M y N e w Y o r k
V a c a t i o n
July 5th 2011 to July 12, 2011
Depart from Vancouver Airport
at 6:00 am
Arrive at New York Kennedy at
10:14pm
Check in to Roosevelt
Hotel New York
July 5th, 2011
Cost for Today:
Room: $77.41
airport to hotel: $10 (by AirTrain and
subway)
Breakfast:
Bread brought from
Vancouver, free bottled
water in hotel room
Walk to MoMA (Museum of
Modern Arts) 12 minutes
Free Admission
10:15am-12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm
Walk to Central Park (10
minutes)
Free Admission
1:45pm-4:15pm
Walk around Midtown East
and visit Bloomingdales
(Window Shopping) and
Serendipity3 ($10)
Buy 2 sandwiches and fruits
for lunch for the next few
days at supermarket or
convenient store
4:15pm-6:00pm
July 6th, 2011
Lunch:
Fast food restaurant
Wake up at 8:30, breakfast at
9:30, leave at 10
Cost for Today:
Room: $77.41
Lunch: $6.50
Serendipity3: $10
Chicago: $89.73
Sandwich and fruit: $6.00
Return to hotel by 6:15pm
(all by walking)
Change clothes, eat dinner
Dinner:
Instant noodles and luncheon
meat brought from Vancouver
Leave hotel at 7:20pm and
walk to Ambassador
Theatre to watch Chicago at
8:00 pm ($89.73)
July 7th, 2011
Wake up at 8:30am
breakfast at 9:05
leave hotel at 9:30
arrive at Battery Park
around 9:50 (#4 line
Subway)
board 10:10am ferry to
Statue of Liberty and Ellis
Island ($16)
Breakfast:
Bread brought from
Vancouver, free bottled
water in hotel room
Visit Statue of Liberty and
Ellis Island 11:00am-1:50pm
with lunch break
Lunch:
Sandwich and fruit bought
from the night before and
free bottled water
brought from hotel
Return to Battery Park, walk
to Wall Street (10 minutes)
2:30pm-3:15pm visit Wall
Street
Walk around Financial
district (including World
Trade Centre Ground Zero
and the Brooklyn Bridge) and
Chinatown ($50 flexible)
3:15pm-5:00pm
Walk to New York University
main area (22 minutes)
5:30pm-7:00pm
Return to hotel by subway
at 7:30pm (20 minutes)
Change clothes and go for
dinner
Dinner:
Fancy restaurant
($50) Cost for Today:
Room: $77.41
Ferry: $16
Flexible money: $30
Dinner: $50
Subway: $4.50
Walk to Grand Central
Station (2 Minutes)
Visit from 10:05am-
10:35am
Subway to Lincoln Centre
for the Performing Arts,
arrive at 11:00am
July 8th, 2011
Wake up at 8:30am
leave hotel at 9:30am
eat breakfast until 10:00am
Breakfast:
Buy from fast food
restaurant
$5.00
Lunch:
Sandwich and fruit
bought from the night
before and free bottled
water brought from
hotel
Subway to Columbia
University (Morningside
Campus)
about 20 minutes
Visit from 2:00pm-4:00pm
$10 flexible money
Walk around for a while and
catch the guided tour of the
centre ($15)
11:30am-1:30pm
Lunch during this time
Subway to The Juilliard
School (about 15 minutes)
Visit from 4:30pm-6:30pm
$10 flexible money
Dinner:
Instant noodles and
luncheon meat brought
from Vancouver,
Return to hotel via subway
and eat dinner
Leave hotel at 8:00pm
Walk to Times Square (15
minutes), by some
breakfast, and experience
the night life
$40 for souvenirs
Return at 10:00pm
Cost for Today:
Room: $77.41
Breakfast: $5
Lincoln Centre Tour: $15
Breakfast for next 3 days: $15
Flexible money: $60
Subway: $6.75
July
9th
, 20
11
Wake up at 8:30, breakfast at
9:30, leave at 10 for Empire
State Building (15 minutes)
Head up to the 84th
floor and
enjoy the view for about 2
hours (10:30am-12:30pm)
ticket: $21.29
Eat lunch (12:30pm-1:30pm)
Breakfast:
Pre-bought from a few
nights before
Lunch:
By from a food stand
Walk to Madison Square
Gardens (10 minutes)
Visit from 1:45pm-2:30pm
Walk to the High Line (Park in
the Sky)
25 minute walk
until 3:30pm
Begin strolling to Times
Square, stopping at whatever
looks interesting, get there at
about 4:30pm, stay until
6:00pm
Walk to Carnegie Hall (10
minutes)
eat dinner along the way
Return to hotel at about
8:00pm
Cost for Today:
Room: $77.41
Empire State Building: $21.29
Lunch: $6
Dinner: $6.50
Dinner:
Fast food
July 10th, 2011
Wake up at 11:00am
Eat lunch
Lunch:
Instant noodles and
luncheon meat brought
from Vancouver
Walk to Rockefeller
Centre (9 minutes)
Visit the area for two
hours or so.
Also take a picture at
the LOVE Sculpture on
Avenue of the Americas
Stroll to Manhattan
Shopping Mall (11
minutes away) and do
some shopping
(maximum $40)
Eat dinner there at
about 6:00pm
Dinner:
A small café in the
mall
Cost for Today:
Room: $59.91
Possible Shopping: Maximum $40
Dinner: $20
Lunch:
Pre-bought from a
few nights before
July 11th, 2011
Wake up at 11:00am
Leave at 12:00pm and eat
lunch
Walk to New York Public
Library (8 minutes) and stay
there until 2:00pm Walk to 5th
Avenue and do
some shopping/window
shopping ($40 maximum)
Return to hotel at 8:00pm Dinner:
Fast food
Cost for Today:
Room: $77.41
Possible Shopping: Maximum $30
Dinner: $6.50
July 12th, 2011
Cost for Today:
Subway and AirTrain: $10
Food: $15
Wake up at 1:00am
Take Subway and AirTrain to airport at 3:00am
Arrive at airport at around 4:15am
Eat last portion of breakfast bought from many days ago
Hotel: $511.88
Food: $146.50
Transportation: $47.25
Attractions and Shows: $126.02
Shopping: $160
TOTAL: $991.65USD = $967.40 CAD
I loved every single day of this vacation and I will definitely come back to