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19lottie82

What's the best way to get to the hotel on a Friday evening? Flight lands at Newark at 6pm.
Are there shuttle buses that do hotel drop offs or something similar? Don't fancy paying $100 for a taxi.
Thanks again.....

bluenoseam

19lottie82 wrote: »

What's the best way to get to the hotel on a Friday evening? Flight lands at Newark at 6pm.
Are there shuttle buses that do hotel drop offs or something similar? Don't fancy paying $100 for a taxi.
Thanks again.....

If your hotel is on Manhattan take the train from Newark Liberty to Penn Station which is directly under Madison Square Garden (if you can manage the luggage). If you're feeling particularly strong & brave you could then see about getting the subway to your hotel, but not really recommended at that time as it'll be very busy! From that point on though the taxi may not be anywhere near as expensive, the problem with Newark being that incurs a levy for being "out of town" as well as you getting hit with tolls as well.

19lottie82

The hotel website says it's only a few blocks from Penn Station, so i'm sure we can manage the walk - thank you !

PeacefulWaters

19lottie82 wrote: »

We are flying with Icelandair - Got some cheap tickets...... £350 return from Glasgow.

Get those Boots meal deals in the airport then. IIRC food and drink on the flight is extra.

And I have my Halifax Clarity card at the ready :j

Make sure you let them know your travel dates. You can do that online now once you log in. Bottom right hand corner of the screen.

Never been to NYC before so will need to do lots of research / planning to make the most of our short trip

Planning your walking route will save you wasting time doubling back on yourselves.

Google maps is very much your friend. Know where you want to go and plan it!

The hop on hop off yellow river taxis at $35 a go are a good way to spend half a day getting to see the 911 site, Statue of Liberty (from close up, but not on the island), Wall St and Brooklyn Bridge while getting a guided tour. Might be nippy in December.

SW17

19lottie82 wrote: »

What's the best way to get to the hotel on a Friday evening? Flight lands at Newark at 6pm.
Are there shuttle buses that do hotel drop offs or something similar? Don't fancy paying $100 for a taxi.
Thanks again.....

You can easily walk from Penn Station to your hotel. Take the 7th Avenue exits from Penn (ideally 33rd St, but 34th is not much further), it's just a few blocks. You may have to lug cases up some stairs at Penn, not all platforms have escalators in convenient places.

To get to Penn from EWR airport, take the Airtrain and connect to NJ Transit or Amtrak at Newark Liberty Station.

https://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-to-from.html

Settle yourself in for a good read of this thread, it can show you a lot of options for how to spend your time in NYC.

Savvy_Sue

SW17 wrote: »

Settle yourself in for a good read of this thread, it can show you a lot of options for how to spend your time in NYC.

:rotfl: what I did was copy and paste the bits I was particularly interested in into a text file so I didn't have to re-read it all again to find them, or remember what to search for.

wondercollie

http://www.supershuttle.com/blog/Blog/tabid/947/Article/184/how-much-does-a-supershuttle-cost.aspx


Look into it. My friends who live in NYC recommend it, rather than puffing about on buses and trains after a long flight.

michele-p

After booking this time last year, our holiday is now only 30 days away! eep! Just had an email today confirming we have a Big Apple Greater on our 2nd day too. Excited is not the word now!

phatbear

wondercollie wrote: »

http://www.supershuttle.com/blog/Blog/tabid/947/Article/184/how-much-does-a-supershuttle-cost.aspx


Look into it. My friends who live in NYC recommend it, rather than puffing about on buses and trains after a long flight.

But after a long flight the last thing i would want to do is sit on a mini bus for ages as you could potentially be the last person dropped off.

jackieblack

phatbear wrote: »

But after a long flight the last thing i would want to do is sit on a mini bus for ages as you could potentially be the last person dropped off.

I agree
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