Tip - Best Affordable New York City Hotels

See our slideshow of the Best Affordable New York City Hotels. If the phrases “New York City” and “easy on the wallet” have always seemed mutually exclusive to you, well, that’s understandable. Like its nickname, The Big Apple, implies, New York is best known for its colossal magnitude: its soaring skyscrapers, its thronging crowds, its night-obliterating neon...and its outrageous prices. Need a quality hotel room for less than $350 a night?Until recently, the pickings have been discouragingly slim.