[Rhodes22-list] New York

[Hank]

Ben,

The issue is that we do not have reservations for Friday in NYC and I don't
want to dump several hundred on a hotel for the night when we will be
changing the next day.  We're staying at a time share place on 56th street
but they didn't have any availability for Friday.  I'm not looking for
picturesque or anything to really do in NJ, just a clean place to crash for
the 4 of us.

Thanks,

Hank

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 4:25 PM, BenCittadino <bencittadino at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hank;
>
> My recommendation is two fold.
>
> First, I would strongly consider driving all the way to NYC if you plan to
> stay in the city for the weekend.
> Ditch the car at your mid-town hotel Friday night and use public
> transportation to do your sight-seeing.
> There are only three ways into the city from Jersey (Holland, Lincoln, and
> the GW bridge) and if you arrive after rush/dinner hour you will have no
> trouble with any of them. Get up early Saturday and relax over a breakfast,
> put on your walking shoes and enjoy Manhattan.
>
> Second, if you are determined to get a taste of the Garden State, I would
> go
> up to Liberty State Park (Jersey City) on the Jersey side of the Hudson
> River. There are any number of adequate hotels near there (Google-Liberty
> State Park Hotels) and you can get an up-close and personal view of the
> "posterior" ("We stand behind THE LADY") of the Statue of Liberty (which,
> contrary to popular belief is located in NJ), take a boat ride out to her
> first thing in the AM from the Jersey side and visit Ellis Island then too
> (or even on Friday if you arrive early enough).
>
> Call me if you want to talk more. My wife and I will not be around that
> weekend or you might have been able to negotiate favorable rates for our
> "empty nest" bedrooms in Princeton (1 hr SW of NYC, 1 hr NE of Philly).
>
> BenCittadino
> S/V Susan Kay
> 609 896 2222
>
>
>
> Hank-5 wrote:
> >
> > Hello Rhodies,
> >
> > I have a question for you NY/NJ folks.  We're driving up from Maryland to
> > NY
> > to do the tourist thing Apr 2-4th.  We'd like to get to NY fairly early
> on
> > Sat to give us maximum time to sightsee.  Since it is close to a 5 hour
> > drive, I think our best option is to find some place in NJ to spend the
> > night on 1 Apr and then go into the city on the 2nd.
> >
> > So here is my question, can anyone recommend someplace along the
> turnpike,
> > not too far from the city where hotels won't be stupid expensive?  Any
> > charming little locations that we might enjoy?  Any ideas would be
> greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Hank
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