How much should I budget for a family of 4 travelling for 5 days to New York?

May 02

5 comments

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   **** / May 2, 2010

   You will need A LOT of money then. Probably get a flight and hotel for around £600 each and as for spending and eating out around £100 per day each?

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   miss twiggy / May 2, 2010

   Shit loads. It is really expensive to get there and stay there, but you will be pleased to know that you will eat well for next to nothing.
   go to the toystore schwartz, your kids will love it (its the one tom hanks goes to in big)

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   Baby C / May 2, 2010

   Probably $2500 to $4000 and up depends on when and what airlines you book the tickets. And what kind or places you might eat at. And you have to add ticket prices for most things you see or do in NYC (like statue of liberty, going up to empire state building or top of the rock, museums etc)

   Try adding the prices of these things, you will get an idea of what it will cost approximately.
   Airline
   Hotel
   Food
   Tickets for things you visit
   Public transportation (cab, subway, bus, train)
   Gifts
   Misc

   Hope this helped

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   Chris / May 2, 2010

   you need to provide more details. maybe specfiy how u like to travel (class), a good hotel ranges from person to person, so how many stars? 3 meals out per day?

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   barney / May 2, 2010

   That all depends on your pocket here are a few tips I picked up to make the money stretch that little bit further
   1.Take the Staten island ferry ,It’s free, yes free and it goes right past the Statue of Liberty .
   2. Go to Century 21 it’s a department store near Ground zero,Designer gear and fantastic prices ,there are some times street hawkers outside selling copies for the same price as you can get the real thing inside .

   3.Go to the Natural History Museum ,They give you a sugested entry price and then you pay what you want to pay ($1 each is OK)

   4.Use the subway $2 per jorney each if you miss your stop you can get on another train and go back with out paying any extra,the map seeems complicated at first but it’s not that bad.

   5.Don’t buy your suveneers from the actual places get them from the shops in Little China or from the Hells Kitchen area where they are more reasonably priced.
   6 If you are going to see a Broadway show ,go to the ticket boothe under the Marriot on Times square when it opens (sorry slighly vaigue) for 50% discount tickets ( these are proper tickets for decent seats ) I got front row for half the price of those at the back.
   7.Go to Joe’s dinner in Brooklyn for a good meal and fantastic cheesecake.
   8. Grayline buses run a great sevice you can choose from small tours to 48 hours all loops witch means you can hop on and off any where on there circuit for 48 hours ijncluding the nighttime tour or you can go for the three day all inclusive tour which we thought would have been a bit to much .There operatives gave us some realy good local hint and tips

   9. Look where the locals eat, a small cafe serving a big reakfast means you won’t need to stop for lunch.