welcome to New York City I'm Sarah and
I'm going to be your New York guide as a
local New Yorker I'm going to share all
my insights and tips with you so let's
get started
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if you want to take a photo don't just
stop where you're walking right away to
take it I know there's a lot of
beautiful sights but people will be
really annoyed instead that's to the
side and let them tap take your photo
and nothing will happen and everyone
will love you that's it very simple
people so in reality they're not if you
have questions on directions all you
need to do is just ask they're so nice
I'm telling you don't be afraid to ask
Times Square is a massive tourist trap
I've been taking a quick photo or seeing
a Broadway show just avoid this area at
all cost if you're looking for a really
good place to eat I recommend checking
out the reviews on Google Maps with
restaurants and cafes or downloading
Yelp Yelp is what most New Yorkers use
to find cafes restaurants bars or
dessert places and it's fantastic now
this is probably the only thing I really
hate about New York and that is that
it's extremely expensive to eat here to
live here pretty much do anything here
so just prepare yourself for that and
the prices you'll expect to pay for a
drink an alcoholic one would be between
$8 normally for a beer sometimes it can
be cheaper if it's happy hour and
anything up to 15 to 20 dollars for a
cocktail it can get really pricey so
just prepare yourself in advance
restaurants for dinner you're gonna be
paying around twenty to twenty-five
dollars a plate lunch is ten to fifteen
dollars a plate and breakfast can be
around five to ten dollars per plate so
mentally prepare yourself for those
prices there are cheaper options they
can be a little tricky to find if you
love pizza there are tons of dollar
pizza places so that could be a really
good off
other than that just safe safe say I'm
going to come visit the city be
street-smart New York is generally safe
for the most part but there are certain
areas that even I don't go to but in
general you're fine here just be aware
of your surroundings if you have a bag
keep it zipped up and you're good New
York is a great place and that you're
gonna love it
don't forget to pick up a guidebook when
you come here because it will really
help you while you're out exploring my
favorite is Marco Polo guidebooks I've
been using these guys all over the world
they're great because they come with
their own interactive app that has tons
of information on where to explore they
also have suggestions on activities food
and drink shopping entertainment and
really good tips to help you plan your
trip to New York so pick up a copy of
these guys I can vouch for it I've used
them all over the world and they're so
so good
don't take any photos with costume
characters a lot of times what happens
is they'll come up to you trying to get
your photo and then charge you like five
to ten dollars just to be in the photo
it's crazy
just don't take photos of them make sure
you visit the other boroughs when you're
exploring the city for example Brooklyn
and Queens are so much fun and there's
so much to do there
Williamsburg this is Astoria in Queens
and they have amazing restaurants
my favorite is Queens comfort right here
it might not look like much on the
outside but this place has been covered
by so many TV shows but me I love this
place because they have really really
neat combinations of food for example
they're down by law which is why I got
right here is so so so delicious it has
bacon jam roast chicken sriracha mayo
avocado it's so good but the other stuff
they have here is unbelievable they have
Captain Crunch crusted tilapia
they got bacon jam thing it's just
really a neat place it's been featured
on a lot of popular TV shows and this
place is almost impossible to get into
on a weekend so if you can I recommend
coming during the weekday when there's
literally no so we just had a delicious
meal and now we got the receipts one
thing you have to keep in mind here is
tipping is essential in New York and
anywhere in the u.s. actually this the
reason for this is because waiters don't
get paid a lot of money so they heavily
rely on tips to pay for their very
expensive New York City rent so this
bill was $28 you're gonna want to tip
around 20% on that so it's gonna be
about $5 tip other things that you need
a tip on is Black Seas spa services
hairdressers tour guides you need to tip
all of them here it's pretty much
required
stand your money when you come here in
the US
circumstances go to these extremes
services they have really terrible rates
especially in Time Square area or near
hotels and sin I recommend just going to
an ATM and take your money out there
just first check with your bank and see
if they have any partnerships with local
us because then you could avoid
it's the best way to get around New York
so make sure you do that on your team so
public restrooms are pretty hard to find
in New York City most places that won't
let you use their bathroom so I always
recommend is either find a Starbucks
because they're literally on practically
every street corner or Randall is a
really good public restroom it's clean
it doesn't smell which is a rare find in
New York just do that let's go to the
bathroom before you leave your hotel or
museum or whatever you're doing and
you'll be good to go so getting around
New York can't be challenging to someone
that's not from here but there are two
main ways to do it the first way is
using a taxi and you can tell if they're
available if you look at that Becky's
right over there the numbers are lit up
that means it's available and if I just
show like just in my hand
the guy will actually come right over
here and I can get in the taxi if the
lights are off that means someone is in
the car so you're off taxi so is they're
expensive and sometimes it can take more
using the taxi then using the subway so
really somebody in my opinion is better
even though kind of smells in New York
and Suffolk cleanest but it's a more
efficient way of traveling so let's go
check out the subway now and I'll show
you
Kansai veteran car so one of the really
cheap ways to get around in New York
City is actually using our subway system
which although it's not the cleanest in
the world and it doesn't smell that
great it's a pretty fast way to get
around so I'm going to show you how to
buy a MetroCard the key to doing this
here is you gotta do it fast you can cuz
New Yorkers don't like to wait so let's
start choose your language if you're
here for a week I recommend doing Oh get
a new card see it's a $1 fee that apply
it's kind of ridiculous but that's what
they do get a regular MetroCard
I recommend doing either nineteen or
twenty six dollars and that's because
you can just add more as you go so I
want to go ahead and do $26 and you can
do any of these options I always like
credit card if you are not from the US
make sure to have your card charged in
USD it will save you money with the
foreign transaction fee so I'm just
gonna dip my card here hit enter and
then just hit OK it's gonna process that
payment and then shoot out the MetroCard
right here and then you have your
MetroCard
it will tell you right there let's go if
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those are all the things that you should
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