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Planning for a Friend

So a friend calls me about an hour ago because she has decided to take a trip during the holidays to New York for the Macy’s Day Parade and wanted to know if I want to go along.  I can’t, but I told her I would help her find good deals and plan (the real reason she invited me I think LOL).  We looked online as we chatted and I think found her flight information. She’s going to look for hotels tomorrow and send me her narrowed down list and let me do some comparing. Next is figuring out how she’ll get around. It’s going to be her and her younger sister so they want to be sure to be safe.

She’s flying into Newark so I’ve been researching Newark Airport Shuttles. One company I’ve found that is looking promising is Go Airlink Shuttle.  They will transport them from airport to hotel and back at the end of their  vacation. They seem like a really reliable service, and the prices are comparable (and much cheaper than a taxi service) to their competitors.  I’ve only ever used Disney shuttles, but this one looks almost as easy. You make your reservation online, catch one of their vans at the airport, and then head to your hotel.  Have you used airport shuttle transportation? Have you used any in New York?  I’d love to know more before I pass on a final recommendation.

I Need A Vacation!!

It feels like as each day goes by I get further and furhter behind and I need a vacation! While what I really need is a working vacation – a catchup vacation, what I would really like is to take a trip to a fun place like New York and booking a bus charter through NYC. I’ve looked into this before, and think that having a bus for traveling around and touring New York sounds like a relaxing way to do it.  Being from a small, rural area, the thought of getting myself around a city that large is almost terrifying.  Because I’m the queen of procrastination I actually looked this up today and found that if you have a group of at least nine, you can actually charter the bus to take your group from location to location.  This sounds like a great deal for large family vacations or even school trips. Bus Charter NYC will pick you up from the airport and then assist you with all transportation while you are there.  They have air conditioned buses with televisions – the top of the line.  One of the reasons I love our vacations to Disney is that transportation is not a factor once I get on the plane here at home, and it looks like traveling New York City could be the same way.

Going North East

I’ve traveled through pretty much all of the southern states from California to Washington DC and south. I’ve traveled from Texas to Indiana, but other than, I’ve pretty much only traveled in the South. I have a dream though to travel through Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Massachusetts…all those northern states.

New York is one that stands out as my favs. I have had a brief stop there, but not long enough to truly see anything and I wasn’t old enough to really remember and enjoy it. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it but after this trip next week to Disney, we are going to try to hold off for 2 years and not do Disney again until summer 2010.

I don’t want to actually skip out on a vacation though so I’m thinking we’ll head to New England. For most places I’m comfortable figuring it out on our own and going with the flow, but not in New York. When New York City Sightseeing I would rather stick with tours and such. CitySightsNY looks really awesome because you can do the tour on one of those Double Decker Busses. I’ve never been on one of these, and I think this would be such an experience for both myself and my girls. They have bus tours that include seeing the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and Ellis Island among so many other options. And what’s so great is that it looks like when you pay for your bus tickets, you’ll also receive the tickets for whatever sights you include in your tour.

If a New England vacation does work out for us (maybe next summer), I intend to do some serious research into CitySightsNY as I think they are maybe the best option I’ve seen so far.

Traveling Safely

While talking to my “mother figure” who bought me the Wii Fit today, we talked about how bad I want to go to New York and see some Broadway shows with my girls.  I was telling her a story of how when my sister and I were in college, we went on a school trip to New York, and we stayed longer than the other students. We (in your young naiveness) decided to just ride the subway around and stop at a random place and explore. When we started to get off at a stop, there was a policeman at the door who recommended that this neighborhood was not appropriate for 2 young women. This is one of my concerns about making the trip alone with my two girls, I admit. We are after all a family of all females. So I’m thinking it might be best if we look into New York City tours. Being on a tour seems much safer, and one way I plan to start looking into this is through the Trusted Tours and Attraction Newsletter. Not only will this help us find things to do in Orlando as we make those trips with some frequency, but also I’ll be able to keep my eyes open for those New York Tours.

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New York, New York

A friend of mine is in New York for the week, and I would so love to be there too. With this being a long weekend (which means I would have time), I even went so far as to research New York City travel and price airfare and hotels even though I knew it just wasn’t feasible right now. But this is a really good friend that I haven’t seen in way too long, and New York is somewhere I do really want to go someday.  Alas, I woke up this morning at home and not in a New York City hotel, but it’s got me thinking about that 30th birthday trip I’m planning with another friend and wondering if I should add New York to the possibilites of choices. The only thing that really holds me back is that I’ll turn 30 in December so it will not be the best time of year weather wise probably for a Southern girl who doesn’t like the cold. So if you’re reading this out there, my friend in New York, know that I do really wish I was there and not here in muggy East Texas today. :)