Has anyone ever been to New York?

Question

What is it like there? I really want to go. Are the people nice? Does anyone know the cheapest way of getting there? Many thanks.

I am from the UK.

Answer 1

You will find nice people and you will find rude people.

New York has lots of muesuems you can go to and if you want a good view of the city, you can go to either the Empire State Building observation deck (86th floor) or on the top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center.

Answer 2

NYC is great. I live here. Its expensive no matter how you slice it, although the pound/dollar exchange rate is good for you. Look for special fares with British airways or Aer lingus to JFK, then hop the air train to the A train and Manahattan. Or take a cab for
about 50 american. Once in Manahattan, the sky is the limit. Your only limited by time and what you like! Hotels are expensive, not unlike London, but you have the exchange rate in your favor. Get a unlimited metrocard (www.mta.info) and ride the subway everywhere. Its open all night. Most of all, have fun. Great pubs (even a few English types) The people are great. Just stay out of the way during the morning or PM rush. People are usually very helpful. Cops are everywhere, especially in midtown.

Check out www.nyc.visit. Official NYC site.
Also, don't limit yourself to Manahattan. Venture to Brooklyn, yankee stadium, the bronx zoo. Coney Island. Go to a nice Irish bar in woodside (Donovans has the best burger in NYC. Right off the 7 train)
Sens me an email when you come. I'll give you more tips...

Answer 3

there are great offers on flights at the moment, you should be able to get some for about £300 return including taxes. I have been several times and found the people great, really friendly and free with here advise, outside Grand Central station, a place worth a visit in it's own right, there is a tourist office maned by youngsters and they are great.........have a clam chowder in the oyster bar down stairs in the station just for the experience. A walk in central park is a must, none of the kitch buggy rides, you will see people walking dogs, kids, training on skates jogging or just strolling and then there is the zoo and sit and have a drink just watching the world go by. It is a city that keeps calling you back there is sooo much to see and do. Give it a go you will not be sorry

Answer 4

Hi I was there last summer and I enjoyed it but I think I built it up to be more than it was really - but maybe it was because i was only there for a week and I was kinda jet lagged i dnt knw. Shopping is great - Go to Century 21 - you'll find anything you'll ever need clothes wise in that store!! You'd really want to know what you're doing before you go though - like pick out the main attractions you want to see etc. cos it's a bit overwhelming! As regards means of travel - well myself and my friend got a bargain flight for 480euro (I'm from Ireland) on the net and that was return! Check the net for cheap flights. We flew with Continental. British Airways and Aer Lingus are always expensive.

Like I say New York is nice and it's great to be able to say you went there but I don't think I could imagine myself living there. I think a week is enough.

Another place where you should DEFINTELY go though is Chicago - GREAT CITY!

Answer 5

Oh yes!
It is great! Cheap too! I never had any problem and would go often if I had the time and money!! So much going on and such cool shops! Not sure about the cheapest travel as that changes all the time... and of course depends on where you are starting from.... friends of mine (3 women) are just back and they had a fantastic time, they rented an apartment which was cheaper than an hotel as there were 3 of them and it meant they could collapse and just have a take away if they were too weary after a day shopping ... just have a bath and get a pizza delivered!!!...etc...etc... have fun!!

Answer 6

From Central Park on right down to Lady Liberty are just a number of the essential items to see in New York City and the remainder of these you will learn when you get here with the help of this page Hotelbye . No one may visit New York without walking, one or more time through Central Park. Central Park is really a really big park with lots of interesting areas like: the tranquil Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, the Sheep Meadow all through the summertime or the lines from Lewis Carroll's poem “Jabberwocky” engraved across the base of the Alice in Wonderland statue

Answer 7

Ive been a few times and totally loved it. From driving in by taxi, to wandering around, you constantly feel like your on a film set!

Cheap flights can be taken from Liverpool with flyglobespan.com - a budget flight company. But you can get there from about £250 in most air fare sales.

A lot of people say that the american people are annoying - what a load of rubbish - i have never met nicer people. You would expect that with the number of toursits in new york they would get sick - but every bar I went into, every shop and cafe, it was like i was the first foreigner to walk into the place, they were so helpful and talkative.

Make sure you plan your time there, just so you see as much as possible - and try to take in a baseball game if you go in season - what a good, and very very cheap time!

Answer 8

I loved New York!! I personally did not come in contact with any rude people! I think they were too cold to care! LoL. No really I loved New York, I just went last friday and I am from South Carolina so I'm not used to the people from big cities, (hint my town only has two stop lights in the whole thing... yeah it's that small) but I loved all of the action and the rush I guess I'm just a city girl born in the country!

Answer 9

As many others have mentioned, most New Yorkers are not rude, but they are certainly busy, primarily because tourists tend to see them on the way to/from work, and so they are not in the same slow downed vacation mode as the tourists around them. I have lived in NY my entire life, and if you catch me on my way to work, I may look harried and even grumpy, like most people. But you will also find that New Yorkers are very proud of "knowing" NY, and there is a sense of bragging rights when you can point a tourist in the right direction, perhaps saying in an offhanded manner, "Yeah, you need to head West 2 block down Houston..." I think that you will find that overall New Yorkers are very friendly and will talk to you very openly if you approach them. Of course, you should not expect anyone to approach you first to see if you need help/directions. There's too much going on for anyone to notice the lone lost tourist staring at the subway map! If you need help, ask for it...you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Answer 10

The cheapest way is by bus (assuming you are in North America) if not, shop bargain flights.

There are nice people everywhere. New York is much nicer than it's reputation, although patience for willfully clueless tourists can run out. People who doggedly refuse to read up before they go. That can be annoying.

Tip: when you are there, and out walking, keep your feet moving at a good clip, there is nothing that wears out our patience faster than getting stuck behing Hank or Hannah Hayseed, strolling along like they are the only pedestrian in creation URRRRGGGHHHH!!!