Intercontinental Times Square - September 2012

This is my first visit to the IC at Times Square. Usually I will not pay to stay at this price range, however, I used the Chase PC Credit card free night certificate, which provides an excellent value.

Check-in was relatively quick as the area was pretty full. We were welcomed warmly by the receptionist (which turned out to be the manager on duty). My Platinum status was recognized, and despite it should not mean much we were upgraded. In the end we got a corner room with great views.

As the room was not ready we looked for the bell man to store out luggage, but as the wait was around 5 minutes, we already got a call back from the front desk that the room was ready.

The room itself was great. It was very specious for NYC. Nice view of the street below. Big nice shower and bathroom. The room contains a computer as well as WiFi and wired connections (at a cost). We had some problems with the connections and billing but they were resolved immediately and without a problem.

The hotel is well situated at 44^th street and the corner of 8^th Ave. It is a big hotel with a lot of coming and going. Elevators were never a problem (just mind that the first couple of elevators only go to the 7^th floor). As usual with IC, there was no special perks (no free breakfast, no free WiFi), though we did get couple of chocolates and fruits at night.

All in all, for a free night, it was a great experience, and I plan on coming back to the hotel in future visits to NYC.