In a couple of weeks’ time I shall be getting to leave for New York. As with last year’s trip to DC and Virginia, I’m spending some time on a road trip as well as having a few days in the city. This time I’m starting with five nights in upstate new York: a couple of nights in the Hudson valley, followed by three nights at Ithaca in the Finger Lakes region. (Ithaca is also the home of Cornell University, one of the so-called Ivy League schools.) Then I will have three nights in New York city.
I’m mixing up the accommodation this time. For the two nights in the Hudson valley area I’m staying at two separate Holiday Inn hotels. The first is at Middletown NY, about 75 miles or so away from the airport where I shall land (Liberty International, Newark NJ). I’ve chosen this first stop as a location that gets me away from the Newark/NYC area on the first afternoon but won’t require too much driving straight after the flight. Then the second night will be in Poughkeepsie in the Hudson Valley itself. In Ithaca I shall be staying at the William Henry Miller Inn, an upscale B&B. Finally, in NYC I’ll be staying at an AirBnB, close to Times Square. Of all these the two nights in the Hudson valley will be slightly the cheapest, at around $130 a night or so. The three AirBnB nights will be about $160 to $170 a night, while the nights at the Miller inn will be about $230 a night. Although the AirBnB isn’t cheap per se, it’s definitely cheaper than a hotel – even a budget hotel in New York city (e.g. a Comfort Inn) was coming in at up towards $200 a night, and a Holiday Inn was a bit more than $300 a night.
As with last year’s trip I’ll be flying from Manchester on United. It’s another 20-years-old 757, unfortunately. If I want anything newer and more lavish I’ll have to fly from Heathrow.
The trip starts in a couple of weeks, so check for updates about it from 20 April onwards.
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