My college-aged niece and I I spent four days at the Chelsea Pines Inn, and we had a great time. The staff is lovely and very helpful. Our room was small, but it had one double and one single bed, a shower, and a toilet, so everything we needed. It’s not a luxury place but it’s funky and I liked it.
it has five floors and no elevator so that might be an issue for some. The hotel tells you that before you book though, so it wasn’t an issue for us, even though we were on the fourth floor. The Chelsea location is excellent as well, and for Central New York City, it’s very affordable. We took the subway everywhere and it’s about 30 seconds frim the hotel.