Looking to book a trip to New York in February. Its my first time there, so I have tons of questions!
-Best airport to fly into?
-What is a decent price for airfare from YEG to New York?
-We want to do the touristy things, Broadway, Empire State Building, Ground Zero, etc.. where is the best place to get a hotel?
Thanks!

We flew into JFK and out of LGA. I've heard that EWR is a bit less distance into Manhattan, but really they're all fine. Transportation is so good that location can be flexible. We stayed at the New York New York. Beautiful Art Deco hotel kitty corner from MSG/Penn Station. We walked almost everywhere, and took subways to the Bronx Zoo, Yankee Stadium and lower Manhattan. There is also a good hop on/hop off bus system that goes pretty much everywhere a tourist would go, but I don't know if that runs during the winter months. Google should be able to help with that. Use word of mouth and online reviews (with a big grain of salt lol), your budget and go from there. Wherever you stay, whatever airport you use, it's an amazing city and you'll have a great time.

Wherever you fly into, check into Dial 7 rather than waiting for a cab. You can reserve in advance and skip the loooooong taxi lines!

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If doing touristy places buy the city pass from Costco.ca
You get entrance to popular attractions AND you pay in Canadian dollars.

They also have a 4 attraction explorer pass for 109 CND

Wait till summer lol

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New York pass is life. Went there in May last year and used it for everything. Paid $180 cad and I got into everything I wanted for free. Totally worth your money. Check it out. Www.newyorkpass.com or google the New York pass.
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We stayed midtown and we were right across the street from a subway station and about a 10 min walk from 30 rock. I thought it was perfect. We stayed at the hilton doubletree. Rooms are cozy (normal for nyc) but we got a good price on Groupon! I thought the location was perfect for us. We also got unlimited rise passes for the subway or while we were there which took us to and from the airport too. Worked beautifully.

We stayed at best Western plus in Newark NJ it was almost across the street from Union station in jersey and was a short subway ride to times square.

The best place to get a hotel at decent prices is Lower Manhattan as you can take the subway literally to go anywhere. There's a lot of cool spots in the lower Manhattan like the SoHo, Chinatown, Canal St & Little Italy. Also, walking distance to Brooklyn Bridge

I recommend seeing Hamilton to see on Broadway. Don't forget Empire State of Building at night & pretzels on the streets! Also cool shopping on 5th! And, The MET, go there earlier during the day. Sometimes they close early like 5pm.

We were there in the summer and the reasonably priced airfare was $700-800

We stayed to The Sofitel New York, yes Dial 7, The view at night from Top of the Rock was magical.