Money to take to New York for 5 days?

Question

Going to New york in Feb for 5 full days. Flights and hotel are already paid for.

Theres two of us going and we will be catching a show, watching the Knicks play and doing the normal tourist stuff.

How much money could we budget on spending every day in Manhatten, for all the tourist stuff and food and entertainment?

Thanks
T.

Answer 1

$150 a day should be fine. Food is the thing ur really only paying for.

Answer 2

Some of the answers above cant be right, theyre taking the mick or being tight! I went last april with my gf for 4 days. Spent £1000.

Remember you hotel will be room only, so its gonna be 2 or 3 meals a day, and the food is not cheap there. We ate at some nice places tho.

A 48 hour hop on hop off bus pass is a must!! You get lots of info, and can hop on and off where ever you want, it takes you all over the best places in manhattan. These are $50 each.

Empire is about $12 each, cant remember tho.

if you get a taxi from the airport, it will be around $60 each way.

thats just a few things off the top of my head!

Take plenty of money trust me you will need it, it goes nowere in Manhattan, Other things to do are statue of liberty (you can get a free ferry around it but you cant get off that one, so thats not much cop really) Rockerfeller, which is supposed to be brill. Grand Central station, G Zero, loads of other stuff

You will spend alot on food mainly, trust me just take plenty cash we got through a thousand quid no problems.

Hope you have a great time

Answer 3

If your tickets are already paid for (go Knicks!), then I would allot about $250 for a day. Of course this may be excessive to some, but not at all if you plan on doing any shopping at the tourist sites. If you are doing hardcore shopping at local stores, then load the debit card to the gills, because the sky's the limit!
But on 200 or 250 you should be able to hit quite a few places, and not have to be so selective because of finance worries.
Have fun, and take care! :)

Answer 4

Because you have your hotel and flight taken care of, you have covered the most expensive part of new york. If you are on a very limited budget four tips: A. street vendors small restaurants. B.You can also buy you souvenirs for your friends in china town or Soho C. look for off Broadway shoes b/c they tend to be cheaper D. take a least $400

Answer 5

100 for 2

Answer 6

I live in Queens, NY , What brings you to NY, your not going to be on a talk show are you? I work in Manhattan and it's pretty expensive for food. You will probably be ok with 800.00 to 1000.00 for 5 days, but if you want to but other things you should bring more money. It's really cold here right now, so dress warm. Is this your first time in NY? I live about 15 min from the City. If you have anymore questions I'll be Happy to answer them for you. Have a good time and remember dress warm.

Answer 7

Manhatten is notoriously expensive. However - it doesn't have to be. When you are out seeing the sights... get a hot dog from a street vendor.

Those dogs are GOOD! Plus cheap.

But - to be comfortable I would budget at least $100 a day to truely enjoy the city!

Answer 8

A good rule of thumb would be $100 a day.

my BIGGEST NYC tip: Do not use ATMs. They are so expensive in NYC, they range from $2-$10!!!!

You can go online and check the prices for each attraction if you are really wanting to budget it correctly.

Also, do not rent a car...it cost so much to park. I drove to NYC and paid $30-$50 a night to park while I was alseep.

check out this link for some cheap eats
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ad/0,1976,FOOD_9947,00.html

Answer 9

I usually budget $100 a day for my husband and I for normal vaccation activities (museums -metro tickets or other transportation- sights and a bit of shopping - I'm not a heavy shopper)

start with that then add the show tickets as they can be pretty high, then you'll probally have money left

Answer 10

When my sis went to new york.. she went for 4 days and spent £200.