Loews Regency
540 Park Avenue (at 61st Street)
Tel: 1-800-233-2356
On the one block between the church and the reception. You can't get any closer to the action! Rooms from $425.
Excelsior Hotel
45 West 81st Street
Tel: (212) 362-9200
The Excelsior is near Catherine's old apartment on the Upper West Side, just down the street from the Natural History Museum and a quick cab (or slightly longer walk) across the park for the wedding festivities. Rooms from $299.
Hotel Wales
1295 Madison Avenue
1.866.WALES.HOTEL
Another Catherine favorite. In a nice residential section of the Upper East Side. A 5 minute cab ride from the festivities. Rooms from $360.
Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue, between 49th and 50th streets
Tel: (212) 355-3000
The Waldorf Astoria is one of the classic New York City hotels and is always a good place to spot diplomats from third world countries. 10 blocks from the church. Rooms from $459.
NOTE: WE HAVE RESERVED A BLOCK OF "DELUXE" ROOMS AT THE WALDORF FOR $430/NIGHT FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. TO RESERVE A ROOM IN THIS BLOCK, PLEASE CALL 1-877-GROUP-WA (1-877-476-8792) AND REQUEST A ROOM FOR THE OLASKY/CASTEEL WEDDING. TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RATE YOU MUST MAKE YOUR RESERVATION BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2008.
Priceline.com
If you are are "flexible" you can often get a good deal on a hotel room through priceline.com. One wedding attender -- we'll call him B.G. -- secured a room in a nice midtown hotel for the wedding weekend for $200 a night. You can too!
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