how do you get to new york city from jfk airport what are all of the options that you have and what
is the cheapest option that you have with a full walkthrough of how to do it coming up
and if you're new here i'm christine with where in the world of CL and i make travel videos
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this city for four years i love this place and this is a question that people ask me all the
time so i'm making this helpful video to hopefully make your travels a little bit more easy so let's
dive in let's first start with a walkthrough of all of the options that you have because
maybe the cheapest option isn't the best option for you so i'm going to talk you
through a quick how-to for each one and a detailed walkthrough of the one that i chose which was
airtrain to the subway here's a pro tip for something i do as soon as i land
on the tarmac and that's pulling up google maps and looking at the current traffic just to see how
long it would take to get into the city and that helps me to determine if these first two options
one looking at an uber or a lift and i like to look at the rates in that moment just to see what
it might be like this is the rate that it was when i first landed and i looked for you guys right now
just as a comparison point and this is the current rate right now and so for this trip
uber is something i did consider the other option you have here is a taxi and maybe the uber wait
time is too long so maybe it makes sense for you to take a taxi instead but both of these options
totally depend on the traffic and i did look up for you guys some highly rated and reviewed
private transfers via viator so that's another option if you just want to have all of that set
up in advance but that might be the most expensive option and there's a reason why over the security
announcements they say if someone approaches you about about transportation don't do it
spare yourself don't do it when i was a newbie a long time ago i did it once it was not a good
experience which by the way if you're getting some value out of this video make sure you share
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new york city and love to know all right let's jump to public transportation and some cheaper
maybe options that make sense time-wise as well that might work better for you
the first option is the long island railroad and the second option is the subway but for
either one you need to jump on the air train and the air train right now current rates are 7.75
but you're gonna jump on the air train and you're gonna take it over to jamaica station my tip for
you here deciding between the long island railroad and the subway really comes down to
where are you going if your accommodations your hotel or your airbnb or wherever you're staying
is next to penn station where it's very easy to get to from penn station then going via the long
island railroad is probably a very good option for you for me my hotel was one and a half blocks
off of the e train and from jamaica station you have the j z and e trains to get you into the city
and so for me it made sense to take the subway plus it was a straight shot on the e train so i
never had to transfer so that's what made sense to me when it comes to time if you're going directly
to penn station you can shave off a lot of time by taking the long island railroad it can take you
50 minutes versus for me taking the e train would take an hour and 10 minutes but it really
made sense given the location so once you get to jamaica station from the airtrain you are paying
at the exit and it's 7.75 right now and tons of info in the show notes below so make sure you
check them including the private transfer options via viator but it's 7.75 to get out and at that
moment you're also able to buy your subway ticket if you're going that route and so you simply exit
the air train station and you head down to either the long island railroad or down to the subway
i'm gonna be new york if i didn't just miss my train if i wasn't asked for money by some
random dude over there and there's a home in the guy park this is my city
so again to recap all of your options look at google maps check the current traffic situation
maybe it makes sense to take an uber if the wait long for an uber is really long maybe it
makes sense to take a taxi maybe it makes sense to be stress-free and take a private transfer
or take public transportation and depending on where you're headed in new york city you can
determine whether it makes sense to take the long island railroad to penn station or maybe it makes
sense for you to take the subway and a pro tip on the subway it's 2.75 when i'm filming this to
ride it one time but one of the things that i did because i'm in central park right now i've been
riding the subway all the time and so i bought an unlimited metro card for 33 which has been a
fantastic way to get around the city so for me on this trip it made sense to take the subway when i
got out my hotel was just a block and a half away new york city and my hotel just across the street
and if you want a full room tour and review and how much i paid to stay at the hampton
inn in times square north check out that video and a better way to get around the city is by
boat i was boating all week this week make sure you check out those videos drop your tips below
choose that like button if you haven't already and i'll see you in the next adventure ciao
you