# How much money for vacation? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290 "2014-03-09T20:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/41 "2014-03-11T17:41:58Z")
To be fair, nobody actually _wants_ to have an egg cream. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/42 "2014-03-11T18:42:12Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > I had a cousin come up from what could politely be called “the south”. Did he want to walk the Brooklyn Bridge, eat at Katz’s deli, go to the place where you ride a bike to power the blender for your drink, go to Coney Island, kayak, see Shakespeare in the Park, have an egg cream, visit some art galleries, go to a rooftop bar, see a Broadway show, go to a real Chinese restaurant, blah blah blah? Nope. He wanted the Empire State Building, walk around Times Square, stay strictly in the tourist zone version and looked like he was going to cry if I suggested anything else. That ride-a-bike-to-power-a-blender thing is real? Some guy had one on Shark Tank a few weeks ago. It looked stupid. I’m surprised someone is operating one in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/43 "2014-03-11T21:03:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m surprised someone is operating one in New York. Someone is operating one of _everything_ somewhere in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/44 "2014-03-11T21:10:48Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > To be fair, nobody actually _wants_ to have an egg cream. It’s a fond childhood memory and they taste wonderful. Did you grow up here? ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/45 "2014-03-11T21:24:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That ride-a-bike-to-power-a-blender thing is real? Some guy had one on Shark Tank a few weeks ago. It looked stupid. I’m surprised someone is operating one in New York. Yes, in a solar-powered Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn of all places. A sort of friend of mine was on overload so I offered to take her two kids off her hands for the day, and one of the things we did was go here. They had to pedal pedal pedal pedal pedal to make their own fruit smoothie. It’s hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/46 "2014-03-11T21:39:46Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > It’s a fond childhood memory and they taste wonderful. Did you grow up here? You’ve just been brainwashed by the cup-full-of-vomit lobby. It’s the same people who convinced an entire continent of Australians that they actually like Vegemite. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/47 "2014-03-11T21:59:13Z")
If you’re coming on a weekend and want some good food plus a fantastic view of New York Harbor (including the Statue of Liberty) take the IKEA ferry to Brooklyn. It’s free Saturday and Sunday and you’re not obliged to make a purchase at IKEA, but the food in their cafeteria is super yummy (and cheap)! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/48 "2014-03-11T22:15:00Z")
Be sure to drop us a line and let us know how Ratso is doing. He looked a little peaked last I saw him. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/49 "2014-03-11T23:29:07Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Know why more than 75% of the people who live in Manhattan don’t own cars? Because you don’t need one. > > You can get to City Island on the 6 train and then hopping on the BX29 bus. And then wait for the BX-29 and then ride the 6 train. Which takes how long? Or you can drive there in 20-25 minutes and leave when you like. Real tough choice there…. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/50 "2014-03-12T02:40:56Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > And then wait for the BX-29 and then ride the 6 train. > Which takes how long? > Or you can drive there in 20-25 minutes and leave when you like. > Real tough choice there…. I’ve done both, and the drive wasn’t 20-25 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/51 "2014-03-12T02:49:05Z")
For a hotel in NYC, I highly recommend the [Hotel Newton](http://www.thehotelnewton.com/default.aspx?pg=home). It’s right on top of a subway stop, and depending on how far in advance you book, your room could average only about $200 a night. We booked and paid in advance and got a nice room for slightly less than that, but maybe $225 once all the taxes are figured. I _think_ that was for a “superior queen” (room style, not escort), so maybe you could make do with a smaller room even. It’s on Broadway on the Upper West Side and a nice neighborhood to walk around in. The subway station right there made it easy to get to just about anyplace in NYC, and it’s a nice walk through Central Park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/52 "2014-03-12T02:57:16Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > You’ve just been brainwashed by the cup-full-of-vomit lobby. It’s the same people who convinced an entire continent of Australians that they actually like Vegemite. Why the hate? It takes like an ice cream soda or a float without the ice cream in it. It’s a fizzy ice cold Yoo-Hoo. You do know it doesn’t have eggs in it, right? I think you’re just not old enough to have sat on a stool in a pharmacy and had a real fountain drink. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/53 "2014-03-12T03:06:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > For a hotel in NYC, I highly recommend the [Hotel Newton](http://www.thehotelnewton.com/default.aspx?pg=home). It’s right on top of a subway stop, and depending on how far in advance you book, your room could average only about $200 a night. We booked and paid in advance and got a nice room for slightly less than that, but maybe $225 once all the taxes are figured. I _think_ that was for a “superior queen” (room style, not escort), so maybe you could make do with a smaller room even. It’s on Broadway on the Upper West Side and a nice neighborhood to walk around in. The subway station right there made it easy to get to just about anyplace in NYC, and it’s a nice walk through Central Park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Forgot to mention, the wife and I budgeted $300 a day besides hotel. I know we ended up spending less than that, and that was two people. ---
**Author:** ![TexanCountryboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@TexanCountryboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexanCountryboy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290/54 "2014-03-13T02:47:15Z")
Thank you all for your advice! Not sure if i should start a new topic, but my friend recommended I visit chicago. Anybody have any thoughts on this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-for-vacation/683290.md?page=2)