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Everything & Anything New York City

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  • northwest1965
    northwest1965 Posts: 2,076 Forumite
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    I've printed out some google maps, you can zoom in as much as you like. Also great for looking at restaurants etc nearby
    Loved our trip to the West Coast USA. Death Valley is the place to go!
  • johnnyroper
    johnnyroper Posts: 1,592 Forumite
    Just booked to go 14-18th December staying at Hotel Mela, very excited as never been out of europe before, can't wait!!! There's some great tips on here, just wondered if anyone knew of a good website with a map with all the good attractions like ESB, History Museum etc. I'm trying to plan our itinerary, but want to base it on what's near to what, rather than spend half the days travelling between places.

    Thanks in advance :)

    i bought some off amazon for about £5,one is of central park the other is manhattan.
    i go on wednesday for a week so after that they will be no good to me,pm me your address and i will stick them in post if you want?
  • northwest1965
    northwest1965 Posts: 2,076 Forumite
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    I know this has been posted elsewhere but just in case no has seen it. Crown Currency are in trouble
    https://www.currency-express.com/comparetravelmoney/statement.html
    Loved our trip to the West Coast USA. Death Valley is the place to go!
  • gregg1
    gregg1 Posts: 3,148 Forumite
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    anyone stayed at the Salisbury please - any good?
  • KK22_2
    KK22_2 Posts: 307 Forumite
    My mum stayed in the salisbury (in a suite, so can't comment on individual room size) and would recommend it to others. She didn't give me much feedback but said that it was clean, good location, friendly staff and basically fit the purpose of being a room that they wouldn't be spending huge amounts of time in.
  • gregg1
    gregg1 Posts: 3,148 Forumite
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    KK22 wrote: »
    My mum stayed in the salisbury (in a suite, so can't comment on individual room size) and would recommend it to others. She didn't give me much feedback but said that it was clean, good location, friendly staff and basically fit the purpose of being a room that they wouldn't be spending huge amounts of time in.


    Thanks for that - reviews are good on tripadvisor but thought I would ask here as well.

    Booking daughter's holiday to NY with a friend and just want to make sure its OK as its her first trip there without the family (which I am a bit anxious about but sure she will be OK).
  • bluenoseam
    bluenoseam Posts: 4,612 Forumite
    Just booked to go 14-18th December staying at Hotel Mela, very excited as never been out of europe before, can't wait!!! There's some great tips on here, just wondered if anyone knew of a good website with a map with all the good attractions like ESB, History Museum etc. I'm trying to plan our itinerary, but want to base it on what's near to what, rather than spend half the days travelling between places.

    Thanks in advance :)

    Right i know it's a money saving forum, but here's the best piece of advice i can offer, buy a guide book. I know it's madness to advocate spending a few quid (seriously no more than £5-6 will suffice) but it will help you understand things a lot better when planning your days.

    When i went last year i had a few ideas of what i wanted to do (ESB, Statue of Liberty, Madison Square Garden tour) and figured out what was best to do on the same days. So for example i knew that ESB & MSG are pretty close to each other, so i figured it was best to do those on the same day rather than say ESB & Yankee Stadium tours.

    The reason i'm saying about the guide books is because they can recommend things you might not think of, may have suggested iteneries (sp) and often come with a small pocket map. If you want to sort it out so you know where stuff is, i'm pretty sure you can pin stuff on Bing/Google maps to give you an idea as to what will work "together" area wise.
    Retired member - fed up with the general tone of the place.
  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,390 Forumite
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    And if there's a group of you, buy a guide book each, IMO. I bought several cheap ones, gave one to each boy, and encouraged them to choose what they wanted to do before we left. They didn't, but at least I'd tried!
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  • kelda_shelton
    kelda_shelton Posts: 1,097 Forumite
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    Thanks for this.
    I have an iphone but I am not the best when it comes to using it.
    Do you have to access the internet/ roaming to use it? or not?


    Nope once its downloaded the first time you dont need to access the internet for the subway map.

    If you want the neighbourhood maps you have to download them, but once they are downloaded once then you don't need to do it again.
  • claire80
    claire80 Posts: 320 Forumite
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    well only 2 days till my trip to new york and i THINK i am all sorted , so ill be back on next week to let you know how we got on , thanks to everyone hat takes the time to post and help others on this thread .
    Making a change in 2013
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