There are so many things to do in New York! The New York City Pass is a great way to save money and cram in lots of attractions. Our list below of the top 5 things to do are all included in the pass, and whilst there's hundreds of other options these are without doubt our top picks. Read on as I expose some secrets to help you get the most out of the pass. Statue of Liberty by sail There is nothin [...]
The previous two days were spent doing all the attractions that came highly recommended from friends and online reviews. So then today, our last day with the passes, became a struggle to decide what to do. When we was out sailing on the first day a tourist speedboat came thundering past us, it was the total opposite to what we was doing, and to our delight it was included with our passes. That’s t [...]
As with yesterday, today has been another action packed day.. Madam Tussaud’s First up was Madam Tussaud's. This wasn’t really part of today’s plan but as we were passing (at a time where most sensible people were still in bed) we noticed there was no queue so decided to pop in. I’ve been to the one in London but Nick’s never been so this was a good chance. Obviously being America, the waxworks we [...]
So having shed out £200 on our New York passes, we were obviously determined to get our monies worth and pack in as much as we could over the next 3 days. I bought Nick one of these passes in London for his Birthday a couple of years ago and they’re really good value if you don’t mind busy days. The New York one allowed us free entry to over 80 attractions across the City and covered most of the t [...]
Google said it was a 45 minute drive to JFK airport (where we was dropping off the Mustang). We didn’t trust the traffic so set off with 30 minutes to spare, leaving the motel at 7:30. The drive in was actually quite pleasant and offered us really good views of Manhattan and all the skyscrapers. When we was getting our belongings out of the car the clerk greeted us with ‘there is only $607 to pay’ [...]