New York is an expensive city to live and visit – with higher tax rates, limited space, and millions of tourists converging to the Big City, there’s only so much resources and space to share. However, in this article, we try to give you tips on how to survive New York City on a budget by breaking down our costs so you may replicate our travels as well!
The back story: One of my friends (and old roommate) moved to the Big Apple last year, so we find ourselves going there to visit for a couple of days just to see her & her husband. She’s having a baby so we went back to NYC in the middle of winter to attend her baby shower. It actually snowed when we were there (the first snow of their 2015 winter), and we arrived (and left) the week before Snowstorm Jonas swooped in.
How We Did It: Granted, our accommodation is free – our friends lived in Manhattan so we stayed in their gorgeous apartment in Morningside Heights. Our table below shows how much we’ve spent, including food – because NYC has an amazing plethora of food choices that’s not readily available in Jacksonville! We opted to eat out more, and well, used what little cash back rewards we have to at least offset some costs. Here’s the breakdown for two people:
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Shameless plug: if you want to visit and enjoy NYC for yourself, feel free to use booking.com. You get a great deal on accommodations, and we get a small commission. Win-win!
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