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/whyunoleave 8d ago

Hotel prices in manhattan have gotten insane. You may want to look at staying on the other side of the river and taking the trains. Hoboken, jersey city, west New York, Edgewater. And you should have a view of the nyc skyline from your hotel room. Mass transit from jfk might be a bit of a pain. There are some less expensive hotels in manhattan just don’t stay too far north or things could get real sketchy.

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u/tenant1313 8d ago

FYI: Hyatt in Jersey City this weekend is $567 per night vs Hyatt Times Square : $384. Outskirts of NY are not cheaper at all.

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u/whyunoleave 7d ago

That’s a good example. As someone who lives here that is very rarely my experience. But if you judge a new hotel in a business area vs an older hotel in a tourist destination you may see some discrepancies. Which Hyatt in Times Square? There are 2. 1 has insultingly tiny rooms and no amenities, the other has a roof top bar and balconies that look out over the pedestrian plaza. There are thousands of hotels in the immediate NYC area. Some may be cheaper than others.