How To
Step-by-step answers to the questions readers ask most.
How to Do New York on a Budget Without Missing Anything
The expensive parts of New York are the hotel, the drinks and the observation decks. Almost everything else has a cheap version that is as good or better.
How Much Does a Trip to New York Actually Cost?
New York is expensive, but the expensive parts are not evenly distributed. Here is where the money actually goes and which line items you can cut without ruining the trip.
How to Get Broadway Tickets Without Paying Full Price
Lotteries, rush, standing room and TKTS. Four ways to sit down in a Broadway theatre for a third of the advertised price, and when each one works.
How to Get from JFK, LaGuardia or Newark into Manhattan
Three airports, none of them with a direct train into the city, and a wide range of ways to get it wrong. Here is what each route costs and how long it really takes.
How to Tip in New York (and What Else Is Not in the Price)
Tipping in the United States is not a reward, it is part of the wage. Here is what to give, to whom, and why the number on the menu is never the number you pay.
How to Use the New York Subway Without Looking Lost
Uptown, downtown, local, express, and why the same platform serves trains going to different boroughs. The subway is not complicated once you know the four things it assumes you know.