Frommer's New York City with Kids (Frommer's With Kids)
by Holly Hughes
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Author: Holly HughesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-30
ISBN: 0470042109
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Frommer's
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Book Review: Useful book
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is pretty good for a trip to NYC with kids.
I bought it without having reviewed it first, but I flipped through about 4-5 books on NYC with kids and chose it.
It is slimmer than some other books, which is helpful if you are going to be toting it around in your bag with you in the city.
It doesn't have too much extraneous info in it, which is good.
It has a decent review of most of the hotels. I had a hotel recommended by a friend, and it's included in the book and pretty accurate, although the author leaves out some info about the rooms there that I would have wanted to know - - such as the fact that older rooms on lower floors at regular rates are REALLY old and tired looking and that newer refreshed rooms are higher up and go for higher rates. I think it includes a number of good hotels that have suites for families, which we find to be very nice.
The restaurant reviews are somewhat helpful, but no book of this type can adequately cover all the restaurants in NYC that are good for families. It does a good job of pointing out a few in each area that are good and welcome kids, but it of course misses MANY MANY others that are even better.
It suggests some daily itineraries and includes a list of top kid attractions, which is the best part of the book for a first or second trip to NYC with kids. It oversells a couple and undersells a couple, but each family will prefer different activities/sites anyway.
My biggest beef with it was that it has different maps for each section: a restaurant map, an attractions map, a hotel map, a playgrounds map, etc. I ultimately took a map from my hotel and just wrote onto it the attractions, etc that we wanted to visit. I would have loved to see an overlay or something like that. It was a pain to try to flip from the restaruant map to the attractions map. I wanted to be able to see that we could zip over from this attraction to that store to that restaurant, etc.
There is a color subway map on the inside of the back cover, which doesn't cover upper Manhattan, and it isn't overlayed onto other maps.
Summary of Frommer's New York City with Kids (Frommer's With Kids)
Family vacations have never been so easy with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places local parents and kids like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go-they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges, and tells you which ones are kid-friendly. Every Frommer's with Kids Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and outdoor activities. You'd be lost without us!This 10th edition of Frommer's New York City with Kids reveals the most fun and educational experiences for kids in the Big Apple. It's full of incredibly detailed tips - right down to which hotels offer cribs and rollaway beds and which restaurants offer high chairs. Inside you'll learn where to find hands-on, interactive museums; children's entertainment, from concerts to puppet shows; kid-oriented shopping; plus all the best parks and places to play . There are even suggested itineraries for each age group making trip planning a snap! Let Frommer's New York City with Kids show your family the exciting sights and sounds of New York City.
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