Actually, I own a taxi company and the answer is no from any real cab driver. A fare that is probably going to be less than a hundred bucks isn t worth a 200 dollar ticket or losing their hack license over. That and follow that cab are Hollywood inventions.
For a price, yes.
As others have said smoking in a non-smoking hotel room will cost you.If you plan on having a party in the room let the hotel know. They can help you out with ice tubs for your beer and direct guests to your room. They can also provide extra trash baskets for trash and room clean up. Leaving beer in the room is not a problem, they will find some way to get rid of it [staff party, toss it, etc.]. It is a nice touch to leave a tip for housekeeping when you party in a room because it is going to take them longer to clean your room and thus the housekeeeper may actually lose money because he/she can t get as much work done. If you seriously trash the room they are within their rights to charge you a cleaning fee.Hotels rooms should be treated like you are in someone s home. Hotels don t want their rooms ruined just like you wouldn t want your home ruined. Remember to keep the noise to a tolerable level. If the hotel has to warn you about noise more than once or twice they are within their rights to ask you to leave if your noise level is bothering other guests.
It depends on the hotel policy. But if it is a non-smoking room and you smoke you will have to pay the cleaning bill to get the smoke out of your room it s usually around $250 a room to get the smoke out. If you leave trash or beer you should be fine. As long as the room is not destroyed ie(things broken).
Only about 13% of adults in California smoke. Hotel operators cater mostly to the other 87% of the population who don t their rooms fouled by smokers so you will really get slammed. A lot of hotels here are 100% smoke free. Hooray. The housekeeper will probably take your beer home and consider it a tip.
If you want to smoke, find a hotel that allows smoking and avoid the $250 fine. Partying is dumb. What you really need is one good woman to spend the evening with, not a bunch of fat, loud and obnoxious men who just want to yell and drink your beer for free (and then vomit on your carpet).
Hello! NYC is a wonderful city! I ve lived here 20 yrs and I love it!I do understand your apprehension, since most folks only know the Apple from what they see in the news and movies, but it is not any different from any large city! As far as safety is concerned, simply exercise the same practice you d use in any busy urban area, such as Sydney and Melbourne.Now to your next question, what to do in the city... What isn t in New York would be a shorter list!In Queens you ve got things like the Botanical gardens, the Museum of Science, Museum of the moving image. In Brooklyn, there s the Brooklyn Zoo, Museum of Art, the boardwalk and more... Staten Island and the Bronx have many things to do and places to visit and of course Manhattan has more things to do than I could begin to list!Our money is simple enough, the paper denominations you ll most likely handle are: $1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100. Coin denominations are: Pennies (1 cent)Nickels (5 cents)Dimes (10 cents) Quarters (25 cents)You might get the occasional $1 coin.Once you arrive, I think you ll find this city much friendlier than you might have expected! I d be happy to have an email correspondence to answer more specific questions!
I m from the UK and I feel safer in NY than I do here. It s a lovely place. The first time I visited I thought it was going to be scarey like the movies and was so pleasantly suprised. Just be careful as you would at home and don t go wandering off into any unsuitable areas. I felt quite safe at night in the touristy areas - it s mostly tourists. The shops will be fully decorated for Christmas so you need to do some serious shopping. Enjoy the hussle and bussle of NY, you will be fine.
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New York is among the safest of America s large cities and crimes against tourists are taken VERY seriously. The most likely crime that you could fall victim to is buying counterfeit or defective goods. Stay away from designer goods sold by people who can t spell Gucci.America s monetary system is 100% metric so you will not have to deal with peculiar denominations such as shillings, ha pennies, tuppence, crowns or sovereigns as I did when I visited Ireland during the early 70 s just as they were transitioning from one monetary system to another.Please take a look at some of the links below for things to do in New York:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article��http://www.associatedcontent.com/article��http://www.associatedcontent.com/article��http://www.associatedcontent.com/article��http://www.associatedcontent.com/article��You will have a wonderful time.
Would nt worry.A little common sense willl get you by.Its nothing like the movies ..good or bad.Would not miss an evening outWould get onto the net before you arrive use the hotel resources for places to go things to see.NYC is easy to get around if you take it in small bites.Might just find a small club or cafe in or near your hotel.Always recommend the smaller cafes restaurants the street food from the carts.Not an official visit unless you have a NY hot dog, a big hot NY pretzelMoney is the easy part.About the only thing that is base ten.Quarters are 25 cents= 1/4 dollar, Dimes are 10 cents = 1/10 dollar , nickels are 5 cents = 1/20 dollar.Being a young lady , treat yourself to a trip to Tiffany s , a famous fancy jewelry storethat has some affordable things for regular people .Would not miss the museums , most are near Central Park,..The Guggenheim Metropolitan museums of art the Museum of Natural History Planetarium.all great for rainy days.Short cab or bus rides will take you to anything that might interest you.Would ask locals your age where they go to relax ,dine or shop.If you will have free time away from the group ( it s not on the tour) would head downtown to Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village.Parts are a little touristy but a little hole in the wall cafe is a good place to be on a cold night.Best regards