Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1
Planning Your Trip to
New York City
I
n the pages that follow, you'll find everything you need to know to
handle the practical details of planning your trip in advance: airlines
and area airports, a calendar of events, resources for those of you
with special needs, and much more.
1 Visitor Information
Before you leave home, your best information source (besides this
book, of course) is
NYC & Company,
at 810 Seventh Ave., New
York, NY 10019. You can call
&
800/NYC-VISIT
to request the
Official NYC Guide
detailing hotels, restaurants, theaters, attractions,
events, and more. The guide is free and will arrive in 7 to 10 days.
(
Note:
I've received complaints that they sometimes take longer.)
You can find a wealth of free information their website,
www.
nycvisit.com
. To speak with a live travel counselor, call
&
212/484-
1222,
weekdays from 8:30am to 6pm EST, weekends from 8:30am
to 5pm EST.
You will need a decent map of the city, and also a transit map, which
you can get at the
Times Square Visitors Center,
1560 Broadway,
between 46th and 47th streets;
&
212/869-1890;
(www.timessquare
nyc.org) or at most larger subway stations. Look inside the back cover
of this topic for a map of most of the Manhattan subway lines.
FOR U.K. VISITORS
The
NYCVB Visitor Information Center
is at 36 Southwark Bridge Rd., London, SE1 9EU (
&
020/7202-
6367
). You can order the Official NYC Visitor Kit by sending an
A5-size self-addressed envelope and 72p postage to the above
address. For New York-bound travelers in London, the center also
offers free one-on-one travel-planning assistance.
2 When to Go
Summer or winter, rain or shine, there's always great stuff going on
in New York City, so there's no real “best” time to go.
