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Going to Broadway
xeviq
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So, my girlfriend and I will be celebrating our third year anniversary together in October. As a gift to eachother, we will both be chipping into going to watch Wicked live on Broadway.
I'm trying to determine how much we need to set aside for this fun trip of ours. Mainly for hotels and where to stay in New York. As we live in the Middle-West of Ohio, it will be a 10 hour drive and I don't feel like driving up, watching the musical and right after driving back.
The question that I really need answered is:
The hotels on or by Broadway are stupid-not-cheap. We looked at the prices and we CAN afford them, but would it be cheaper to stay further out and taxi back and forth, or will the taxi fare cancel out the money saved by not staying closer?
Also, we are both strapping young adults who can put in a mile or two trek to get to the hotel and back.
I'm trying to determine how much we need to set aside for this fun trip of ours. Mainly for hotels and where to stay in New York. As we live in the Middle-West of Ohio, it will be a 10 hour drive and I don't feel like driving up, watching the musical and right after driving back.
The question that I really need answered is:
The hotels on or by Broadway are stupid-not-cheap. We looked at the prices and we CAN afford them, but would it be cheaper to stay further out and taxi back and forth, or will the taxi fare cancel out the money saved by not staying closer?
Also, we are both strapping young adults who can put in a mile or two trek to get to the hotel and back.
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Generally Speaking you do not want to take a cab to or from the Theatre district if you can avoid it. All the shows start at roughly the same time so the traffic gets ridiculous.
The good news is that the subway system is not affected by this one bit and is a unique NYC experience unto itself. Check out www.hopstop.com and plug in the theatre addy as well as the hotel addy and it'll give you the correct route with approximate travel time.
Manhattan is also mostly mapped on Google maps, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to check out the area of the hotel that you're looking at either.
Please let me know if you have any other questions. =D
Don't worry about hoteling right up next it, totally unnecessary. Find yourself a decent place in a nice enough / quiet area and just trek it - that's the beauty of the city.
What're your options for living quarters?
So, that website would be really helpful, but I don't know where I should stay. I need to find a way to find a hotel within a decent walk from the subway.
@ hotel options:
We are looking for about a $150 for one night to stay in her budget. But I can pay more, as my original budget was for a $250-300 hotel. If it ends up being more, I just won't tell her lol.
As for how fancy it is, we don't want a motel or anything. And one bed, bath, nothing too gaudy.
@ train idea:
The cost to keep car parked and train ride back and forth... would it cost more, less or equal to about 80 bucks a person?
I don't know how long you will be in the city for, but parking is a pain in the ass and can be expensive. Combine that cost of gas, it is probably (do your own research!) cheaper to take a train, although it will certainly take longer. Granted you can spend that time doing damn near anything.
We haven't gotten the tickets yet, but we are going to soon once everything is finalized. This is in October, and we are willing to do it in Nov also, if need be. So we're looking at 3-4 months in advance.
-Hotels. Im not too familiar on that front, but anywhere in Manhattan is close to the subway. As long as you aren't staying in an outer borough or above 125th, you're fine.
-transit. Parking generally is available for between $25 and $35 up to 24 hours. Free parking is technically available, but its a crap shoot and between alternate side parking / meters / getting towed if you're too close to a hydrant, to be avoided if possible. The subway rates just went up, they're $2.50 per person each way, but I think they still have day passes available for 4-6 bucks a person.
Fair warning, pretty much any hotel that offers 'Free Parking' is going to be in the luxury end of the pricing spectrum. (min $250 per night)
The train sounds like a good idea. It would cost about the same, but it's a 20 hour ride, and I'm trying to keep time off work to a minimum.
This is true, and paying for parking is what these days, $50? if you don't take it out.
For giggles you might wanna also look at flights to/from JFK,LGA, Newark. THere are occasionally really ridiculous deals.