New York City Travel News

The Film Skinny spent last week visiting his mama in New York City, and he spent this sentence referring to himself in the third person.

My first trip to New York City was in 1996. We were traveling to several different states during a two week vacation.

You saw it on the big screen in the movie theatre and promised yourself that if you ever visited New York, you would go there yourself and see it with your own eyes.

$89 NEW YORK CITY Christmas trip features the Radio City Rockettes, Dec. 26. The 2008 edition of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular features ''Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,'' Santa and a living Nativity. Package includes round-trip bus transportation, the show, free time in the city for shopping or dining and driver gratuity. AAA Travel, 800-472-9367 or AAA Travel 610-258-2371. $499 BRITISH COLUMBIA Bordered by the Pacific Ocean, British Columbia is a province that crosses five mountain ranges and has ice fields, vineyards, valleys and rain forests. Rate is valid for travel through Oct. 31 and varies by departure date. Per-person, double occupancy; includes standard room and Hertz car rental. Airfare and car-rental taxes additional. Mittl Travel Agency, 610-437-4755, http://www.mittltravel.com . $509 SOUTHBOUND ALASKA Enjoy a seven-night cruise aboard Celebrity's Millennium Sept. 12 to Sept. 19. Visit Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait, Ketchikan and cruise the Inside Passage. Package includes all meals, entertainment and port charges. Not included are taxes and fuel charge of $190 per person. Monica Troxell, CruiseOne, 800-809-2601, http://www.cruiseone.com/mtroxell . $569 EASTERN CARIBBEAN Cruise seven days on the Crown Princess, departing Oct. 12. Package includes $50 shipboard credit per stateroom. Embarking Fort Lauderdale, round trip, visiting Princess Cays, Bahamas, St. Maarten, Grand Turk and St. Thomas. Per person, double occupancy, inside Cat. ''J,'' cruise only. Government fees of $70.09 and fuel supplement $49 per person are extra. Brenda, Cruise Time, 610-709-9876, 888-547-9876, http://www.itscruisetime4me.com . $777 FLORIDA/BAHAMAS Sail round trip from Baltimore, Md., onboard Carnival Pride Nov. 15-22, 2009, to Florida and the Bahamas. While in Florida visit the attractions in Orlando before setting sail to Nassau and Freeport. Per-person, double occupancy; includes port charges and taxes, shipboard meals and entertainment. Kathy, Kathy & Macs Travel, 610-821-8829, kathymacstravel@juno.com . $809 EASTERN CARIBBEAN Sail nine nights from Bayonne, N.J., Dec. 12-21 on the Explorer of the Seas. You can do your shopping and be home for Christmas. Ports of call include San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas; Dominican Republic. and Labadee in Haiti. Fees and fuel are $161 additional. Double occupancy. Liz Cruises & Travels, 610-868-0800, lizcruises@aol.com . $989 MACKINAC ISLAND, MICH. Enjoy a horse-drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island, see Fort Mackinac, Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, Frankenmuth and St. Lorenz Church, take a guided tour of Mackinaw City, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. More than 10 meals, including lunch at the Grand Hotel are provided. Sept. 15-21. Per-person, double occupancy. Trans-Bridge Tours, 610-776-TOUR, http://www.transbridgetours.com . $1,438 PETER ISLAND Enjoy a private island in the British Virgin Islands. Couples who book through July 31 for any stay through Oct. 31 will receive six nights for the price of five plus a $120 spa credit. Rate includes breakfast, lunch and dinner daily and resort activities. Package for Oct. 16-22 is per-person, double occupancy. Taxes, gratuity and airfare additional. Pegasus Travel, 610-861-6888. $1,688 PANAMA CANAL Enjoy a 10-day cruise on the Coral Princess. Sail from Acapulco to Fort Lauderdale, departing Nov. 29 and making stops in Huatulco, Mexico; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama Canal, and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Rate based on an inside cabin and includes airfare from Philadelphia. Not included are taxes of $286. United World Travel Service, 610-966-5966, http://www.unitedworldtravelsvc.com . $1,798 HONG KONG Discover the local life of Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year Jan. 21 to Jan. 27 on a seven-day locally guided tour. Included are round-trip airfare from Newark, local guides, five nights in deluxe hotels, round-trip transfers, baggage handling, hotel taxes and service charges. Not included are air taxes and fees, insurance and optional excursions. Visas required. Per-person. Barmar Travel, 215-536-8005, 800-899-8271, barmartravel@hotmail.com . $1,934 NEW ENGLAND/CANADA This 10-day sailing on Holland America's Eurodam sails from New York to Newport, Boston, Bar Harbor, Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown, Saguenay Fjord and Quebec City. Price is per-person, cruise only for a Sept. 1 departure. Gillian Girvin, Valley Travel Service, 610-691-7305, http://www.valleytravelservice.com . $1,989 JAMAICA Enjoy six nights at the Royal Plantation Resort. Package includes a seven-day stay in an ocean-view suite, with all meals, alcohol, transfers, taxes and round-trip airfare from Philadelphia. This package also includes free golf and unlimited use of non-motorized water sports. Price is based on a ''fly free promo'' and valid for travel through Dec. 20. Jennifer, VIP Vacations, 610-264-5577, http://www.travelbyvip.com . Packages are provided for Best Deals by travel agencies and tour groups, based on what they consider to be good values. Offers always are subject to change. Be sure to check with the travel agents directly for the current information, costs and details.

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The New York City Pass Free - 40 Attractions in New York , Get New York City Pass & Save $20. www.newyorkpass.com New York City Walking Tour Take a walking tour of New York City .

It's now the heart of the city's tourist season, and more Portuguese is being heard around Times Square than ever before.

New York City New York City is not only one of the most visited places on earth, it is also deemed by many as the perfect place to call home.

Billionaire oil baron David Koch has pledged $100 million to renovate the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.

Few songs in the world of music have "held on" like the theme from the movie, New York, New York.

Christie Brinkley with Peter Cook, son Jack Paris, and daughter Sailor Lee at the Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time Warner Center on October 7, 2004 in New York ...

The Statue of Liberty's crown, closed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, may be on the way to reopening, according to documents released by a New York congressman.

A Manhattan Rickshaw Co bicyclist steers through the city's mean streets. Common in Asia, rickshaws remain a novelty in New York.

It was many and many a year ago in a cottage in the Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe lived his last years and wrote some of his classic pieces.

Tour N.Y. Waterfalls Take New York Water Taxi's Unofficial Tour of the New York City Waterfalls, the only tour to get you close enough to the waterfalls so that you actually feel the spray.

A grand social experiment begins today in New York as four man-made waterfalls start their cascades around the East River.

As temperatures rise in Gotham, so do a host of zany structures. In Conde Nast Traveler 's July issue, hot off the press, Word of Mouth editor Kate Maxwell shows how to see them all in under 12 hours.

It's hot, school's out and your kids are whining, "What are we going to do today?" Luckily, every borough offers oodles of outdoor options, from cool pools and parks to outdoor theater and exhibits.

New York, New York is the Place to Be for the 4th of July, This Year and Every Year! Font New York City is a great place to visit and the 4th of July is a celebratory time for all Americans.