New York City Hotel Rates Are Surging, Even Before the Holidays

If you’re headed to New York City for the holidays, hotel rooms won’t come cheap. 

The winter season is a popular time to travel, and hotels are already preparing by hiking up room prices, The New York Times reported. According to real estate analytics firm CoStar, tourists who stayed in the Big Apple in September doled out around $417 a night, the most expensive monthly rate in the city’s history. The company added that the only place with higher room costs during…