Hotel taxes in New York City are 13.25%. We have given our own general rate scale to our picks, $ budget, $$ moderately priced, $$$ expensive. We have attempted to pick a few of each category in each area of the city. Our Traveler notes offer a quick overview so you can make a smart choice. Other areas shown are general star ratings, room size and number of rooms. Once you decide use the more info button to get more details on each property, hotel photos, etc. As far as booking your hotel there are many choices to the traveler today, they range from booking directly with the hotel, booking with a travel agent, or booking with an online discounter. If you choose to you can book the directly from our pages. We offer rooms from a discounter ( buy blocks of hotel rooms in volume and resell to the public at a discount ). It can be a good choice if your specific hotel is available. We have chosen Hotels.com and TravelNOW as our provider since they offer a price guarantee and are the biggest discount provider today.