shantydaze
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My wife and I are taking our niece to the City in early June for a combination graduation/18th birthday present. We are scheduled to get into into LaGuardia Saturday night at 10 p.m. and leaving Tuesday morning.
Initially, we had planned on staying at an AirBnb in Manhattan all three nights, but were finding it difficult to locate a reasonable priced apartment. We found one in Chelsea that looked very good. After booking it, we immediately received a message from the host indicating made a mistake when blocking the dates the apartment would be open and that he would be returning from a business trip during our stay. He asked us to cancel with a full refund, otherwise he would be charged a $50 penalty.
Being the nice person that I am, I cancelled the reservation. Unfortunately, it was not until I cancelled the reservation that I was informed the refund would take five to 15 business days to process. It took two business days (four total as the refund was made today, Tuesday, and I made the reservation on Saturday). I also found out that if the host cancels, you can apply the payment from the cancelled reservation to a new reservation and, depending on how close to the stay the cancellation happens, AirBnB may provide you with a credit towards a more expensive, equivalent reservation.
Ultimately, we decided to stay near the airport Saturday night and found an AirBnB on the Upper West Side (West 69th Street) for Sunday and Monday night.
My niece is a big fan of musical theater. Throughout the years, we have taken her to Chicago and our local theater to see shows. The main purpose of the trip is to see a show. Because of days we are going to be in the City, the only option is a Sunday 3 p.m. show. Broadway Across America shows are performed on Sunday nights and Mondays, so I did not even think to check to see whether that was different in NYC. It is as looks like all the theaters are dark on Sunday night and Monday.
My niece has indicated she would like to see Anatasia or Kinky Boots. Has anyone used "Today Tix" for shows or have other suggestions? It looks like I can save about $25 a ticket in service fees over the broadway.com website. For the most part, the reviews of the site look good.
We plan on getting around via the subway, but are not sure exactly what my niece will want to do while we are in the City. I see the unlimited day pass has been discontinued, so we are trying to decide whether it would make sense to get the seven day pass for $32 each. In Chicago, rather than buying a fare card, I can use apple pay on phone, is there a similar method of payment in New York?
Final question: Any suggestions for how reasonable priced activities or restaurants? We do not want to break the bank, but would love to bring her to some fun "local" places. Any good apps we should download on our phones?
Initially, we had planned on staying at an AirBnb in Manhattan all three nights, but were finding it difficult to locate a reasonable priced apartment. We found one in Chelsea that looked very good. After booking it, we immediately received a message from the host indicating made a mistake when blocking the dates the apartment would be open and that he would be returning from a business trip during our stay. He asked us to cancel with a full refund, otherwise he would be charged a $50 penalty.
Being the nice person that I am, I cancelled the reservation. Unfortunately, it was not until I cancelled the reservation that I was informed the refund would take five to 15 business days to process. It took two business days (four total as the refund was made today, Tuesday, and I made the reservation on Saturday). I also found out that if the host cancels, you can apply the payment from the cancelled reservation to a new reservation and, depending on how close to the stay the cancellation happens, AirBnB may provide you with a credit towards a more expensive, equivalent reservation.
Ultimately, we decided to stay near the airport Saturday night and found an AirBnB on the Upper West Side (West 69th Street) for Sunday and Monday night.
My niece is a big fan of musical theater. Throughout the years, we have taken her to Chicago and our local theater to see shows. The main purpose of the trip is to see a show. Because of days we are going to be in the City, the only option is a Sunday 3 p.m. show. Broadway Across America shows are performed on Sunday nights and Mondays, so I did not even think to check to see whether that was different in NYC. It is as looks like all the theaters are dark on Sunday night and Monday.
My niece has indicated she would like to see Anatasia or Kinky Boots. Has anyone used "Today Tix" for shows or have other suggestions? It looks like I can save about $25 a ticket in service fees over the broadway.com website. For the most part, the reviews of the site look good.
We plan on getting around via the subway, but are not sure exactly what my niece will want to do while we are in the City. I see the unlimited day pass has been discontinued, so we are trying to decide whether it would make sense to get the seven day pass for $32 each. In Chicago, rather than buying a fare card, I can use apple pay on phone, is there a similar method of payment in New York?
Final question: Any suggestions for how reasonable priced activities or restaurants? We do not want to break the bank, but would love to bring her to some fun "local" places. Any good apps we should download on our phones?