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We are planning a trip on October 12, how to dress? What to take with you. Thanks
We are planning a trip on October 12, how to dress? What to take with you. Thanks
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I was on a tour like yours in the summer (only along its east coast, but the whole program is exactly the same). The most important thing to wear is comfortable shoes. In Niagara - do not wear long trousers / jeans (weather permitting), because they will be knee-deep wet from the boat trip to the waterfall. Raincoats are included in the price of the trip. Shoes will also be wet through, so leave a change of shoes or wear rubber boots on the bus.
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Also, a neck pillow for traveling by car was very useful to me. Due to early departures and time difference, there will be a lot of sleep during the transfers. Also bring a wide shawl or tippet with you to cover yourself on the bus. It gets cold there.
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If you like tea, be sure to take a travel electric kettle with you - there are none in hotel rooms, but there are coffee makers.
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And so I can say that I really liked the trip, the guides are knowledgeable. Unlike European tours, for example, a guide - he is also the leader of the group for the duration of your trip to one of the cities is always with you and constantly tells something interesting. Another guide will go to another city with you. They all live in New York. Tatyana traveled with us to Boston, and Emil to Washington and Niagara. Elena was in New York.
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Transfers to Boston and Washington take 3-4 hours, to Niagara - 6-7, but almost every hour and a half stops on the Service Area, i.e. sanitary stops to eat (there are Starbucks everywhere) and go to the toilet. By the way, toilets in America, unlike Europe, are free and clean. The only hotel in Niagara Falls was in our city (almost in the center) - Quality inn. In Boston and Washington - outside the city, but always either next to some large grocery supermarket or they are delivered to large Shopping Areas.
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I also want to draw your attention to the fact that after each of the cities (in the east, at least) you will return to New York. Hotels in New York are different every time. I had a hotel in Queens Pan American (on the central Queens Avenue), in Manhattan - Best Westin (the hotel is good, but the neighborhood is creepy) and Pennsylvania - a huge tourist hotel at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 31st or 32nd Street - right in the center of midtown Manhattan. Near Empire State Building and Time Square and 9-storey Macy's department store. Very comfortably! But in this hotel I require a plastic payment card for a guarantee, where the amount of the stay is blocked, although the company paid for everything. No cash, only card! This is important because from my group, one couple had problems due to the lack of a card.
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And more importantly, it is a tip that will need to be given to the guide and driver at $ 2 per day per brother at the end of each trip from city to city. Have change with you. Guides will warn you about tipping along the route.
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Thanks a lot!!! Spare shoes will definitely not hurt, especially since we are not going in the summer, but on October 12, they will not dry out quickly. About the shawl .. I wouldn’t even think .. thanks)
The company paid for the accommodation ... But will we still need to make an additional payment?
And the calculation in shops, cafes, restaurants .. for cash???
Do you need to open the card at your place, special ?? Thanks
The company paid for the accommodation ... But will we still need to make an additional payment?
And the calculation in shops, cafes, restaurants .. for cash???
Do you need to open the card at your place, special ?? Thanks
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The hotel will block the amount of accommodation for 2 nights on the card (this was the case with me), but then after a while this amount will be returned to your account. The amount in Pennsylvania was small - about $ 90 for 2 nights. With payments in shops, cafes, etc. there were no problems at all. I don't think it's necessary to open a special card. I think that any Visa, Mastercard will do, the main thing is that it can be used to pay abroad (not! domestic). What else I would like to draw attention to is the payment for baggage when flying within America. Very often you have to pay extra for luggage. I flew to New York from Dallas on US Airways and paid extra for each suitcase. Learn about it too.
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Here's what I remembered. Breakfasts in hotels are mostly very modest (these are their American breakfasts): coffee and croissants, very rarely muesli. No cheese or sausages. Except that Niagara Falls had a good breakfast.
Then, when returning from the United States at the counter before entering the plane, you will have to pick up a white tear-off visa coupon, which you will be given when entering the United States at passport control (passport control, as we understand it with border guards) when leaving the United States no. Pay attention to this so you don't forget to donate!
Then, when returning from the United States at the counter before entering the plane, you will have to pick up a white tear-off visa coupon, which you will be given when entering the United States at passport control (passport control, as we understand it with border guards) when leaving the United States no. Pay attention to this so you don't forget to donate!
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Be sure to take a card with you)))))
What is the risk of losing a card?
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What is the risk of losing a card?
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It's good that you responded to my letter... So much useful and VALUABLE information!!!!
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If you mean the loss of a tear-off coupon, which will need to be returned when leaving the USA, then this threatens that at the "border" they will not note that you left the USA and there will be a violation of the terms of stay in the country. And why do you have such problems!))
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When I was preparing for this tour, in the depths of the Internet, I found a travel blog that was useful to me. Sending a link
https://sites.google.com/site/triptoperuinc/home/po-obe-storony-okeana/po-obe-storony-okeana-cas t2
She also traveled the West Coast. I think this will be useful to you.
https://sites.google.com/site/triptoperuinc/home/avtobusnyj-tur-po-amerikanski
https://sites.google.com/site/triptoperuinc/home/po-obe-storony-okeana/po-obe-storony-okeana-cas t2
She also traveled the West Coast. I think this will be useful to you.
https://sites.google.com/site/triptoperuinc/home/avtobusnyj-tur-po-amerikanski
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The stories are great!!! I read it a couple of times, it's interesting and informative. And the photo ........ beauty. Thanks again....
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Take English and money with you. Nothing else is needed in America
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Everything is not so simple .... English with a dictionary ... money ... this is a loose concept ...
But thanks anyway)))
But thanks anyway)))
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Thank you .... I read everything, I get the impression .. that I have already been there))))
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The hotel PENNSYLVANIA will block you for some amount, promising to unblock it in a couple of weeks, but I had to wait a month and send them several letters to the hotel mentioning this. In PENNSYLVANIA, a Russian-speaking woman works at the reception, who tries not to advertise it, but you can "catch" her, and she is not generous with answers ...
A small travel kettle always comes in handy when traveling around the world. In the QUALITY hotels in the rooms from NEW TOURS there were coffee makers with boiling water and tea and coffee. Breakfasts in QUALITY are quite decent. In WASHINGTON you will be taken to a Chinese souvenir shop with good prices, but keep in mind that the same goods are sold in tents on the street at a lower price, but the guides will "save" you from these souvenir collapses in WASHINGTON .
We dined at a decent big Chinese restaurant near WASHINGTON. BUFFET of 11 different dishes (chicken, fish, vegetables, rice) + tea + soup is inexpensive, but for some reason our group, unfortunately, refused to dine there on the second day, so we had to eat in roadside cafes.
Happy travels and warm sunny weather!
A small travel kettle always comes in handy when traveling around the world. In the QUALITY hotels in the rooms from NEW TOURS there were coffee makers with boiling water and tea and coffee. Breakfasts in QUALITY are quite decent. In WASHINGTON you will be taken to a Chinese souvenir shop with good prices, but keep in mind that the same goods are sold in tents on the street at a lower price, but the guides will "save" you from these souvenir collapses in WASHINGTON .
We dined at a decent big Chinese restaurant near WASHINGTON. BUFFET of 11 different dishes (chicken, fish, vegetables, rice) + tea + soup is inexpensive, but for some reason our group, unfortunately, refused to dine there on the second day, so we had to eat in roadside cafes.
Happy travels and warm sunny weather!
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We recommend buying groceries in NEW YORK in supermarkets on BRIGHTON BEACH.
Telephone connection with the Motherland: in T-MOBILE on a smartphone we bought an American SIM card with inexpensive local calls in AMERICA and high-speed Internet for round-the-clock free communication via Skype, and free SMS were sent to my Russian MEGAFON from the site https://sendsms.megafon. en/
Telephone connection with the Motherland: in T-MOBILE on a smartphone we bought an American SIM card with inexpensive local calls in AMERICA and high-speed Internet for round-the-clock free communication via Skype, and free SMS were sent to my Russian MEGAFON from the site https://sendsms.megafon. en/
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English phrasebook
http://www.comenglish.ru/razgovornye-frazy-i-predlozheniya-po-temam/angliyskiy-razgovornik-aeropo rt-aircraft-aviation
http://www.comenglish.ru/razgovornye-frazy-i-predlozheniya-po-temam/angliyskiy-razgovornik-aeropo rt-aircraft-aviation
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frequently used phrases
http://www.comenglish.ru/chasto-upotreblyaemye-razgovornye-frazy-na-angliyskom-yazyke
http://www.comenglish.ru/chasto-upotreblyaemye-razgovornye-frazy-na-angliyskom-yazyke
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Thank you. I will definitely buy a card) I printed out the phrase book .... Thank you very much))))))))
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And what about the outlets? Will I be able to charge my camera, tablet?
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The voltage in the US is lower than ours. The kettle boiled longer, the chargers also take longer to charge. The Russian hair dryer was not suitable in NEW YORK, because it cooled, not dried the hair ...
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buy clothes in NEW YORK at CENTURY 21 sales. http://www.c21stores.com/
http://ny.brooklyn.ru/photo/03072003/35.html
Buy jeans in branded denim departments.
At MACY'S http://www.macys.com/ the prices are higher and the discounts are small.
http://ny.brooklyn.ru/photo/03072003/35.html
Buy jeans in branded denim departments.
At MACY'S http://www.macys.com/ the prices are higher and the discounts are small.
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dollar breakfast
http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/meal_bundles/dollar_menu.html
http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/meal_bundles/dollar_menu.html
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