The Vermont Support Center Thread - Page 279

Originally Posted by hopefuldreamer

all righty nyc kiddies, i shall be making a legendary trip over to your neck of the woods from december 7-10 (working on getting an extra day off for the 6...let's see how that goes). I have some questions that i want to ask you all...

1) the consensus so far has been that lga > jfk. Anyone care to dissent or elaborate on why this is so?

2) airport-area hotels are at least $150+ dollars less, but the areas look atrocious. Specifically, there's a holiday inn express (don't judge me, i'm trying to spend under $1000 for a 3-4 day trip) by lga...apparently, it's about 5 minutes away from grand central station which will take me to manhattan via the #7 train...have any of you been in that general area? How safe would you say it is?

3) there's more variety over by newark and the flights are slightly less expensive. Would it be too much of a hassle to travel from newark to manhattan and other attractions for 3-4 days? There's a marriott over there that i'm eyeing that's super cheap but i'd rather pay more for location convenience.

4) in the event that i'm somehow convinced/win the lottery/go all yolo that i decide to pay the ridiculous premium to stay in manhattan, what are some hotels off the top of your heads that you would recommend?

5) any attractions other than the obvious (central park, empire state building, 9/11 memorial, 5th ave, etc) that you guys would recommend?

Yes, i do know how to work the google on the internet machine, but i figured you guys would have some local experience. This is my first trip outside of fl, so any and all advice is welcome! Can also be through pm since i realize this is kind of off topic...thanks a bunch!

Originally Posted by HOPEFULDREAMER

All righty NYC kiddies, I shall be making a legendary trip over to your neck of the woods from December 7-10 (working on getting an extra day off for the 6...let's see how that goes). I have some questions that I want to ask you all...

1) The consensus so far has been that LGA > JFK. Anyone care to dissent or elaborate on why this is so?

2) Airport-area hotels are at least $150+ dollars less, but the areas look atrocious. Specifically, there's a Holiday Inn Express (don't judge me, I'm trying to spend under $1000 for a 3-4 day trip) by LGA...apparently, it's about 5 minutes away from Grand Central Station which will take me to Manhattan via the #7 train...have any of you been in that general area? How safe would you say it is?

3) There's more variety over by Newark and the flights are slightly less expensive. Would it be too much of a hassle to travel from Newark to Manhattan and other attractions for 3-4 days? There's a Marriott over there that I'm eyeing that's super cheap but I'd rather pay more for location convenience.

4) In the event that I'm somehow convinced/win the lottery/go all YOLO that I decide to pay the ridiculous premium to stay in Manhattan, what are some hotels off the top of your heads that you would recommend?

5) Any attractions other than the obvious (Central Park, Empire State Building, 9/11 Memorial, 5th Ave, etc) that you guys would recommend?

Yes, I do know how to work the google on the internet machine, but I figured you guys would have some local experience. This is my first trip outside of FL, so any and all advice is welcome! Can also be through PM since I realize this is kind of off topic...Thanks a bunch!

Originally Posted by angelz_beauty7410

1. Jfk way better
2. Five towns hotel 5 minutes away from jfk under 500
3. ???
4. The plaza hotel / marriott new york / the waldorf astoria
5. 5th ave / the casino over in queens / rockefeller center (christmas) ......cant think of more lol


6. Enjoy your trip over here!

Originally Posted by tommydreamer

Lmao!!

Originally Posted by angelz_beauty7410

1. Jfk way better
2. Five towns hotel 5 minutes away from jfk under 500
3. ???
4. The plaza hotel / marriott new york / the waldorf astoria
5. 5th ave / the casino over in queens / rockefeller center (christmas) ......cant think of more lol


6. Enjoy your trip over here!

Originally Posted by tommydreamer

Awwwww why are you coming to NYC in the winter it be mad cold....

Originally Posted by tommydreamer

Hotels: w times sq, trump international, twc hotel forgot the name. Anything on central park south...

Food: per se, daniels, the strip house, peter luger, stk, grimaldis, grays papaya, chicken over rice from 53rd and sixth,ccarmines, sammys on city island...

Attractions: me, empire state building, theater district, grand central station, nyc subway, brooklyn bridge, times sq in the middle of the night, Rockefeller center, moma, museum of natural history, me, trinity church, wall street, etc etc etc...

Originally Posted by DreamsNC

only one i can help on is 3. i live in the newark area and when i go into the city its 2 options. take a greyhound for 7 bucks or choose from the Path train or nj transit train. pm me if you want me to elaborate on the train options and other travel stuff

Originally Posted by Garcia87

actually newark isnt that bad....and if your planning on going to nyc there are many cheap hotels in union city...its right next to hoboken there is a hotel called super 8 really cheap...and the mini spanish bus passes right in front and takes you to time square.

Originally Posted by tommydreamer

I charge in hugs and back rubs. Also yes I do believe supervision might be a good idea since im worries you'll attempt, unsuccessfully might I add, to touch my special place.

Originally Posted by HOPEFULDREAMER

I'll negotiate with pizza and drinks. And I won't be touching your special place sir, for I am still a bro and that is very un-bro-like behavior. BTW, any thoughts on Third and Long? Some friends of mine hang out there on Sundays to watch the games and I'm mildly intrigued...I figured an alcoholic like yourself could enlighten me on whether it's worthy of a stop or not...