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Old April 24th, 2010, 09:49 AM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Default New York advice

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:38:06 -0700, SMS
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Check Venere.com and quikbook.com for good deals in NYC.

Good idea.

Last year we
stayed at Best Western Seaport Inn, near the Brooklyn Bridge. We had
kids 11 & 15 with us. It had some advantages over the Times Square area:
1. Very large room with 2 queens and a refrigerator. 2. Free breakfast.
3. Free wi-fi. 4. Close to Battery Park and S.O.L.. 5. Close to
Chinatown for cheap good food. 6. Not too far from two different subway
lines. 7. Close to Jack's Stir Brew, the best coffee in NYC. 8. Less
expensive than other areas of Manhattan, though still $199/night. 9.
Afternoon fresh cookies. We did a lot of walking, from South Seaport
through Chinatown and the lower east side then through the village and
up to midtown.


This is really useful.
Thanks for such an in-depth answer.


Airport to hotel depends on the airport and how much luggage you have.
From Newark you take the airport train to NJT train to Path, though as
someone pointed out to me it's much cheaper to take the bus to the Path
station, and no slower but might be more of a hassle if you have a lot
of luggage. From JFK you take the SkyTrain to one of two subway lines
depending on where in NYC you want to go. With 4 people, a taxi is not
going to be that much more than the train, but it could be slower. Avoid
services like Super Shuttle at all costs.

I'm a family of me plus 4 women.
Believe me, they are not the "toothbrush in the top pocket" type of
travellers :-(
I guess a cab will be the best option.
What sort of price might I expect to pay for a cab from either
airport?


The best part of the trip for me was a bicycle ride around Manhattan.
They've put in some great bicycle/multi-use paths around the island.
"http://www.nycbikemaps.com/maps/manhattan-bike-map/"


This sounds great, but I'd need to get my wife used to a bike in time.



I never felt unsafe,

Good to hear

but I didn't venture out to the Bronx or other
areas like that. The trip before I went over to Brooklyn to the NYC
Transit Museum, and even though the neighborhood was a little dicey it
was fine in the daytime.




The last thing you want to do on vacation is go to factory outlets.


Not when in NVC but after that even I don't mind one day at a mall.
USA malls are great for me, I have big feet and have difficulty
getting shoes to fit in the UK so tend to stock up in the States.
And USA T-Shirts are generally better quality than ours.

But you're right in some ways, 4 women in a USA mall is a lethal
combination,

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