The apartment: Amazing location - 4 blocks from Penn Station, 4 blocks from Times Square, 3 blocks from Macy's and shopping on 34th Street. Decent pizza joint down the block for a quick meal, and about a gazillion other places to eat in the area if pizza doesn't strike your fancy. The apartment was clean, and luxurious; great view from inside the apartment, but there is also access to two rooftop decks where you can easily see the Empire State Building and New Jersey across the river. The building also has an excellent gym facility available, with multiple treadmills and equipment, yoga room, and pool, in case walking around Manhattan is not enough exercise. Security in the building is top notch; the doormen were very nice. The suite is also very spacious and definitely optimized for two people; although, there were four of us in my group, we had no trouble spacing out sleeping arrangements (two in the bedroom, two in the living room).

The host: Jayme, even from the very first email, was great. Easy to communicate with and made himself readily available to answer questions. He also made sure that both the check-in and check-out processes were easy, and fit our schedule; I most definitely appreciated his flexibility on this as my party's travel schedule was all over the place. Upon arrival, Jayme was there to show us around the apartment and explain how things worked. We had a minor set-back once he had left though when we thought that we had locked ourselves out of the apartment. NOTE: make sure he shows you how the lock works and how to unlock the door! I was able to contact Jayme right away, and bless him, he made his way back to the apartment (during rush hour too!) and unlocked the door for us. He also brought a more comfortable air mattress with him in case the one that was already in the apartment wasn't comfortable enough. Jayme is an excellent host and I cannot thank him enough for the hospitality.