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Rating from jo1l 5 Stars ()

Advantages it lived up to all my expectations

Disadvantages so much to do but so little time

There are some places that just have to be visited at least once in your life. New York is the kind of city that needs to be visited at least twice! If anyone asked me prior to my visit to New York in May if you could visit one place in the world where would it be? Without hesitation I'd answer New York. If you asked me that question now the answer would still be New York

When most people think of New York they think of one of the five boroughs - Manhattan. New York City is actually made of Manhattan,Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. Apart from Brooklyn which I would have visited if I'd have completed the entire length of the Brooklyn bridge I managed to to visit abet briefly all of the other four boroughs on my 3 night stop in New York.~Getting there~

New York is served by 3 airports. JFK in Queens, Newark in New Jersey and La Guardia in Queens which is for domestic flights. Most major airlines fly to New York from the UK, taking on average 8 hours to get there. average prices seem to be around the £250 mark - but do shop around as bargains can still be had. The lesser know airlines are a better bet if you want a cheap and cheerful priced flight. Remember that the service they provide can be just as good if not better than some of the bigger players in the airline industry so don't be put of by traveling with a lesser name.

Having arrived into JFK on an internal flight, from Pittsburgh I can not comment about the immigration process in JFK. I would just add that do remember to keep your Visa Waiver form handy with your passport -these forms are given out on the airplane over. Having got throw customs at Chicago with little hassle I'd assume it was probably the same at JFK.


~Getting into Manhattan~

Having arrived in New York fight in to JFK I can only really comment on the options available from this airport but if you look at www.panynj.gov/aviation/ewrframe. you'll find various options for getting in to Manhattan from the other international airport Newark. From JFK you have 3 options:

A yellow cab with a fixed ratefare of $35 plus toll fees of $3.50 and an optional tip to any where in Manhattan. The return journey does not have the flat fee so could be more.

The New York Airport Services Express Bus: costing $13 this runs every 15-30 minutes from 6.15am to 11.10pm. Depending on the time of day it can take up to an hour to get into Manhattan. The buses run to either Grand Central Station or The Port Authority terminal. From there you can pick up a transfer bus. The driver of our transfer bus on learning that 90% of the people on the bus were staying at the same hotel actually very kindly dropped us right outside it

The Subway: From JFK you need to take a free shuttle bus to Howard Beach station and then get the tube into Manhattan for $3. If you should make the journey from Manhattan to JFK you'll need the A line tube heading to Far Rockaway. It would be advisable to leave at least 2 hours for the journey and not the hour that we did, luckily American Airlines rushed us throw check in when we turned up with 55 minutes to spare!

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  • MILLSY99 22/09/2007 15:44
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    I gonna be there for this new year and cannot wait!

  • OKkaraoke 01/10/2003 03:42
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    I'm surprised to read that you think the NYC subway is as good as the Tube! Grand Central is, indeed, gorgeous. I didn't know they gave tours. Great op!

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