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When your arms are heavy with shopping bags and your feet beg for relief, there's nothing like kicking back on a soft bed or comfortable couch. But in Manhattan, the price of doing so can be more pain than pleasure.
With one of the highest hotel taxes in the country, the city has long suffered a bad reputation for being too out of reach for those who want to lay down their sleepy heads in Big Appledom.
But can you stay overnight in the city without breaking the bank? Actually, yes. "That's a myth of New York-that there are no inexpensive hotels available," said Jeanine Moss, director of communications for the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau.
If you're willing to forgo 24-hour room service, health clubs and an extravagance of space, there are a number of affordable hotels from which to choose. And if you want to wallow in luxury, New York City hoteliers are happy to serve you.
(But don't forget those hefty taxes. For rooms costing $99 and less, the tax is 14.25% plus a $2 hotel occupancy tax each night. Taxes jump to 19.25% for rooms costing $100 and more, plus $2 hotel occupancy tax each night.)
Here are some options: * The Franklin, 164 East 87th Street near Lexington Avenue (telephone 212-369-1000), made a splash this summer when it...