if you're looking to travel to New York City without breaking the bank in this video I'm
sharing with you helpful ways to save money while you're traveling in this amazing City coming up
and if you're new here yo I'm Christine Lozada with where in the world is CL and I make travel
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subscribing I want you to have an amazing time saving a book in this city because I used to
live here for four years and it's one of my most favorite places in the world and I'm Gonna Keep
It Real right off the bat you come to New York City to break the bank so this is like ways to do
damage control and not necessarily a way to travel for cheap let's dive straight in this first one is
what I'm doing right now which is traveling in the winter months so she's kind of cold right now I
got my hot hands ready but I'm here in the months of January to March during this time actually
we've been really lucky we've been getting 50 degree days it's been super nice I'm a little bit
bundled up but I'm also saving a bundle especially on hotels so for example I stayed at a hotel
that has four and a half stars on TripAdvisor fantastic Hilton Hotel only 90 dollars a knife we
just checked into a five-star hotel it's at a fraction of what it normally costs so one thing
to consider is come here during the quieter months because you can save significant amounts of money
especially on accommodations this next one might be related to the months that I'm here but go see
Broadway but not at the full price so during these winter months because there are less people here
you can get the Broadway buy one ticket get one free or do what we're doing tonight which is pay
just 125 dollars for an upgraded seat so Broadway Week is one way you can save a lot of money scene
shows or one thing I did the other day go to the tkts booth they have a few locations around the
city full info in the blog post below make sure you check that out but you can go see Broadway at
a fraction of the price I saw I sat in the seventh row for Aladdin at 117 for the ticket such an
amazing way to see it also helpful to know is that if you buy a ticket from the tkts booth hold on to
your stuff because if you go back you can skip the entire line and get in the front to buy your next
ticket and the other thing is that the Lincoln Center location is significantly quieter error and
then the Times Square location so consider some of the other locations they have before you go jump
in line oh and one more tkts is for buying tickets that is for that day or the next day matinee so
when you're ready to get your ticket make sure you are literally ready to go that day or the next day
matinee this next one is about how you get around and how you get around could be a humongous impact
on how much you spend especially if you're taking taxis everywhere one thing to consider is taking
the subway right now it's only 275 a ticket if you buy an unlimited week of rides it's only 33
dollars but one thing to consider is that it's way easier to go north and south than it is to go east
and west we'll talk about this more in a later tip but one thing is consider walking as much as
you can use City bike that's a really amazing bike program to get around the city if you're feeling
a little bit adventurous or take the subway as our last resort take a taxi take Uber especially
if it's not as easy to get around but save a ton of money by taking public transportation
or walking around so many of us want to dine out at the really fantastic restaurants here
and they definitely will make you pay for it and to be honest generally it's really worth it but if
you want to go to some of these nicer restaurants consider going for their happy hour go to a nicer
restaurant a little bit earlier enjoy it for happy hour and then go eat at some of the amazing Cheap
Eats around the city I can't tell you how many freshly pulled noodles I've eaten while I've been
here but one thing to consider is going to the nicer restaurants during happy hour if you want
a list of all of my favorite restaurants to eat for cheap consider checking out the list below if
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in the comments below we're all a community and it's getting kind of cold so let's go sit in the
car and talk about the next day everybody loves to come to New York City for the shopping but one
thing a lot of people don't know is that there are Sample Sales and these Sample Sales have a
calendar around them and so consider going to a sample sale to get amazingly discounted product
for example I went to the Under Armor sample sale and I bought my entire wardrobe of Fitness
apparel for a year it was fantastic and it was at a fraction of the price so consider looking
in for Sample Sales this next way to save money is one of my favorite because there's so much amazing
talent in New York City go and see the live shows but go to some of the more local ones one of the
ones that I did just the other night instead of going to the big format live music places I went
to one of my favorite spots which is Cafe wah down in the village you can find amazing talent
at ten dollars per ticket most people have so much fun they stay for both of the shows
each of them being an hour and a half long and you can have a show with a two drink minimum and
drinks tend to be between 15 and 16 dollars a drink and you can dance the night away and
enjoy some amazing music another example would be instead of going to a big format jazz club
go to a smaller one literally go to Smalls I used to always go to this No Frills basement Jazz spot
where you pay usually around twenty dollars for cover and you can just sit and listen to amazing
Jazz until the sun comes up or here's another one one of the things that I used to do is go
to the big format performances at Lincoln Center but now one of my favorite things to do is to go
see the up and coming Talent at Juilliard and if you're not familiar with Juilliard the students
that are there are incredibly talented and they are giving recitals every day throughout the
day check their calendar and they're all free and some of the recital Halls are beautiful
beautiful and so going there and listening to the student recitals is a fantastic way to enjoy like
I did the other day A String Quartet and here's one last one and it's kind of taking a risk if
you want to see a big comedian oftentimes really really famous comedians will randomly drop in to
the local comedy clubs I love near Cafe wah is the comedy seller the basement comedy club one
time when I was there Dave Chappelle came in and just ended up doing a three hour show instead of
the normal headliner and it was I think you can guess how it was but consider trying trying to
see some of the big names by just dropping into the comedy clubs and even if they don't drop in
there's fantastic Talent especially at the spot I named The Comedy seller this next one is one that
honestly I was a little skeptical about but I love using Groupon for traveling and it's a way I've
gotten really fantastic deals for kayaking in San Diego or rock climbing in Florida but if you look
at Groupon for New York City there are some things on there consider looking at Groupon and finding
a ton of amazing deals for New York City things to do I've linked that in the description below
so consider checking it out oh and this next one is related to that things like a tourist pass like
City Pass is another great way if you're looking to go to a lot of those main attractions you can
do it at a fraction of the price by buying one of these tourist pests I've linked some of my
favorite ones below to help you out but that's a great one to do as well this next one is around
saving money by saving time because time is money and a lot of people don't know or plan their trip
to try to Bunch things together in other words you can spend a lot of time just getting around this
city so try really hard to bundle things together and plan your New York City trip up by area so
for example this morning I did I didn't just do the Chelsea Market with my favorite hand pulled
noodles I walked Along The High Line and then I went into little island to see all of those things
together and then finished off with drinks at one of my favorite rooftop bars that rooftop is not
open in the winter by the way but these are some of the top ways to save money while traveling in
New York City if you have an additional tip add it in the comments below we're all a community and we
all want to save a buck because let's be honest I've been in the city for nine days already and
I have broken the bank as usual it's been awesome but make sure you also check the full blog post in
the description below and join me in my next video which is I don't want you to get scammed when
you're in the city I freaking love this place but I have fallen victim to a few of the scams also so
join me in that next video I'm Christine Lozada and I'll see you in that next adventure ciao