Here are a couple of recent e-mails from our readers/hotel guests. Reader number one seems to be having trouble getting a straight answer about the room rates, while Reader # 2 as to whether to come to the hotel at all.
"On Monday, the rate was $189 for a Saturday night stay in a room with a king size bed and a bathroom. By Wednesday, it had risen to $225. Each time I call, I say "may I speak to Stanley Bard?" The first time, the reaction was snotty. The second time, the guy said "I haven’t seen him in months. Wish I had."
"Anyway, I’ve stayed at the Hotel twice during the Stanley days and now have an opportunity to bring a younger friend (who would absolutely plotz if she got to stay there), along the next time I’m in NYC, probably April. In your opinion, do we stay there, putting money into the pockets of the proverbial enemy, or not stay there out of protest for what is being done to it, thereby providing them less business, and thereby encouraging further outrage to the premises? I feel somewhat damned either way."
Well reader #2 we think that you should definitely still visit us. Despite the absence of Stanley and the obnoxious corporate presence this is still a really cool place to pass through. We’re not trying to bankrupt the hotel, just get rid of BD (in fact, we think that it’s BD that is trying to bankrupt the hotel so they can buy it cheap.) but when you do visit make your displeasure known in some way. You could wear a protest shirt reading “Bring Back the Bards” or something similar. And be sure to do what reader #1 suggests and ask for Stanley Bard. That drives them nuts.
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