Long stopover in JFK

Thomas_Holding

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That's one awful flight setup - bad enough at the same airport but to change airport too.
They won't get utility from a overnight hotel room so book for daytime only and do something like this - 

* Arrive 12am at Penn Station (Midtown Manhattan) from Newark 

* Leave luggage at hotel, go for lunch/sightseeing.

* Use the daytime room for shower/ change/ maybe siesta.

* Check out early evening & leave luggage with the hotel.

* Spend a few more hours sightseeing and a late dinner. 

* Collect luggage from hotel and head to JFK late evening on the A/E trains from Penn Station to Airtrain.

* Arrive JFK, check in bags and then grab a drink/beverage or head to lounge for 2/3 hours then head to gate.

I'd actually look for a later flight back so they can get a whole day/night in NYC.

thanks for that it was £400 cheaper than the alternative flight

eskbanker

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* Arrive 12am at Penn Station (Midtown Manhattan) from Newark

Perhaps a little pedantic, but 12am (or 12pm for that matter) is ambiguous and can legitimately be interpreted to signify midnight rather than midday - it obviously doesn't matter in the context of an arrival time in a notional itinerary, but when OP didn't specify am or pm earlier on, and the suggested schedule would entail use of a hotel room during the day rather than at night, it'll be important for the traveller to be clear when making any arrangements!

zagubov

If there's enough notice (say a month) they can book a Big Apple Greeter to show them round ( they're local volunteers with good knowledge of the city`).
Statue of liberty visits may need a week's advance booking.

Rosa_Damascena

The issue as I see it is the luggage. Manhattan is always busy, but when it's hot and you're tired and miserable it's much less fun - and dragging suitcases around won't help.

tightauldgit

eskbanker said:

[Deleted User] said:

* Arrive 12am at Penn Station (Midtown Manhattan) from Newark

Perhaps a little pedantic, but 12am (or 12pm for that matter) is ambiguous and can legitimately be interpreted to signify midnight rather than midday - it obviously doesn't matter in the context of an arrival time in a notional itinerary, but when OP didn't specify am or pm earlier on, and the suggested schedule would entail use of a hotel room during the day rather than at night, it'll be important for the traveller to be clear when making any arrangements!

Good to see a fellow pedant as I was also about to point out that 12am is midnight!

Thomas_Holding

Thank you all for your advice. In the end she just waited at the airport - too tired to do anything else.
There were loads of other people in the terminal. Rosa_Damascena said:

The issue as I see it is the luggage. Manhattan is always busy, but when it's hot and you're tired and miserable it's much less fun - and dragging suitcases around won't help.

That was the killer.