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Trip to NYC
Hi, my husband and I are planning a trip to New York City in the next
month. We would like to stay close to all the attractions, i.e. Central Park, Broadway Plays, etc. Can someone recommend a good hotel that's not too expensive? Also, if you know of good restaurants in the vicinity, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Alvine (in Manaus, Brazil) |
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 23:45:57 -0500, "Alvine"
wrote: Hi, my husband and I are planning a trip to New York City in the next month. I hope you enjoy the trip! We would like to stay close to all the attractions, i.e. Central Park, Broadway Plays, etc. We have a good subway and bus system, so it's not necessary to stay close to "all the attractions." Furthermore, depending on what other attractions you're interested in, it may well be impossible for you to stay within easy walking distance of all of them. Can someone recommend a good hotel that's not too expensive? Yes, but it would help if you would give us a price range and some other criteria. Also, if you know of good restaurants in the vicinity, please let me know. [snip] We don't know where you're staying yet, but there are loads and loads of good restaurants in New York, at every price range. Have a look at the New York Forum of forums.egullet.com, for example. Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. |
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Alvine wrote:
We would like to stay close to all the attractions, i.e. Central Park, Broadway Plays, etc. Can someone recommend a good hotel that's not too expensive? Yours is an oft-asked question with countless answers. Go to "Advanced Group Search" and put "New York" as the subject in this group and, perhaps, restrict the results to the past three months. You'll get more than a hundred responses. If they don't give you the information you need, many are happy to direct their comments to your specifics. __________________________________________________ ___________ A San Franciscan who's visited 49 of 50 US states http://geocities.com/dancefest/ http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 IClast at SFbay Net |
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Alvine wrote: Hi, my husband and I are planning a trip to New York City in the next month. We would like to stay close to all the attractions, i.e. Central Park, Broadway Plays, etc. Can someone recommend a good hotel that's not too expensive? Also, if you know of good restaurants in the vicinity, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Alvine (in Manaus, Brazil) Try Hotwire. I got the Hotel Lexington (Radisson) for $90/night. (plustaxestitleandtagsomedealersmaynotofferallince ntives) I've gotten good deals from Priceline before too, just make sure you know what you're doing. There ain't no refunds. It's midtown east side but that isn't too bad. As someone else said, no place will be near all the attractions, but anywhere between 30th and 60th probably isn't a bad location for visitors, although some might like staying further south down in the Soho area. Probably the only place a visitor really wouldn't like staying is way downtown near Battery Park. But hey, if ya get a good deal, the subway is cheap and you can always walk. There is a boat load of good food in NYC. Locals are spoiled and often won't patronize places that us uncultured visitors will enjoy. The 5 of the restaurants I frequent at home wouldn't last a month in NYC. 11 Madison was good 2 years ago. Might still be good today. Gourmet magazine usually does an annual review of NY restaurants. |
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Secaucus, NJ .... Go to Hotwire and look at Secaucus, NJ .... stay in a
four star hotel for $70 per night .. the bus to Mid Town NY,NY is $2.20 each way. Bus runs 24/7. It is a very short trip through the tunnel and you are in the middle of NY City. Why pay for parking, and all the other stuff like taxes, etc to stay in Manhattan. "Alvine" wrote in message lkabouttravelling.com... Hi, my husband and I are planning a trip to New York City in the next month. We would like to stay close to all the attractions, i.e. Central Park, Broadway Plays, etc. Can someone recommend a good hotel that's not too expensive? Also, if you know of good restaurants in the vicinity, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Alvine (in Manaus, Brazil) |
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TomCAt wrote: Secaucus, NJ .... Go to Hotwire and look at Secaucus, NJ .... stay in a four star hotel for $70 per night .. the bus to Mid Town NY,NY is $2.20 each way. Bus runs 24/7. It is a very short trip through the tunnel and you are in the middle of NY City. Hmmmm. "Day tripping". 4 trips a day (2 each way minimum) Suppose it takes 20 minutes each way including standing around and waiting. That's almost an hour and a half each day. How much do you do in NYC in an hour and a half? Now, the weather changes, you forget something, you have a change in plans, another 2 trips. 'Course, you can just do out and back once. Yeah, that's fun. 12 -14 hours in the same cloths, shoes, etc. Oh, and let's lug all our toursist stuff to the theater after walking all day. Nah, think I might stay in town. $90 a night for the Radisson shouldn't be too bad. Why pay for parking, and all the other stuff like taxes, etc to stay in Manhattan. 'Cause I absolutely HATE communting. It's vacation. If ya can't afford to go, don't go. But, hey, YMMV |
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"TomCAt" wrote in message ... Secaucus, NJ .... Go to Hotwire and look at Secaucus, NJ .... stay in a four star hotel for $70 per night .. the bus to Mid Town NY,NY is $2.20 each way. Bus runs 24/7. It is a very short trip through the tunnel and you are in the middle of NY City. Try doing that at rush hour - it wont be a short journey then. Why pay for parking, and all the other stuff like taxes, etc to stay in Manhattan. Because its dammed convenient to be able to pop back to the hotel to unload shopping, rest up for half an hour, take a shower and then go out for dinner. I've down both and unless I was staying in Joisey for a reason I'd pay the extra 40 bucks or so and stay in Manhattan. Keith ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"One good rule to follow is not to go into a restaurant that has only a
few customers. The best in any category or price range will always have a lively crowd of eaters." this is not true, depending on the time of day.....we went to a famous cuban place up in just a couple blocks up from times square which would be reservation required normally, but since it was 4 0clock and our meeting got out early, we were the only one..... |
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if you come from the north, along 95, park at the new rochelle train
station, easy from the highway cheap and safe parking for your car, and you are let out at grand central in about a half hour....path train from jersey or something from yonkers will provide similar conveinance... i dont see why someone would stay in NJ to visit NYC, its like going on vacation to chicago but staying in Gary..... Chuck |
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