I m not so sure. It depends on where you plan to stay. The major hotels in New York are approximately $300 and not cheap in D.C. However, if you do your research ahead of time, you might be able to bring those figures down significantly, esp. if you are flexible about where you re going to stay. Check out Hotels.com, Priceline, etc. Don t forget to add in all of the hotel taxes that will be lumped on top of the rate. And don t forget to add in the parking, too.As for the rest, it all depends on what you plan to do in those cities. You can do a lot in both cities and not spend a lot of money, but if you want to do theater and things such as that, the price can jack up quickly.Do you research and if you have Triple A, be sure to see what discounts it can get you. It might be do-able, but it could really add up fast.Have a great trip.
When going to DC it is less expensive to stay the night outside of town, though that is not inexpensive. Also it can be hard to get a room for 3 days around DC at the same hotel especially during the week days, due to so many people coming in from out of town to work, they fill up a lot of rooms quickly and make it hard to find rooms for more than 1 night. So call ahead. If you stayed in Woodbridge, VA you would save about 30% on hotel rooms vs. staying in downtown DC. and it is about an hours drive into DC from there, anything between DC and Baltimore is very expensive as well. Plan ahead and make reservations especially in DC. While in DC try to be in your room or out of town by 9 pm it can get pretty dangerous at night. The DC cops are good but the criminals are good at not getting caught too.