New York
A Conrad New York downtown Review from a Seattle family who has also stayed at the Midtown location
June 28, 2023Last year, our then twin-thirteen-year-olds went on their first ever away trip with school to Washington DC and New York and being a little bit overprotective and because it was still kind of during the new covid times my husband and I flew out to meet them. We booked the Conrad Midtown Manhattan with our […]
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Visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Free in New York thanks to the Seattle Art Museum
June 20, 2023My family didn’t pay anything to see the Karl Lagerfeld exhibit (it’s there until July 16) or the recently opened Van Gogh exhibit (on display until late August) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when we visited a few weeks ago. We have a Patron Membership at our Seattle Art Museum and they have a […]
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Staying a the Conrad Midtown Manhattan NYC (and yes we booked with Amex Fine Hotels again too)
September 20, 2022At the beginning of the summer our teenage boys went on their first solo trip with their school. It was at the height of the June pandemic outbreaks where people who hadn’t got Covid for two years were all getting it and we were a bit worried that they might get Covid too but we […]
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When you learn you should have listened to New York City CityPASS and booked things ahead of time but your trip still works out
August 23, 2022I love getting CityPASS when we travel because it’s often a great way to bundle a bunch of activities we know we are going to see and it makes sure we get a discounted price and often it helps with lines during busy seasons too. I was given two NYC CityPASSES on our recent trip […]
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