In a city that is legendary for its $25 hamburgers and $20 beers, finding a hotel room that isn’t the same price per night as your monthly mortgage can be a real challenge. Unless you have a friend to stay with or the ability to sleep comfortably under a tree in Central Park, it is likely that you will pay a premium for a place to stay when you visit New York.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. There are decent accommodations for decent prices to be found, you just need to find them. Hotels.com has an offer right now that will allow you to save 25% on New York City hotels. Considering that hotels in the city are about $25% more expensive than they are in other cities in the United States this deal basically means you can visit the Big Apple and stay for about the same price as you might elsewhere.
If those hotel prices are still too steep for you, go ahead and check out the rates on New York hostels. These run the gamut from being fleabag establishments in dodgy neighborhoods to being perfectly lovely places for you and your entire family to stay without having to take out a second mortgage.
With limited vacation days, a paucity of funds in the bank and the various responsibilities that come with life, it is sometimes difficult to travel abroad. This is a reality that has taken my nomadic instincts a lot of time to get used to, but finally I have reconciled with the notion that I can’t just quit my job every year and then travel for three months.
Attention business travelers: If you see a thin man in the airport coming up to hug you, please do not be afraid. It is only me and I come in peace. I see you all the time on flights, pouring over spreadsheet documents and cursing your company for not giving you a business class ticket. I can recognize your weary expressions and rumpled suits a mile away. I can relate to how you feel, how you miss your family and how you pray that you won’t miss your next connecting flight.
A volcanic island, Saint Lucia is more mountainous than most islands in the Caribbean. . With Mount Gimie and the Pitons forming the volcanic backdrop to golden beaches that are next to crystal clear blue waters, Saint Lucia is arguably one of the most beautiful spots in the Caribbean.
While Orlando and Miami get their fare share of the travel attention, Tampa Bay quietly exists as arguably the coolest city in Florida. Yes, the Tampa area and the Gulf Coast does have a reputation for being the home to people who are closer to the end of life than beginning, but if you spend time in the city itself you will find that Tampa Bay has a burgeoning nightlife scene and a very young feel to it.
Did you know that the Grand Old Opry is the oldest continuous radio program in the United States? It is true. The G.O.O., as I like to call it, has been filling the airwaves in Nashville, Tennessee since 1925. When you think of Nashville you think of country music, but the music doesn’t just stop and end with music about women breaking hearts and feeling lower than a dog’s tail. Nashville has a vibrant and frankly awesome jazz scene. The city ain’t named Music City USA for nothing.
There are a lot of cities in this world where you have to ask yourself how are you going to spend a few days without falling into a bored state that will leave you drooling from your mouth. New York City is not one of those places. Instead, the biggest challenge one faces when visiting the Big Apple is what not to do. After all, you only have so much time and with so many enticing activities trying to experience all of New York would take a lifetime.
With round-trip ticket prices from parts of the United States to London hovering around the $300 range, now is an excellent time to book yourself on a flight to the United Kingdom. Ticket prices generally start edging up in the spring and then they explode into the expensive atmosphere come summer.
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is an American tradition that everyone should experience at least one in a lifetime. It helps if you are a young, willing to consumer large quantities of unknown red punch or at least put up with people who do, and if you can put away your inhibitions and simply enjoy the madness that comes about when a million people party like there is no tomorrow.
People of a certain generation will undoubtedly remember the Brady Bunch episode where the whole family goes to Hawaii for a vacation and Greg wipes out while surfing because he was wearing a cursed idol around his neck. It is a legendarily cheesy episode and it is one that made me want to go to Hawaii when I was a little boy.