This news is just in! --- Real people stay in hotel toshi apartments!
Now some of them, like Kelly, may be unusually beautiful, but we promise you: everyone who takes a hotel toshi apartment is not an alien -- but an actual human!
Thankfully, Kelly, a talent manager and representative, has fallen in love with her apartment at 808 Driggs and the surrounding Williamsburg. Check her out!
Hotel Toshi helps people live in New York City.
The hotel apartment service offers short-term or long-term apartments and for prices cheaper than brand-name hotels.
You get more room for half the price of traditional hotels.
Yet some questions have been raised about whether or not Hotel Toshi is a legal business.
In a NYC blog, a resident writes: "When I googled Toshi it seems like everyone on the Internet is equally mystified by his real estate dealings."
Well, here is some clarification about Hotel Toshi.
The staff at Hotel Toshi prefers spending time helping people find great apartments, so we'll spare you the intense legal interpretation of our lawyers.
Tiffany
When I first met Rebecca Walton, Alice Williams, and Catherine Rowley the rain was pounding -- making these Brits feel right at home despite this behind their very first trip to New York City. When we made it up the stairs and into the apartment, they instantly felt they were in a home away from home.
Rebecca is an interior designer, Alice a PR executive, and Catherine a lingerie designer making them a perfect cross-section of much of our clientele -- young, successful professionals looking for a cozy apartment in Manhattan and a true NYC experience.
I asked how they found Hotel Toshi, " we were recommended by friends and after doing some internet research, it became obvious that Hotel Toshi was the best option for us. We were immediately attracted by the many great locations, as well as the decor and ambiance of the apartments."
Rebecca said, " we did not feel comfortable booking a place without pictures, which is what many of the craiglist listings were. Your units had great pictures, and now that I am here they look exactly as advertised! We are very happy."
When I touched base with them at the end of the stay to see how everything went, I got a unanimous "AMAZING." They again noted the location, and how convenient it was to pop out for a dinner, drink, or entertainment being in such a prime location.
They were very busy during the trip, hitting up all of the must see spots for a first time visit to NYC, " We went to the Met, Guggenheim, MoMa, Central Park, Top of the Rock, rode the Toys R US ferris wheel, Time Square, and somehow squeezed in a broadway show."
Which show?
"Westside Story, of course!"
Upon further discussion of their trip, I think they really liked New York City. When I asked their impressions, all three woman told me they now want to move here! Catherine told me, "We really love it. It's how you imagine it, but so much more. We've done all the obvious tourist stuff [and take my word, they did], but still feel like there is so much more to do. It really never sleeps."
When I asked what the highlight was, their answer was reminiscent of a true New Yorker's : "Central Park on a beautiful today."
I could not agree more.
Evan Kass,
Director of Client Services
Hotel Toshi
One of the things that we pride ourselves on at Hotel Toshi is making our clients feel like they are entering a home upon arriving in a Toshi Loft or Apartment—not a stuffy hotel room.
We all know how uncomfortable that state of limbo can be of not having a place to call home, even if only for a couple of weeks. We wanted this young family to have a home to rest their heads at the end of a long day, a home for their beautiful 8-month old daughter to feel safe and comfortable, and a home we provided. In fact, “Harper even learned to sit up on her own in this apartment—so needless to say we will have fond memories of Hotel Toshi for that reason among many others.”
Sincerely,
Evan Kass
Client Services, Director
Here at Hotel Toshi, we like to think of ourselves as a “hotel alternative.” Not only does that make us unique in the tourism and travel world, but it also provides us with some of the most unique tourists and travelers to ever walk out of the glassy doors of JFK airport.
This past week we’ve had the pleasure of hosting the Frieds-- an Alabama-bred, New York-appreciating clan of ten that doesn’t quit – not even in the frightening weather we’ve been experiencing as of late.
“If you’re looking for hotels in Manhattan it’s incredibly expensive,” says Jeffrey Fried, patriarch and Papa Bear to the gang of Frieds. Fried discovered Hotel Toshi a month ago and hasn’t stopped raving about it since. “These are very nice, they’re close to the subway, and they’re a great price...we've already told several of our friends back in Birmingham”
When I visited the Frieds on Sunday morning, children were running around in towels, siblings were sorting coats and scarves, and the high spirtidness of the cozy, comfy space was simply contagious. In the three-bedroom Williamsburg apartment that they had rented from Hotel Toshi, it felt like I was being welcomed into their home.
Fried’s wife, Sally, has dubbed Toshi “the most accommodating person I’ve ever met.” The family couldn’t have been more pleased with their luxury apartment, full kitchen, and ability to be together, stay in sweet dwellings, and experience the rich culture of the neighborhood around them.
"I needed a beard trim I went to a Dominican barber shop," says Fried. "It’s a happenin’ place. there was music, deals goin on. Plus there’s some bargains around here. Sally got manicures and pedicures, cheaper than Birmingham!"
Though they are Birmingham babies, the grandkids have fallen in love with New York.
“I was just amazed by it.” said 16 year old Zack, the eldest of the six grandkids.
Allowing others to get bitten by the New York bug is all in a day’s work for Toshi. Glad we could help, Zack. See you soon!
Raindrops on roses, warm woolen mittens, packages from Saks, snowflake shaped cookies, and chestnuts roasting by the open fire. These may be Christmas staples to you, but I have a few more unconventional traditions.
Sigh. The holidays are so hard to get through. I hope everyone has a happy and healthy New Year. Merry Christmas to all and to all a Tosh night!
It was supremely hard getting out of bed this morning after our casting party last night. Hundreds of beautiful bodies showed up to audition for our New Year's Eve Gala. We had dancers, bartenders, models, actresses, and even a father-son Elf and Santa team.
Color Parties and Hotel Toshi have teamed up to give you the greatest New Year's Eve blowout of the decade. We're so excited to start picking and choosing our new Tosh-ettes and Toshe-hunks.
Thanks for coming out to the party, hopefully you had a drink, had some body paint, and had an awesome time.
No more time to blog, we have to choose our new team! This is going to take a while...we have a loooooooooot of pictures to look at.
If you want to purchase tickets to the 2010 New Year's Eve Toshi Party, head to www.colortoshi.com. 
We've bought all our body paint and whipped out the brushes, now we're just waiting for some skin.
Tonight from 8 - 10 p.m. we will be casting performers, singers, masseuses, bartenders and more for our annual New Year's Eve gala. It will be a gathering of hot bodies and rockin' personalities, so we thought we'd just throw in an open bar to make things interesting, giving you a TOSHI PARTY!!!
This is a complimentary event for all Toshi Party New Year's Eve 2010 Gala ticket holders. Come see what (and who) is in store for the new year!!!
www.colortoshi.com
People have been sending us love notes through Trip Advisor. Today's FEATURED REVIEW goes to LME1 from Melbourne. Congrats, LME1, you get a free kiss from our office dog, Ponzu.
"We stayed at Toshi's 'Sunny Italy' apartment.
The apartment was bright, clean, and quite spacious and all of our enquiries were addressed promptly, clearly and with minimum fuss.
Great location as well - very close to some great bars and restaurants, and about 10 mins walk to Soho. Well serviced by the subway as well. Gym also close by.
We've already recommended Toshi to our friends, and hopefully we'll be back late next year!"
Psst!!!! The Toshi Hotel offices are super busy today. We barely even have time for our mid-morning Chrysanthemum tea. Which is a shame, because we'll need all the pre-detox we can handle before our annual New Year's Bash.
Welcome to our blog! Here we will be posting new information about our apartment rentals, update you on our party planning process, give you up to date news on what's going on in the offices of Hotel Toshi, and post pictures of our feisty, spicy office dog, Ponzu.
Feel free to use this as a form to post comments or send in your experiences. Everyone who stays here has a story...what's yours?
