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Cheap Couple in NYC

mahoganyslide — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:32:37 -0800

What is the cheapest place for a couple to stay in Manhattan? My girlfriend and I will be taking a trip to NYC in early January and we need a cheap place to stay. We're aiming for no more than $50/night for a maximum of 7 nights. We would prefer a private room that isn't shared with anyone else.

I've searched all over the internet and there are too many options. I'm curious if the hivemind has any specific recommendations for places in Manhattan.

New Orleans fell through, so let's try something else that's new!

sperose — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:25:42 -0800

As luck would have it, my previous question has fizzled out. Same people travelling, but this time, we're heading to New York City from Waverly, NY, and only staying for the weekend (5/22 or 23-5/25). The biggest question is: how do we get into the city? We do have access to a car, but I'd be the driver and I really dislike driving in big ass cities (such as NYC). How could we get from Waverly to inside the city?

Where can we stay that would be good for general partying-ness and some sight-seeing, but also relatively cheap (the main reason why this trip was cut down to a weekend instead of a week)?

Is there some sort of easy carryaround map I can use? (I like maps that have subway lines/stations and bus service on them.)

What is 'not to be missed'? I've been to NYC once (pre-9/11), and seen the big attractions, but have no desire to see Ground Zero (neither does my friend, for that matter.)

How much is this going to hurt in the wallet? I know that cigarettes are expensive (my friend smokes), but for alcohol, what would be standard prices for stuff like beers and mixed drinks?

Lastly, any words of advice? This is my first vacation that I'm planning by myself and I'm trying to not screw it up. (Of course, leaving one week to plan things isn't helping matters, but was out of my hands.)

One week with a car! What do we do?

redhotchips — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:32:24 -0800

If you have been car-less for your entire adult life in New York City and just rented a car for a work-free week, where would you go? I read the few other questions on AskMe regarding day trips out of the city but I'm also open to other fun suggestions to do that you wouldn't be able to do without a car. E.g. go shopping at the outlets, take a trip to Ikea. We can't stay overnight anywhere (pet duties) but would love to explore new places (Atlantic City? Long Beach?). Please help us not waste this vacation week!

Things to do in NYC with a bad knee?

felix grundy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:10:11 -0800

Bad Knee, Big City, or: How do I entertain my mother while she's here in New York this weekend? Usually we're good with museums and just wandering around, but she just had knee surgery last week, and while she's mobile enough to get around anything that requires lots of standing will probably just be too taxing.

More specifics:
She had knee surgery because her knee troubles have been keeping her from running half-marathons, so it's not like she's generally incapacitated, and I want to try to avoid making her more frustrated than she already is with her temporary lack of mobility—thus while we could probably get a wheelchair and I could push us around MoMA, I think this would be more exasperating than fun.

They arrive Friday afternoon and are leaving Monday morning. They'll have a car, but unless we leave the city I doubt we'll use it.

I think we'll probably go see a play in the afternoon on Sunday, but that's still up in the air. We also have dinner reservations every night that they're here, at the kinds of places where dinner can pretty much take the whole evening, so the evenings are pretty well covered.

I've thought about movies, but while she enjoys them she's not exactly a cinephile, so the fact that we're seeing something that's rarely shown is not likely to outweigh the fact that we're sitting in the dark and not really spending time together.

She and her husband (who will also be here, but who has no mobility problems and is hence not at the forefront of my considerations at this moment) are both really into food and wine—are "foodies," if you will. (Hence the dinner reservations, which were probably made before they even booked a hotel room.)

They're staying near Wall Street, right off of the 2/3.

Touristy stuff is fine; they're not snobs (except about food), and though I kind of am I can probably swallow it down for a weekend.

Thanks in advance for your brilliant ideas, fellow New Yorkers.

Day or weekend trips outsode NYC

Vidiot — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 22:02:52 -0800

Recommendations for day- or weekend trips outside NYC? Within 150 miles of the city is preferable. So is relatively inexpensive, charming, interesting, scenic, et cetera. Where do you go? Why do you like it there? Any more specific tips re: places to stay/eat/check out? Thanks in advance.