I'm going to New York! Any advice?
In an odd change of tradition, I've actually decided to go abroad for
some holidays, instead of just taking a day or two here or there like
I used to. So I've decided to go visit New York City near the start of
September. Why, I'm not so sure. Why not really.
interesting. I'm not the best at planning activities, so once I
actually get there, there's no real plan in place. I suppose we'll
visit some famous buildings, eat hot dogs, whatever. So for those who have been, any advice? Tips or tricks about NYC , or
just general traveling? I'm going to try travel light. Flights are booked and I'm hopefully all sorted on the passport side
of things, I have a fairly new one, with the chip. And I filled out
that ESTA form to request access into the states. Free for now, but
apparently it'll start costing €10.50 from September onwards. My Bank knows the dates I'm going, so as to avoid any false positive
fraud alerts on seeing credit/laser card activity from another
country. Accommodation still isn't sorted. Hotels are crazy expensive, 4000+
for the 12 nights min. I've been looking at VRBO.com , it came well
recommended, but haven't secured anything yet. One crowd wanted me to
email my full credit card details to them. Didn't really like that. A
lot of the listings seem decent value, especially compared to the
hotels I found while googling. One annoying thing about the site is
that owners are a little lax at updating listing availability.
according to the site place is free, you fire off an email only to
find out its not.
I'd like something a little nicer than a hostel I think, and this
short term apartment letting seems like a cool idea. So? Suggestions?
Update:
Only 2 days to go! Accommodation is sorted, travel insurance also.
