Super 8 by Wyndham North Bergen NJ/NYC Area

I have stayed here before and will probably stay again when visiting NYC. It is a drive up style motel and the rooms have everything I need as a single traveller plus only $25-30 for an Uber to and from Newark Airport. Comfortable bed, big bathroom with great water pressure and hot water. The room also has decent free wifi and a safe, fridge, microwave, lots of outlets, iron, hairdryer etc, etc. The big selling point here is the value for money and the ease of getting into Manhattan. A room of this size and facilities in Manhattan costs at least 3x more than the Super 8. Getting to Manhattan is easy, you simply stand outside the motel and flag down the New York express bus that drives by every 10 mins and it costs $4 per person (cash only) which takes 15-25 mins depending on time of day and traffic. It drops you off 42nd/8th Port Authority / Times Square and the motel provides a printout of the express bus instructions in and out of Manhattan. You travel with the locals on the express bus but there is always a seat available from my xperience! The property itself is a little run down and the area is not overly exciting but there are a couple of retail parks close by providing supermarkets, cinemas, Walmart, Starbucks and several chain fast food restaurants.

Location: Located in New Jersey, there is a shuttle available for €3.50 per ride, running every 10 minutes, which takes you directly to Times Square in less than 20 minutes—very convenient. Note that it only accepts cash. Rooms: The rooms are large and spacious. Housekeeping is done daily, even if you leave the room late, and everything is very clean. The Hotel: It’s more like an older motel, but given the price, there’s really nothing to complain about. Breakfast: Breakfast is decent for the price, with bagels, cream cheese, coffee, and tea. The orange juice is good. For those who want a more substantial breakfast, there’s an ALDI five minutes away on foot and the IHOP brunch restaurant less than a 10-minute walk away. There’s also a fridge and microwave in the room.

Great location for a short visit to NYC. There is a shuttle that you can flag down right in front of the lobby to get to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 41st and 8th Ave. Cost is $3.50. Unfortunately that shuttle only runs until 10 pm but Bridget, the very helpful person at the front desk, told me the 125 bus runs from the Port Authority to about a block or so from the hotel. (Found out the cost for that was also $3.50 pp.) The room was comfortable enough. We found every staff person to be polite and helpful. Overall, we felt safe and enjoyed our stay. (And we were so happy we didn't have to drive into the city!)

The staff were very kind to offer me a room away from the main highway, but because there was no elevator in the separate house, couldn’t bring my luggage up there so I stayed on the first floor, but that was very kind of them to try to help me. The breakfast was very nice. The staff was very, very helpful and professional.

Traveling to Manhattan was quick, easy and not very expensive. Great! I only wished we had known the express bus number and where to go to catch the bus plus the need for cash money when we arrived in New York to check in at the hotel on our first day. We lost 3 hours waiting for a bus at port authority. The breakfast was nice too.