Hotel Price Categories for Long Island City, New York

The hotels on the Rate Table and the Interactive Map are grouped into color coded price categories based on their average room rates.  The average rate for each hotel is calculated from the average of it's high and low room rates observed over a period of one year.

The latest hotel rate analysis for Long Island City, NY was performed on April 7, 2009.  The analysis is based on the average room rates for 370 hotels within Long Island City, NY and adjacent towns forming the New York, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The current classification breaks based on this analysis are as follows:

See Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details below for a detailed explanation of the classification price breaks.

Discount Rate Analysis for Long Island City, New York Hotels

Super 8 Motel - Long Island City, New York          Info   Rate History   Map
31-62 14th Street
Long Island City, NY 11106

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$134	$182
Observed Rates :	$109	$290

The observed low rate is 19% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 59% above the average high rate.

Holiday Inn Express Queens/midtown Tunnel, Ny          Info   Rate History   Map
38-05 Hunters Point Ave.
Long Island City, NY 11101

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$126	$152
Observed Rates :	$111	$130

The observed low rate is 12% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 14% below the average high rate.

Clarion Hotel Long Island City          Info   Rate History   Map
40-03 29th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$159	$242
Observed Rates :	$140	$190

The observed low rate is 12% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 21% below the average high rate.

Days Inn/long Island City          Info   Rate History   Map
31-36 Queens Blvd
Long Island City, NY 11101

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$122	$162
Observed Rates :	$109	$139

The observed low rate is 11% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 14% below the average high rate.

Comfort Inn Long Island City          Info   Rate History   Map
42-24 Crescent St.
Long Island City, NY 11101

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$164	$209
Observed Rates :	$151	$179

The observed low rate is 8% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 14% below the average high rate.

Ravel Hotel          Info   Rate History   Map
Ravel Hotel
Long Island City, NY 11101

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$177	$517
Observed Rates :	$200	$306

The observed low rate is 13% above the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 41% below the average high rate.

Hotel Rate Table for Long Island City, New York

The table below shows Long Island City, New York hotels listed from the highest average rate to the lowest average rate (Avg Rate column).  The table may be sorted on any column by clicking the column headers. 

The hotels are color coded according to the Hotel Price Categories described above.  The "Low Dif" column shows the difference between the current low rate and the average low rate for each hotel.  The "High Dif" column shows the difference between the current high rate and the average high rate for each hotel.  Enter your arrival and departure dates and click "Update Rates" to get rates for specific dates.  Click on the hotel names to see all avaiable room rates and make reservations. 

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Interactive Rate Table for Long Island City, New York Hotels Enter your arrival and departure dates and click Update Rates. Estimated processing time : 20 seconds    Arrival Date                   Departure Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31             Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31                Click Hotel Names for Info Pages          Click Avg Rates for Graphs           Click Table Headers to Sort Name Avg Rate Low Rate Avg Low Low Dif High Rate Avg High High Dif Ravel Hotel 347 200 177 23 306 517 -211 Clarion Hotel Long Island City 200 140 159 -19 190 242 -52 Fairfield Inn New York Long Island City/queens 193 169 168 1 219 218 1 Comfort Inn Long Island City 186 151 164 -13 179 209 -30 Holiday Inn Long Island City 164 180 146 34 239 182 57 La Quinta Inn Queens (new York City) 162 255 142 113 255 182 73 Super 8 Motel - Long Island City, New York 158 109 134 -25 290 182 108 Quality Inn Long Island City 153 180 135 45 200 171 29 Days Inn/long Island City 142 109 122 -13 139 162 -23 Holiday Inn Express Queens/midtown Tunnel, Ny 139 111 126 -15 130 152 -22

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Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details

The April 7, 2009 rate analysis for Long Island City, New York hotels is based on the average rates of 370 hotels within Long Island City, NY and adjacent towns forming the New York, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The average rate for each hotel is calculated from the average of it's high and low room rates observed over a period of one year.  The rates range between the following values:

Lowest Average Room Rate:  $0 - Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel
Highest Average Room Rate:  $1037 - The Iroquois

The graph on the right shows the typical shape of a room rate distribution for a metropolitan area.  The colored areas depict the price breaks used to classify the hotels.  Rates greater than two standard deviations above the mean for all values are considered high end outliners and are removed from the price break calculations.

For the April 7, 2009 analysis, the resulting mean room rate for New York, NY MSA hotels is $310 and the standard deviation is $169.

Hotels with average rates greater than one standard deviation above the mean are categorized as deluxe.  One standard deviation above the mean is $479, so Long Island City hotels with an average rate higher than $479 are classified as deluxe hotels ( magenta ) on the map.

Hotels with average rates falling in the lower half of the range below the mean are categorized as budget.  The rate halfway between the low rate and the mean rate is $155, so Long Island City hotels with an average rate lower than $155 are classified as budget hotels (green ) on the map.

Everything in between is categorized as moderate priced hotels, so Long Island City hotels with average room rates greater the $155 and less that $479 are classified as moderate priced hotels ( cyan ) on the map.