stores where you’ll never pay retail, museums that are always free, and lots [...]

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