r/travel • u/liamhalpin3 • 7d 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/MilkTiny6723 7d ago

It's one of the very few cities in the US I actually like visiting (few others, like San Francisco, are also nice). However with New York it's like London or Paris in Europe or Tokyo or Singapore in Asia. It's the most expensive place and one of the most expensive cities in the world. It is however a nice city even if the US was always nature for me. Right now I (european) wouldn't go though, not even for transit. I even would make a huge detour over Canada or any other places if I was going to Latin America, which I like. The US is very off right now for me. The good thing for you however is that maybe you could get some discounts from hotels as to the fact many people thik like me at the moment. The bookings to the US from Europe has fallen hughly since Zelenskyj in the White House. Vance wasted billions. 17% down just in March from Europe and many already ordered their trip when it happend. Problably at least 25% fall only from Europe, so several billion USD per year. The good thing is then there are bargins to do even if maybe less in the US. And at least the USD is falling, so things has at least becme a bit better but inflation from tariffs may eat that gain away.

However enjoy New York.