New York is one of those travel destinations where it’s quite possible to spend more on one night at an average hotel than you paid for your an entire plane ticket to get there and back. Some welcome relief in the accommodations department comes this month, courtesy of the Third Night promotion, good at a select group of upscale Manhattan lodging options through Feb. 27, 2009.

The deal is simple: you book and pay for two consecutive nights at a participating hotel using the offer codes listed with each hotel at the link above, and you’ll get a third night free, as well as extra little perks like a personal shopping session at Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship store and free coffee in its cafe.

The following hotels are participating in the promo (click through to read what TravelPosters have to say about ‘em):

1. The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel

2. Jumeirah Essex House

3. Loews, The Regency Hotel

4. The London NYC

5. The New York Palace Hotel

6. The Plaza Hotel

7. The Sherry-Netherland

8. Trump International Hotel & Tower

9. The Waldorf Towers at the Waldorf Astoria

[Source: Blackbook]