How best to acquire a one week New York City [dates removed]

[#1 Cowboys Fan]

I have a friend looking to go to New York City next year.
He wants one week, [dates removed.]

The only New York City timeshares I see are:
Marriott Manhattan Club
Affinity Dumont and
Affinity Manhattan
------------are those the only timeshares??

I have access to 3 Interval International weeks (my timeshare week, my father-in-law's week, a friend's week), and my brother-in-law's week (RCI), ----but I don't believe any of those weeks are strong enough to get him a week---that's why I didn't post on the Exchange Board. (But, perhaps you folks may have ideas.)

So, what are the best avenues to acquire this one-week request for 2009? Rental? Purchase points from someone?

Do you think anyone will post a "Sighting" of such a week---could I then contact them?

I saw some TUG Ads for Rent---but not for the time frame of [dates removed;]

I know I could post on "Direct Exchange" and "Rental Wanted"; but I haven't had great successes with those before.

Thanks for any help with this,
Pat

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[TUGBrian]

neither the direct exchange nor the want ad cost anything...

I also see a half dozen or so rentals for manhattan in the time frame you are looking in the marketplace

(dates removed)

http://tug2.com/timesharemarketplac...roomsMin=&BathroomsMax=&SleepsMin=&SleepsMax=

 

[#1 Cowboys Fan]

I've read the reviews, it seems as if Affinia Manhattan or Affinia Dumont might be better choice(s) than Manhattan Club. Any thoughts?

I didn't even know anything about Affinia until this week (heck, I called them "Affinity" in my original post).

Are there other ways to acquire entry to any of these-----purchase points (?), etc?

Pat

 

[Blondie]

try redweek.com as they have units at the Manhattan club and the Affinias

 

[#1 Cowboys Fan]

Do you have to be a Redweek member?

I am not a Redweek member---do you need to be a member to 'see' the details of their offers?
(since this is helping a friend acquire a week, I don't wish to pay to join.)

Pat

 

[brother coony]

The Manhattan Club has Bulk bank there Spring week already, so if you miss that and your friend wanted spring early summer its gone. I have not seen fall bulk bank as yet, RCI has rentals for the MC listed on its site, over $2000 a week,if those dates they have or not what your friend need. then the only other way is rental. thru tug or redweek ect. if your friend wants it let him or her pay the membership fee.he could save way more that the fee. Hotel rates in NYC in a good location is not cheap, and gets highter in high demand time

 

[MaryH]

Manhattan Club trades with RCI and only the penthouse units trade with II. With M/F close to 2000$ for some units, less units are being traded via those exchange companies. There are studios and 1bdrms there.

Affinias are suite hotels with a small kichenette in the units. They come available in studios (usually with 2 double beds) and 1bdrms. I stayed in a studio unit with my Mom last summer and my sister in a 1bdrm with her family. Fairly comfortable and a lively neigbourhood that is 3 large city blocks from the empire state building.

I have stayed in a 1bdrm through an exchange via RCI and the unit itself is slightly nicer than Affinia Dumont. But I much prefer the mid-town location of Affinia Dumont and it is actually about 5 blocks from where I lived for a few months. There are lots of grocery stores and nice places to eat around there and some of the restaurants I used to go to when I lived in NY are within easy walking distance.

Another possibility for timeshare is Hilton Vacation Club NY but it is difficult to get weekends on that.

Exchange via RCI are typically low season Jan-Apr. Depending on your dates, your best chance is probably to rent.

 

[MaryH]

Forgot to say if you get an RCI exchange, Manhattan Club charges $15 per day for a studio and $25 per day for a 1bdrm.

Affinias charges additional taxes I think around $32-34 per day.

 

[philemer]

I have stayed in a 1bdrm through an exchange via RCI and the unit itself is slightly nicer than Affinia Dumont. But I much prefer the mid-town location of Affinia Dumont and it is actually about 5 blocks from where I lived for a few months.

I thought that the MH was in midtown. Midtown is between 14th & 59th according to this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan Isn't the MH on 56th? We're going next summer so I need to learn the "lingo".

 

[philemer]

I thought that the MH was in midtown. Midtown is between 14th & 59th according to this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan Isn't the MH on 56th? We're going next summer so I need to learn the "lingo".

Can someone define the different areas of NYC, like midtown, downtown, uptown?

Is the theater district near Times Square?

TIA

 

[DeniseM]

Here you go - and yes, Theater Dist. and Time Square are very close - Time Square is between the Garment Dist. and Theater Dist. on this map. Manhattan is actually relatively small and walkable - It is .8 miles wide at it narrowest point and 2.3 miles at it's widest point.

 

[MuranoJo]

Phil, yes, at MC you will be very near many theatres and Times Square. You know me and can always PM me. It is an excellent location and you can take the subway inexpensively to almost anywhere.