New York City: Holidays on a budget

New York City is only a two hour ride from Philadelphia. This holiday season shop the finest stores on 5th Avenue, see a show, or take a tour. Here are some low cost ideas that are big on delivery.

Go ice skating at the Rockefeller Center. Be there for the world famous lighting of the tree ceremony hosted by Al Roker Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 7 p.m. Watch live performances by Faith Hill, Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, and others.

While at the "real" 30 Rock tour NBC studios. Get a backstage look into studios like Saturday Night Live and produce your own weather and news program.

Each year New York City department stores put up elaborate holiday displays trying to outdo the other stores. Lady Gaga has designed window displays for Barney's including the entire fifth floor. Grand Central Terminal puts on a holiday laser light show on the ceiling every 30 minutes.

Off Broadway shows are new productions, and tickets cost just $20. "The essential to budget travel is to plan ahead. When it happens to family trips, globetrotting, well-deserved holidays and/or going to see new places we have never been before, the actuality of expense and budgeting is often in the back of our thoughts. Preparation and spending our travel budget correctly is a consideration for most families. Curbing spending and fees, while still enjoying your vacation to its fullest, is the key to assured success and fiscal obligation. Your pocketbook and family will thank you! The thinking behind saving money while travelling is simple: Even if your personal funds is highly limited, you can still take a break and enjoy life! Simply put, life is just too short to never step out of the door or departing the homestead! Also recalling that while traveling, regardless of whether on a resources or not, even the smallest of things can all add op to a big vacation or travel bill!..". Many famous Broadway productions got their start as off Broadway shows like Rent, Wicked and Cabaret. Save 50 percent on Broadway tickets at these three locations in New York City.

The Times Square location sells day of performance tickets only.
The South Street Seaport location sells evening performance tickets only.
The Downtown Brooklyn location, sells tickets to evening performances the day of the performance. Matinee tickets are sold the day before a performance.

The Elegant Tightwad Shopping Excursion Tour takes you to private showrooms not open to the public. Pay wholesale or less on current designer clothes and accessories.

New York is the most filmed city in the world. Take a tour, visit locations from your favorite TV shows and movies. Visit the friends apartment building. Order soup from The Soup Nazi featured on Seinfeld. Sit on Carrie's stoop from Sex and the City. Take pictures at the Ghostbusters firehouse. Many tours to choose from.

At Times Square on New Year's Eve everyone's welcome. There is no charge. One million people will watch the ball drop at midnight, while tons of confetti fall on the square.

There are many museums in New York City like the American Museum of Natural History and Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum, even a sex museum on 5th Avenue. With so much to see and do in New York City at any given time of the year, no wonder they call it the city that never sleeps.

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