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Anyone any links for short term apartment hire companies....lookin to save a few quid on hotels for 4 or 5 nights in September??

Im sure you already know that there is a scam of illegally renting private apartments, deposit up front and when you get there the apartment either doesnt exist or someone else lives there.

There are some companies who rent out apartments legally of course but any I checked were looking big $$$, Manhattan is ridiculously expensive, theres quite a few taxes added onto everything. 

Thanks for the information lads, think I'm going to take the bus, cant be bad to those prices :-)

An the car rental was 182 sterling - When you add in Fuel ( I realise its not that much) Car Parking - Possible tolls etc.

NY to DC to AC to NY is $280 for 2 people

How much of a benefit do you think renting a car would be to getting the train?  I know that most of the hotels will charge you to park your car overnight so X 5/6 days plus car rental (cheapest on 3000 182.00), i think the costs would even out.  If we were going to be dining out and experiencing the nightlife then having to drive the next day. I would say the train would be better.  Any thoughts on this?

Also, would there be tolls on the route down to DC?
How did you find driving in around NY, in comparison to europe?  Much more difficult?

Is this simply www.citydeals.com?  Can't connect to website!

Hey lads, heading to US in summer again for a 2 1/2 weeks, done the Wildwood thing 5 years ago and was too drunk to remember most of it.

I have the hotel booked for NY for the first 7 days, was planning on heading to Washington DC for 3 days and then onto Atlantic City for 2 days (Sat/Sun), then back to NY for the rest.  Have any of you done this trip before?  Did you rent a car or get the train? I havent the hotels booked for DC and Atlantic City yet, would you advise stopping off in Philadelphia for a few days as the train will be passing through there 3 times on my current trip itinerary. I havent train tickets booked either.  Any general suggestions/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Price of petrol while countries such as US enjoy 40p a litre!!
The strength of the pound!