If your concept of a family hotel means keeping kids happy with all sorts of diversions and amusements, and moms free to go around shopping in the finest shopping extravaganza in the world, then what you’re looking for is the Chambers Hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue.

Chambers offers extensive help for making family vacations easier, with a complimentary kid-friendly DVD library, free wi-fi internet, cable television, cribs, rollaway beds, strollers, high chairs, laundry and maid service, room service, in room-dining, concierge, baby sitter, in room beauty treatments, masseuse…You name it - If a kid or mom wants or needs it, Chambers got it.

The rooms at the Chambers are sleek and luxurious, with lush Tibetian wool carpeting, wall to ceiling windows which light up the entire room and provide a great view of the sights on Fifth Avenue. The shower and bath have been attentively designed to be kid friendly, with short deep tubs to prevent accidents and extra large shower heads which spill the water forcefully and wide, which, if you remember your childhood, or have recently struggled to convince a kid to take a bath, is exactly what you need to coax an unwilling child into taking a bath.

Room rates, in line with the hotel’s amneties and  reputation, are way above normal, starting from $525 for a standard room, and on up to $675 for a room with a city view, walnut wood flooring and double beds. Well, nobody ever said family hotels in New York come cheap…

In fact, if I have to say so, the hotel, the glass-walled elevators climbing up the uniquely designed floors and the solid luxury and comfort of the outsize rooms make it one of the luxurious and decadent hotels in New York. The rooms all reflect this same decadence and a taste more suitable for the home office of a highly successful artist or writer, the shelves packed with books and magazines, a sleek flat screen television, understated colors and the huge windows opening out for a breathtaking view of New york City.

Dining and in-room service at the Chambers comes from the Town restaurant, slightly upscale, but with an innovative kitchen and a menu featuring modernistic versions of classic French cuisine such as chicken roasted with rhubarb, chanterelles and crushed parsnips, and Risotto of escargots with sweet garlic and black truffles. It’s actually quite chic and seems to be well frequented by NYC residents who like the ambience and the bar.

So, if you really, badly need a vacation, and so does your kid, or kids, then be willing to shell out the big bucks at the Chambers Hotel, and enjoy the guilty pleasures of the Big Apple while your children are taken care of by the hotel.

Info: 15 West 56 Street New York, NY 10019; (212) 974-5656