Please tell me about your experience on the Chinatown bus from NYC to the southeast. Should I put my friend on it so she can get home? [more inside]
posted by greta simone on Dec 20, 2009 - 9 answers

Travel trips? I have read the Amtrak archives for some great advice but I have some different detailed questions! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 7, 2009 - 13 answers

Children and Christmas in NYC - where are all the good windows? Where should we eat dinner? And what else should we check out? [more inside]
posted by FunkyHelix on Dec 5, 2009 - 16 answers

NYC Filter: What's fun to do in New York City on a weekday? [more inside]
posted by LolaGeek on Nov 17, 2009 - 12 answers

I'm looking for a good New York City iPhone app for tourists. [more inside]
posted by reformedjerk on Oct 16, 2009 - 14 answers

Flying into LaGuardia Tuesday afternoon. Best way to Chelsea? [more inside]
posted by Danf on Sep 24, 2009 - 25 answers

More or less as a joke, I'm looking for some landmarks in NYC that are well-known to New Yorkers and yet incredibly dull and prosaic. [more inside]
posted by whir on Sep 16, 2009 - 93 answers

I'll be speaking at a conference in New York City, and I'd like to figure out how best to get there. [more inside]
posted by fake on Aug 28, 2009 - 16 answers

Are there inexpensive one-way tickets from the US to Europe? [more inside]
posted by msbrauer on Aug 7, 2009 - 6 answers

I know this is a semi-silly question with near infinite possibilities for answers, but what should I be doing to feel a little less like a tourist while I'm in Manhattan this weekend? [more inside]
posted by paxton on Aug 5, 2009 - 43 answers

Last-minute July 4th plans for NYC wanderer? [more inside]
posted by jckll on Jun 29, 2009 - 5 answers

NYC Filter: Help me get a good picture of NYC's most famous lady... [more inside]
posted by Ashman on Jun 17, 2009 - 20 answers

I'm turning 30 in two weeks. Help me find a great ~4-day trip not too far from New York to celebrate it. [more inside]
posted by toomuchkatherine on Jun 14, 2009 - 9 answers

Looking for a website that helps me plan a 5-day vacation in detail. [more inside]
posted by mr.marx on Jun 13, 2009 - 4 answers

In the middle of a great obligatory family tour, we have 3-4 days where we can go off and do something fun somewhere in America. Somewhere not too far away from Philadelphia would be good. We were thinking NYC, but is there anyway to do this on a SERIOUS budget? And if not, where else should we go? Criteria within. [more inside]
posted by By The Grace of God on Jun 7, 2009 - 18 answers

Daytrip Dreamin': I've read the previous question about Zipcars in NYC, but it's about a year old and I have some specific questions. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on May 28, 2009 - 14 answers

NY Metro area (really Long Island)/JFK filter: where to stay? [more inside]
posted by NoRelationToLea on May 26, 2009 - 3 answers

TravelFilter: Will the current cheap flights between Australia and New York remain into 2010? And what times of the year are considered off-peak travel to NYC? [more inside]
posted by crossoverman on Apr 28, 2009 - 3 answers

Suggest some New York attractions for my walking-challenged parents? [more inside]
posted by btkuhn on Apr 7, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm visiting New York for two weeks in June, but also want to get out of the city. Where to? (btw, public transport only) [more inside]
posted by nofunnyname on Mar 24, 2009 - 18 answers

I need to get to Newark Int'l Airport from Brooklyn for a 4:55pm flight out on Sunday night. I'm planning to take the subway to NY Penn Station, then NJTransit to the EWR AirTrain station. I've got the relevant schedules, but how much time do I need to allow for walking and buying various tickets along the way? [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Mar 6, 2009 - 8 answers

I'm taking a 3 day vacay to NYC. Help me make the best of it foodwise! [more inside]
posted by Heliochrome85 on Feb 23, 2009 - 27 answers

I need advice on visiting Manhattan with a mobility-limited traveling companion. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 27, 2009 - 14 answers

Traveling to NYC during Thanksgiving... [more inside]
posted by bach on Oct 25, 2008 - 6 answers

Traveling from Norwalk CT to philly. How can I best avoid the NYC traffic? I just hate sitting there and jockeying for position. Any suggestions on alternate routes?
posted by Towelie on Oct 15, 2008 - 11 answers

What are the cheapest ways to get from Newark, Delaware, to New York City? [more inside]
posted by viewofdelft on Oct 7, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm flying into LaGuardia at 10:30 on Friday morning. I'm staying with a friend in Brooklyn but won't be able to get into his apartment until the evening. I would like to spend the day in Manhattan, but will have a large rolling suitcase (like the biggest standard size one you can buy) that I don't particularly want to tote around all afternoon. Where can I leave it? [more inside]
posted by prozach1576 on Sep 17, 2008 - 11 answers

Is there an offline Blackberry city guide? [more inside]
posted by Caviar on Sep 15, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me find a gathering spot in Manhattan for a small first-time family meet up that will occur after our private wedding ceremony. I'm specifically looking for some nice dinner spots, as well as some possible activity suggestions within walking distance of Grand Central and Penn Station. [more inside]
posted by smalls on Aug 3, 2008 - 4 answers

How to get to Chapel Hill from NYC? [more inside]
posted by greta simone on Jul 16, 2008 - 13 answers

Pet friendly cabin or cottage within 3 hours of NYC? [more inside]
posted by cestmoi15 on Jul 1, 2008 - 2 answers

Please recommend me some day/weekend trip destinations from NYC, especially if they involve trains and don't require renting a car. [more inside]
posted by doift on Apr 30, 2008 - 20 answers

Taking the family to a game at Yankee Stadium before it closes, and would like suggestions for where to stay/what to do/what to see. [more inside]
posted by mr_crash_davis on Apr 15, 2008 - 13 answers

Nice place to have drinks with a client around Empire State Bldg? [more inside]
posted by fillsthepews on Apr 15, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm looking for ideas for interesting, off-the-beaten-path places to go and take photographs in New York or the surrounding areas. It would be good to take photographs that not absolutely identical to things you see in travel books, so no touristy or centrally located areas. Recent visits been to the abandoned buildings of Ellis Island, the recently-collapsed smallpox hospital on Roosevelt Island, Astroland, Vinegar Hill, and Washington Rock (in NJ). What are some other photo-worthy places?
posted by lsemel on Jan 7, 2008 - 8 answers

I want to go on vacation in March to a place with beaches. Problem: We can't drive! [more inside]
posted by suedehead on Jan 5, 2008 - 16 answers

How can I find parking in New York from Tuesday to Friday next week? Ideally it would be on Upper West Side Manhattan and not very expensive, but I could park farther afield. [more inside]
posted by Dasein on Dec 15, 2007 - 15 answers

NYC filter: I'm visiting a friend in the city this weekend and due to her work schedule, I'm going to end up being by myself on Friday night. I don't make it down to New York that often, so I'd really like to do something fun, but I've already contacted my other friends who live in the area and I've come up empty. So I'm querying the hive mind: What should I do? [more inside]
posted by dyslexictraveler on Nov 7, 2007 - 20 answers

NYC travel filter: it's kind of a big town, it seems, but I'm sure it has exactly the thing I'm looking for. [more inside]
posted by NekulturnY on Oct 25, 2007 - 29 answers

A small and easily answered question: If I take the Acela from Baltimore to Manhattan (Penn Station), where's the most convenient place for someone to meet me and pick me up? [more inside]
posted by peachfuzz on Oct 24, 2007 - 6 answers

What should I do with 3 days to kill in New York City? [more inside]
posted by Slacktastic on Aug 9, 2007 - 29 answers

My boyfriend lives in DC, and I live in NYC. We are both in school, but want to be able to see each other fairly often during weekends of the school year. What are some of the cheapest ways to travel back and forth many times? [more inside]
posted by amileighs on Jul 24, 2007 - 28 answers

Surprise trip to NYC to see a Yankees game. I know nothing of NYC. Please help me figure out where to fly and where to stay. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 17, 2007 - 11 answers

Car seats in cabs/cars for hire in NYC? [more inside]
posted by pomegranate on Mar 16, 2007 - 12 answers

Brooklyn, where to stay what to see that's not obvious? [more inside]
posted by zaphod on Jan 31, 2007 - 21 answers

In 1990 (as a non-USAnian) I visited Manhattan. At that time, SOHO was the new "up-and-coming" area: money moving in, interesting shops, galleries, bars, restaurants. What's the hot-spot now? And what's SOHO like now?
posted by TiredStarling on Dec 31, 2006 - 16 answers

I'm a college student, being flown up for a job interview in Manhattan this Friday. I asked the firm I'm interviewing with to schedule my return flight for Saturday morning instead of Friday night so that I can explore the city, but now I'm finding out how expensive lodging in the city is. [more inside]
posted by btkuhn on Oct 25, 2006 - 14 answers

Where can I leave my luggage for a day in Manhattan? [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Oct 6, 2006 - 9 answers

New York City Dog Lovers: Where can two car-less Manhattanites (and one miniature poodle) go for the weekend? [more inside]
posted by skryche on Sep 21, 2006 - 5 answers

I'd like to rent an inexpensive cabin, somewhere picturesque and north of NYC, with room enough to fit 6 people who don't mind crashing on the floor in sleeping bags, for one weekend in October or November this fall. What can you tell me?
posted by the jam on Sep 19, 2006 - 5 answers