Manhattan has a whole lot of outdated hotels with great, storied names. The Waldorf=Astoria, the Peninsula, the St. Regis, the Carlyle, the Edison, the Warwick, the Roosevelt. (I nonetheless mourn the fact that the Stanhope transformed to flats earlier than I bought an opportunity to remain in it.) But my favorite of all often is the Lodge Roger Smith, a mid-sized, unassuming construction at forty seventh and Lex, handy to Grand Central.
Homestays: The commonest technique to get a superb homestay is to work through an area language school. The language schools have a handful of households that they screen to host their students. Normally folks take classes at the faculty for four hours a day, and eat their meals with a household. The homestays normally value about $60 per week, inclusive of most meals.
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