🗽 New York · printable plan
Four days in New York for a first visit
By TopVacay @topvacay. Inspired by Nomadic Matt. Prices last checked 2026-10-27. Totals are estimates: $2,274 for 2 travelers.
Recomputed from the price lines stored on each trip. No live hotel, ticket, or airfare feed is connected.
Day by day
Day 1
Arrive, walk the neighborhood, eat early.
- Morning · Neighborhood walk
- Overnight · Midtown hotel
Day 2
Harbor in the morning, a museum after lunch.
- Morning · Statue of Liberty ferry ticket
- Afternoon · The Met admission
- Overnight · Midtown hotel
Day 3
A show, and the park only if the weather agrees.
- Morning · Central Park walk
- Afternoon · Broadway show ticket
- Overnight · Midtown hotel
Day 4
One last museum or market, then the airport.
- Morning · Breakfast at a diner
- Afternoon · High Line walk
Packing
- Comfortable walking shoesThe plan is on foot more than in a car.
- Day bagA small bag holds the water, the layer, and the tickets.
- Light layerMuseums and evenings run cooler than the street.
- Compact umbrellaA short rain should not cancel the afternoon.
Reserve ahead
- American 1021day 1 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- American 1577day 4 once you set dates · Hold the seats before the fare you estimated moves.
- Midtown hotelday 1 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Statue of Liberty ferry ticketday 2 once you set dates · Buy the ticket for this day so the morning is not spent in a ticket line.
- Midtown hotelday 2 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Midtown hotelday 3 once you set dates · This is the room for that night. Reserve it before you count on the rate.
- Breakfast at a dinerday 4 once you set dates · Popular tables go early. Book the seating, then build the rest of the day around it.