NYC Vacation, Hassles, Flights & More...

<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So excited that it's Friday & we have a loooong weekend, <i>aren't you? Any plans??</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The past few days we've been trying to schedule our trip to NYC using Expedia, which was a NIGHTMARE. It seems that when we selected our <i>flight + hotel </i>package, they would give us a discount during checkout only to take it back when you finally hit enter!! MAKES NO SENSE. We did that about 5 times & still the same thing happened!!</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">  </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We even called customer service only to have the guy tell us the same thing, but with no real explanation why it was happening. So, I finally tweeted about it & thanks to jewelry designer, <a href="http://www.elsacorsi.com/"><b><u>Elsa Corsi</u></b></a> who referred me to <a href="http://www.lastminutetravel.com/"><b><u>Last Minute Travel</u> </b></a>, our trip is now booked! I have to say, booking with Last Minute Travel was very smooth & the price you got was the price you paid. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Originally we were looking for apt. rentals in NYC for 10 days - and visited sites like <b><a href="http://www.vrbo.com/"><u>VRBO</u></a></b> & <a href="http://www.homeaway.com/"><b><u>Homeaway</u>.</b></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">After writing to about 5 property owners & getting NO RESPONSE, we decided these sites weren't for us! It made no sense to me... So, on we went & booked our trip!</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">  </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After all this back & forth, we'll be staying at the <a href="http://www.themarcelatgramercy.com/"><b><u>Marcel at Gramercy</u></b></a>. <i>Any of you stay there before??</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>  </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzihJE8AmfvfX-8FbYZ_eYb-QxbN2AnSHPM13AW7BsPpP686vOUWJRImZebyElMNd5z9S2BduQxwILOyevBDAnzetzVtiLh2weZ5LaIpSPlMHyb1IIxj8eSjlnONm6FPzh6fxMiWI-Ws/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.37.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzihJE8AmfvfX-8FbYZ_eYb-QxbN2AnSHPM13AW7BsPpP686vOUWJRImZebyElMNd5z9S2BduQxwILOyevBDAnzetzVtiLh2weZ5LaIpSPlMHyb1IIxj8eSjlnONm6FPzh6fxMiWI-Ws/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.37.30+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This will be in October- so I'll have to tell you what our experience was with this hotel at that point. In fact, I'll blog while I'm there! Can't wait to visit my family as well!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinnoUEBQ0alizTiagyZAjdr82v6-1hGbN2Bd_NMAIVB64Xi543FQhxUvCCm7JagPpwcy9fAIa_oSS-Po4ZUCutQZZbFCr6ULuWhyphenhyphenNWeUPH27NSl5mEWsbeMr-MXB8UHoN81WZreaN-Kg/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.37.09+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhinnoUEBQ0alizTiagyZAjdr82v6-1hGbN2Bd_NMAIVB64Xi543FQhxUvCCm7JagPpwcy9fAIa_oSS-Po4ZUCutQZZbFCr6ULuWhyphenhyphenNWeUPH27NSl5mEWsbeMr-MXB8UHoN81WZreaN-Kg/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.37.09+PM.png" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pahU5WLZpY03ZoDFKjS1JwlM0ClSVjxwt6mikxsHdLvYkRF2nbNYx2DWKR29Fon9NoXc46bIAWenJz-hoR7nULb4whzcU4Jt3hZUkdLn1SYfT-BYkjkXg5vEdr7HipgvL8VJVTreUvE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.37.53+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pahU5WLZpY03ZoDFKjS1JwlM0ClSVjxwt6mikxsHdLvYkRF2nbNYx2DWKR29Fon9NoXc46bIAWenJz-hoR7nULb4whzcU4Jt3hZUkdLn1SYfT-BYkjkXg5vEdr7HipgvL8VJVTreUvE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.37.53+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLW_Xl5bHZAk6VZI1ND0MfWox-s3jtYATydSMBZCC5M9EgGPAL9wPtty_YMKc0cBWRjjK39T3UGYmezjotoVsMlXy-7jRIwOEaQBW4sWc62nLgma6nI2APxnkhAyYJrUhZHg1G4OJiuA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.39.20+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLW_Xl5bHZAk6VZI1ND0MfWox-s3jtYATydSMBZCC5M9EgGPAL9wPtty_YMKc0cBWRjjK39T3UGYmezjotoVsMlXy-7jRIwOEaQBW4sWc62nLgma6nI2APxnkhAyYJrUhZHg1G4OJiuA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.39.20+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlsrGOLXQnxE6cA0OVr7rOlVf2c7koiWb9sKA7ZRPsAJIA9fQvk5Iv1vXSYmROBzeiYwHbah6aOI_E2xq8h4GpvZivHQhDv_95iX55VplTXZf_s0fNcz5Aq51AbUmLpohHMTSyEyv8xc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.39.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQlsrGOLXQnxE6cA0OVr7rOlVf2c7koiWb9sKA7ZRPsAJIA9fQvk5Iv1vXSYmROBzeiYwHbah6aOI_E2xq8h4GpvZivHQhDv_95iX55VplTXZf_s0fNcz5Aq51AbUmLpohHMTSyEyv8xc/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.39.01+PM.png" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws1a7NdU3uwFvRNx_Bg5rtDGcs6WlhgsWtKoFj7NYJMyBs4IeFvhc_CwH6OMZeu1TWcwGbe9NRtZaRdZVjWkltnrNkc57AvIEL71RCdK3JbJ98QQfMKCRo_4CkxtsCgWqi5ziR1O8NW0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.38.20+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws1a7NdU3uwFvRNx_Bg5rtDGcs6WlhgsWtKoFj7NYJMyBs4IeFvhc_CwH6OMZeu1TWcwGbe9NRtZaRdZVjWkltnrNkc57AvIEL71RCdK3JbJ98QQfMKCRo_4CkxtsCgWqi5ziR1O8NW0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.38.20+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIdD9lMbFAQlKo3r0mW0SGhWZovSIxd5-Kt_M150xc75m9-MNCrPQAW0X_wzMG4KVlkpLaeqdh7RjTZUoGJStzG-K9ANH-T_ljCbGRMDv6_3B2RmVD5uH4GIzTwBbsNZP9C99rcskSD4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.38.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIdD9lMbFAQlKo3r0mW0SGhWZovSIxd5-Kt_M150xc75m9-MNCrPQAW0X_wzMG4KVlkpLaeqdh7RjTZUoGJStzG-K9ANH-T_ljCbGRMDv6_3B2RmVD5uH4GIzTwBbsNZP9C99rcskSD4/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-02+at+1.38.41+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b>So, please share where you stay when you travel to NYC? Did you rent an apt. or a hotel? Did you use sites like VRBO? What was your experience like?? </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I'd love for all of YOU to share your experience!!<br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">-images via <a href="http://www.themarcelatgramercy.com/"><b><u>Marcel at Gramercy</u></b></a></span>

NYC Vacation, Hassles, Flights & More...

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