Best Western Convention Center Hotel Rating: 2.0 Pearls

Midtown West, Manhattan, New York City

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Between desolate 10th and 11th Avenues, the Best Western Convention Center is on West 38th Street, across from a noisy auto body repair shop. Unlike just about every other hotel in Manhattan, subways are not within easy reach, but a plethora of taxis can take you to the nearby transportation hubs of Port Authority and Penn Station, or the cultural attractions of Times Square and the Theater District.

• Around the corner from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
• 10-minute walk to A, C, E subway lines; farther from a subway than most other hotels in the area
• 20-minute subway ride to Central Park
• Six long blocks from Times Square
• 20-minute walk to the Empire State Building
• 40-minute subway ride or $40 taxi to the ferry terminal to visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
• 25-minute walk to Rockefeller Center
• 25-minute subway ride to the American Museum of Natural History
• 50-minute bus ride or $11 taxi ride to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the "Met") and 25-minute subway ride to the Museum of Modern Art (the "MoMa")

• The Two Double Beds Room starts at about 200 square feet, which is average for a New York hotel room with only one bed
• Queen Bed and King Bed rooms offer a bit more space to move around, but not much.
• 25-inch tube TVs
• Free Wi-Fi in the rooms

New York has three nearby airports: JFK, La Guardia, and Newark (in New Jersey). Flying into JFK or La Guardia is typically easiest and the least time consuming. From JFK, it's a flat-rate $45 (one-hour) taxi to anywhere in Manhattan. From La Guardia, it's about a $40 (30-minute) metered cab ride to midtown Manhattan. Rides from Newark cost at least $40 (plus tolls) and can take over one-and-a-half hours. Don't forget to tip your driver 15 to 25 percent.

To save some cash, group shuttles are available at all three airports for about $14 per person. For more information on the shuttles, go to Super Shuttle or New York Airport Service. You can also take public transit from any of the airports for as little as $7 per person, but travel times can take up to two hours and involve a lot of lugging bags up and down stairs. For mass-transit directions right to the hotel, check out HopStop.com.