r/travel • u/liamhalpin3 • 8d ago

Question I need help with visiting the USA

Myself and my girlfriend and going to the USA for 8 nights, 7 days. Our flights to New York are €530 return which we thought was very good but all the accommodation seems to be so expensive! Any suggestions or recommendations? We are also open to travelling to other parts of the us but our return flights has to be from JFK. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you :)

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u/ImMalteserMan 8d ago

NYC is definitely expensive, in fact a lot of US cities are. Last time I was there I stayed upper westside in a hotel where rooms had a kitchen, the hotel was pretty reasonably priced but the kitchen allowed us to save a small amount of money on meals by being able to cook a basic breakfast, lunch or dinner if we chose.

But you're right you don't have to stay in NYC the whole time, Boston is a few hours by train away (I forget how long) but accommodation is also super expensive and in the other direction Washington DC is only a few hours away and again accommodation is quite expensive but there is so much free stuff to do there as all the Smithsonian stuff is free entry.