Buffy ,'Showtime'
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
NYC has its advantages.
If we can keep the hotel cost at "Not Too Bad" (like Seattle and New Orleans - neither was, iirc, inexpensive though they were great deals for those particular hotels), we've got easy transportation, cheap flights, several airports, lots to do, hotels with a clue, locals, and even inexpensive food if you make the effort.
If we can keep the hotel cost at "Not Too Bad"
Pretty big if...
Oh, man, NYC would be awesome.
I'll also pimp for Philly. But I can't be the point person for anything, due to a deadline and possible moving.
I'd love NYC, but I've never stayed in a hotel there for less than $200/night that wasn't a nasty place. I think if folks could afford to do it then hotels like The Muse and The Library are actually amazing deals, but they are all north of $200/night.
Yeah, I tried looking into hotel costs in NYC a little while ago, and even pretty basic hotels way out in Brooklyn were more than we usually spend.
but I've never stayed in a hotel there for less than $200/night that wasn't a nasty place
Were you getting group rates, though?
I do remember the last time I looked into pimping NYC, I didn't get very good responses from hotels. But we weren't in a recession then, so it may be worth looking again.
One thing that came up in a conversation this weekend (can't remember who I was talking to) is that many locales with cheaper hotels are also that much more expensive/difficult to fly into. Between three major airports, you can get to NYC from *anywhere*.
It's not so much the temp of DC and environs in July, it's the humidity. I could deal though, if that's where y'all ended up. It's not like we usually plan for miles-long day hikes or anything.
I think NYC is definitely doable, if we tried. Might not be the fanciest rooms ever, but that's not the point anyway. I just found a bunch that might be workable, and I have no idea what a group rate might get us.
And also, we'd get to see Jessica AND Scrappadoodle.
A quick Kayak.com search of hotel July 8-11 shows lots of availability of 4 star hotels (boutiques, mostly) in the $130 range.