Hiya Chris!

10 days is a long time in New York (in my opionion!) as you'll see all of those places well within the time frame and may end up getting a little bored.

I've been a few times now but I'd say 4-5 days would give you enough time to see all the sights, take in the Atmosphere and sample various restaurants, bars and the night life.

If you wanna have a nag over it we really should meet up for beers and see if we can get the PH resident Stig along (Graham).

Edited - because I didn't answer any of your original questions.

We always book the flights and hotel seperately as it works out much cheaper for us. We normally wait for a Virgin sale to crop up (saving up those Virgin airmiles you see!). We've stayed in the Hudson, we've stayed in a smallish hotel around the Great Neck area and more recently we've stayed at a hotel called The Warickshire which is situated around 4 blocks away from Central Park.

The best value for money out of all of them was defintely The Warickshire and it was also located in the best spot out of the others we have tried. Be aware that most New York hotels have very small rooms and are not cheap but we found a deal online and were pleasantly suprised with the room size.

Christmas time will make things more expensive for you but it should be a lovely time of year to see the city, just make sure to wrap up warm.

3 days in NY is enough for anyone, fly across country for the rest of your time.

I'll drop you a message re Drinks and Hertz.

If it's your first time abroad then hiring a car in NYC would be a really bad way to learn to drive on the wrong side of the road! NYC traffic is even more mental than London, and parking a nightmare/garage fees are sky high. You'd probably spend a good portion of your day stuck in traffic or trying not to crash New York was the only place I left my car outside the city and used public transport when I lived in the 'States. The subway is a much better way to travel, or brave a yellow cab...

I'm pretty confident in my driving ability, I have driven left hookers over here and I am happy driving in City traffic (even though I'm a country bumpkin).

BUT I Will definitely take your advice on board and will give it some proper thought before booking a car.

Hmmmm We both (MissB and I) thought 7days would be the minimum needed, with perhaps 14days being too long!

Other poster's have said 10 days in NYC may well be too long, so Maybe we'll break the Trip in two then! few days in NYC and a few days elsewhere.

What other Cities in that area do you guys recommend?

Boston is brilliant and is much more manageable in terms of the size (you can actually walk from one end to the other with little frief!).

DC is a great city and there is a LOT to do in terms of museums, but I prefered the "feel" to Boston.

I've not tried Philly but that would also be within range.

I was going to ask where you would be driving to. I seem to recall that we brought a sight seeing ticket that gave free travel on lots of big red buses.

We did a two city break. It was scorching in Florida and bloody freezing in New York. I think I was the only person walking around with bad sun burn for the three days that we were there.

Also agree that 10 days is far to long really. I would have 3 days in New York then 7 days somewhere hot.

Though I had said in the past (and got flamed) that I really don't rate New York as a city to visit. London is far better.

I'm liking the way this is going.
Hmmmm maybe we'll Hire a V8 and drive it to Boston?


Rob are you at Aston Martin this Sunday? ....I'll see you there if so.
I'll park my Diesel Volvo next to something flashy.


Or maybe i'll take the Manky beater Golf tdi full of horse st just for Aston Martin!?

Sadly Baseball will be a non starter in December, it's a summer sport for the Yanks!

But a tour of Fenway Park should be on your list if you go to Boston. Amazing stadium.