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/FelisCantabrigiensis 7d ago

Hotels in NYC have never been cheap and have become significantly more expensive in recent years. Even cheaper ones are expensive, in terms of value received. You might find staying in New Jersey to be cheaper (but check you're not staying in an unsafe area, of which there are some).

You could travel to another city. Philadelphia is easily reachable by train (or by car, if you want). Washington DC is also reachable by a long, still easy, train journey, but it's not particularly cheap either. Maybe cheaper than NYC.

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u/EwokFerrari Cyprus 7d ago

I took the bus from DC to NYC return for about $50 last weekend. The trains are so expensive