Thinking about using a "vacation rental" seen on craigslist for 4 days in NYC in January. Has anyone ever done this? [more inside]
posted by sandra_s on Dec 18, 2009 - 13 answers

Where can I go via train that would be an amazing day trip out of NYC? [more inside]
posted by shownomercy on Jul 30, 2008 - 19 answers

I've been tasked with taking 8 members of my family, needing five bedrooms from the UK to New York in June 2009. Any advice on group booking deals and the like, for flights and/or hotels? Am I looking too early for good deals?
posted by electriccynic on Jul 25, 2008 - 5 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

Help for visiting NYC? [more inside]
posted by horseblind on Oct 25, 2007 - 21 answers

What can I do on my vacation in Portland, OR that I can enjoy doing by myself and that I CANNOT do in Seattle? [more inside]
posted by Holygrail2 on Jul 24, 2007 - 24 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

Where should we stay in Montauk? Is there anything that we should definitely do while we're there? [more inside]
posted by bshort on Jun 6, 2006 - 9 answers

So insanely busy me and my insanely busy SO want to take an overnight trip out of New York with only three requirements for the destination. 1) Close enough where we can leave NYC in the morning and return the next night without feeling completely rushed 2) There has to be a lighthouse nearby 3) A B&B or a hotel that is not your average boring hotel. [more inside]
posted by lips on Apr 22, 2005 - 18 answers

i saw this question and answer, which is similar to mine, except that we're planning to leave from nyc/ newark airport and are looking for a relaxing, sunny location for a last-summer esacpe in the caribbean or the west indies... [mi] [more inside]
posted by ronv on Aug 21, 2004 - 2 answers

Spending a weekend in New York City with a bright 7-year-old. Will be visiting various areas of the city for shopping and eating pursuits, and have identified stuff that will engage the kid in each area, except Chinatown. Any recs? (M.I.) [more inside]
posted by sacre_bleu on Jun 16, 2004 - 15 answers

Recommendations for day- or weekend trips outside NYC? [more inside]
posted by Vidiot on Apr 14, 2004 - 18 answers