Hello! We flew from London first thing on Jan 1st and landed in NYC that afternoon. We stayed until Jan 5th and the decorations were up the whole time! I had heard that they stay up until the 6th Jan, but I’ve also heard that it’s longer so I think it varies every year!
NYC is such a beautiful place! I wish I can go there now. What travel bag do you usually use? have you tried a duffle bag? I recommend Nomad Lane's bento bag. It is such a quality bag!
It took a while to get used to, but after a couple of days it became fairly straightforward! We preferred it as it was sooo much cheaper than taxis or ubers!
The NYC is the best thing ever! Is better than driving in LA. Don't let the people scare you, I was never scared riding the train alone. You'll do a lot and save a lot if you make the train your number one mode of transportation in NYC.
Use Google Maps. 1. Use "Save location" for each place you want to visit. 2 . Enter Hotels in search or click on the hotels icon at the top to see which hotels are closest to the majority of the places you plan to visit. 3. Once you find a hotel that will work for you, then use the distance between two location function to see how long it will take to walk from the hotel to each destination. Also you can use the fare search feature in the uber app to get an estimate of how much it will cost to get from your hotel to each of your destination. Depending on your plans, you may be better off paying a little more for a hotel that is within a reasonable walking distance or a shorter car ride to most of the places you want to visit vs getting a cheap hotel and using taxis / uber every where. Plus you have to take into account unpredictable traffic can make getting to where you want to go take longer with taxis/ uber/lyft and surge pricing.
Thank you! Yes we both had to get a temporary Visa for the trip, but it lasts 2-3 years I think before you have to renew it! We did it through the US government website
