The Pod Hotel, New York City, Bed Bugs

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The Pod Hotel	Average Price: $207 Check Rates

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230 East 51st Street

New York City, 10022 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 5 of 144
Average review rating: 3.93

OpinionWell Value Index: 7

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (92) , MyTravelGuide (4) , TripAdvisor (1163) , YahooTravel (15)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. No signs of bed bugs, that I saw.

"Excellent hotel for single travellers. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/1/2011 Vote

2. room was very clean (no signs of bed bugs.

"clean and cute for a decent price " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/1/2011 Vote

3. I can happily report that the room we was in did not have Bed Bugs in either, had heard alot about this before i went and was slightly nervous about it but room 227 was clean.

"Small and Clean " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/18/2010 Vote

4. Bed was comfy and no signs of bed bugs (I did a thorough inspection before even unpacking my luggage into my room.

"Great little place for solo traveller in a great spot! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/13/2010 Vote

5. Travelling from Europe, and staying on London time, I do go to sleep at 7:00 PM and wake up at 2:30 AM, so I wasn't in bed late enough to report whether there were bed bugs or not, although I've seen no reports.

"Booked a room a hour before check-in " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/10/2010 Vote

6. (It only takes one bed bug to create an infestation because they're asexual, and since I used to live in a ghetto apartment building that was infested with pigeons that transmitted the bedbugs from building to building, I take this very seriously.

"Great Hotel for New York Comic Con (NYCC) " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/9/2009 Vote

7. I always check the bottom edges of the mattress of every hotel I go to for bed bugs, and the mattress was clean.

"Great Hotel for New York Comic Con (NYCC) " Read full review on TripAdvisor 12/9/2009 Vote

8. Before we left we asked for garbage bags to bag up our luggage so that we wouldn't spread any bed bugs to our car.

"Nice, clean, but there are bed bugs!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/9/2009 Vote

9. BUT>>> there were bed bugs in our room and I came home full of bites.

"Nice, clean, but there are bed bugs!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/9/2009 Vote

10. However, that was the first and last 'creepy crawly' we saw during our time here (trust me--I even checked the mattress for bed bugs).

"I will go back again. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/20/2008 Vote