NYC With Kids — Without the Tourist Traps or the Budget Blowout

**NYC With Kids — Without the Tourist Traps or the Budget Blowout**

I've been to New York eight times. By trip three, I'd stopped Googling and started actually knowing where to go.

This guide is everything I wish someone had handed me before my first trip — the real restaurants (not the tourist ones), the free stuff that's actually worth doing, the geography that finally makes sense and a 4-day itinerary you can follow or steal from.

I've done NYC solo, with friends and with a jet-lagged almost-4-year-old in tow. I've made the mistakes so you don't have to.

**What's inside:**

🗽 **A 4-day itinerary you can actually use** — downtown day, midtown day, Statue of Liberty day and a free day to explore. Wake up knowing exactly where you're going.

🍽️ **My favourite restaurants with exact addresses** — including Cheeseboat, the single greatest thing I have ever eaten (page 14). Plus the diners, the bakeries and where to get a proper breakfast.

💰 **What things actually cost** — $70-80 for a cab from JFK, $50 for the Statue of Liberty ferry, $60-90 for a hop-on bus. No surprises.

🚇 **NYC geography explained simply** — avenues run up and down, streets run across, Fifth Avenue splits east and west. Below 14th Street? It gets messy. I'll walk you through it.

🎒 **The insider stuff you only learn by going** — the Staten Island Ferry is FREE and passes right by the Statue of Liberty (skip the paid tourist ferry). Pinch a blanket from the plane for chilly observation decks. Charge your phone before the Rockefeller queue.

💵 **A tipping guide that actually helps** — even after 8 trips I find American tipping confusing. This breaks it down so you stop panicking at every bill.

**This guide is for you if:**

✓ It's your first time going to New York and you don't know where to start

✓ You've looked at the prices and wondered if you can actually afford it

✓ You want the real experience, not the overpriced tourist version

✓ You don't have time to spend weeks researching — you want someone who's done it to just tell you what works

✓ You're the one doing all the planning (and you're already tired)

**This probably isn't for you if:**

✗ You've been multiple times and know your way around

✗ Budget isn't a concern

✗ You prefer figuring it all out yourself

**45 pages. 8 trips' worth of mistakes, discoveries, and "I wish I'd known that earlier" moments.**

**£12**

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