I'm really struggling at the moment. I'm looking for a hotel in New York City, that shouldn't be hard to find right? Trouble is, I'm not made of money and have already made the decision to fly Virgin - because, well to me it was a no brainer, I've flown with them before and it was an enjoyable experience. Though saying that, I was in Economy and I'm not entirely sure any Economy flight experience is particularly 'enjoyable'. Especially as I am 5ft 11. I like aisle seats as I can then cause chaos to airhostesses by blocking the aisle with my extremely long legs - otherwise they just don't fit in the space!! And as I've already said, I'm not made of money so even Premium Economy is out of the question.
With me previously writing that I've already decided to fly Virgin, that is a slight issue as I've never booked a holiday separately like that. I've always booked the flights and hotel together. In reflection on that comment, I have actually booked them separately once before: Amsterdam, 2007 (or 08), I went with 6 blokes...but that's another story. This may be a truer statement: I have never booked a long haul holiday separately before.
So, back to hotels. I put out an 'ad' on Twitter, well it was more of a request I suppose, to find out if anyone knew of any good deals for hotels in NYC. I got 2 responses from 2 hotels which looked incredible. At around £150-£200 a night per person though and with the flight on it's own costing nearly 500 big ones (Hurrah for the Virgin sale - flight under 400 quid), it's not really something I can afford. Shame though, The St Giles Hotels and also Room Mate Grace really do look fantastic. I'm still working on that one though.
Does anyone have any cheaper suggestions? All suggestions will be greatly received.
We're 13 days into the New Year and this is my first blog post. I'm pretty slow.
So, New Years Resolutions (which I currently haven't broken!) have been made and I am sticking to them, won't bore you with them but they are there on the back burner just quietly reminding me to stay on track.
Exciting (depending on who you are) news has come up though, I might be going to New York City at Easter. I didn't fancy going on my own and a friend is going then so thought I'd tag along and do 'research'. Also on that note of wanting to move to NYC, my social networking put me in contact with someone who also wishes to move there, she is quite a few steps ahead of me though being of triple nationality and one of those nations is the USA. Lucky sod.
Speaking of social networking, due to me spending a lot of time doing it, I have been asked to lead a social networking presentation. Complement or punishment for spending too much time on Twitter? Ha!
Anyway holiday, yes, I haven't been on holiday for nearly 2 years so I think this will be a well deserved break and I thought also about heading to Montreal to 'see an old friend' - that phrase totally reminds me of X-Men where Professor X and Magneto refer to each other as that.
On a completely unrelated note but just something that has been bugging me, does anyone know why I can't get The Office season 5 on DVD from Lovefilm?
