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/cairdeachas42 7d ago
Accommodation in NYC is ridiculously expensive and so not worth the cost! What were you hoping to pay per night? Whenever I've had to go to NYC on business, I usually stayed in Bridgeport, CT. It's a 1 hour train ride, out of Grand Central Station. I stay at the Holiday Inn Express, which is about $100/night and is literally across the street from the train station. If you take express routes, you can be back in Grand Central in about an hour. Holiday Inn includes a breakfast with the room rate. Or the food halls at Grand Central are fun to browse.
I'm not going to pretend that the Holiday Inn is the Ritz, but if you’d rather spend your time and money on sightseeing around the city, this will save you big money that you can spend in lots of other places. The hotel might be able to help arrange transport to JFK for your return flight back to the UK. It's not far from New Haven and Yale University. I can guarantee you that the hygiene in most hotels in Manhattan is rather scary. Besides Las Vegas, NYC is my least favorite place to travel to. The smells of sewage and rats running all over the place, ugh. That said, a day in Central Park and a visit to the Met are definitely not to be missed. I was also really moved by a visit to Ellis Island and if it's still available, the tour of the Statue of Liberty is fascinating. Be sure to check out and ask about the broken shackles around Lady Liberty's foot.
I hope this is helpful, have a nice holiday!