by Kirsty Fowler

Created on: October 28, 2009

The main way of getting around in New York is by foot, no matter the time of the day/night you'll see people walking wherever you are in the City, it is completely free and it is the easiest way to see what you want and get where you want in the city, however after 3 days of walking miles up and down the city, the idea of walking the 40 minutes or so to Central Park or even longer to walk down to Battery Park becomes a little bit more scary, and with a disabled person in our party, we had to find other means.

Taxi

Okay, this may be the most expensive way of getting around however you get dropped right outside of the door that you want to go to and they pick you up outside of your hotel. We only originally planned to use these getting to and from the hotel, however when our bus ticket ran out, we decided to take a taxi to Bloomingdales and then back again from Central Park. The most we spent on a trip around the city was $12 which was inclusive of the tip as well, which is around about 6-7 which isn't too bad when you are bloody shattered.

Subway

We didn't use the subway at all. My mum is not very good with being underground and I'm terrified of trains, so it just wasn't really and option for us. However, if you do decide to take the subway, you can get it very cheap and there seems to be an entrance/exit on every block.

Grey Line Bus

When you get to NYC, when you finally start to go out and see places, especially around the BIG attractions, then you'll very likely be handed a leaflet for a sightseeing bus. We were a little bit sceptical when we were given a leaflet so went back to our hotel around the corner and they booked it for us. It cost $54 each, which is a lot however if you think about where it took us and the things we got to see through this bus it was well worth it.

Grid System

I should tell you that I was told by my PE teacher never to become a tour guide after getting lost on the grounds of where they did orienteering during year 9. The first day we had to walk back from time square to our hotel and got completely lost and the map just made me even more confused, however when you begin to work out how it works, it is really easy and you should be able to navigate yourself around New York very easily.

New York Pass

The New York Pass was the best thing that we brought prior to the trip, it cost us $112 each which is a lot, but if we had more time we would have really had got our money's worth. I'm afraid however because we only had such a short time, we didn't get our money's worth out of the pass. We could use it for 3 days, however only used it 4 times on the entire trip. It is a great little addition; however make sure that you do get your moneys worth from it.

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