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- Changing Your Money Major credit and debit cards, including the Visa Cash Passport Card, are widely accepted. You can also access your bank account using US ATMs which are ubiquitous. Travellers cheques are easily converted to cash at any bank. You'll probably need to take your passport along to prove your identity.
- Money Tips If you camp or stay in hostels, catch buses and cook your own food, you could feasibly explore the country on around US$50 a day. Staying in motels and eating at modest cafes will mean you'll hit the US$100 mark, and enjoying the convenience of a rental car will push your daily budget up to US$150 .
- Sample Price Guide
- cup of coffee
- US$ 1.50
- hot dog
- US$ 1.75
- movie ticket
- US$ 10.50
- taxi ride from Midtown to the Upper West Side
- US$ 12.00
- small bottle of water
- US$ 1.50
- souvenir t-shirt
- US$ 10.00
- Yankees Bleachers ticket
- US$ 12.00
- pair of AG jeans
- US$ 160.00
- Protein shake from a juice bar
- US$ 4.50
- Subway ride
- US$ 2.00
Average Room Prices Low Mid High US$0-150 US$150-350 US$350+ Average Meal Prices Low Mid High Deluxe US$5-10 US$10-20 US$20-35 US$35+
- Tipping Tipping is expected in restaurants, bars and better hotels, taxis, and by hairdressers and baggage carriers. In restaurants, wait staff are paid less than the minimum wage and rely upon tips to make a living. Tip at least 15% unless the service is terrible, in which case a light tip will get your point across. Most New Yorkers either tip a straight up 20%, or just double the 8.25% sales tax. At bars, bartenders typically expect a US$1.00 tip for every drink they serve (at preferred drinking spots, the old rule of fourth round free stands and decent tips help perpetuate that tradition). Never tip in fast-food, take-out or buffet-style restaurants where you serve yourself.Taxi drivers expect 10% and hairdressers 15% if their service is satisfactory. Baggage carriers (skycaps in airports, bellhops in hotels) receive US$1.00 for the first bag and US$0.50 for each additional bag. In 1st class and luxury hotels, tipping can reach ludicrous proportions - doormen, bellboys and parking attendants all expect to be tipped at least US$1.00 for each service performed - including simply opening a taxi door for you. (Business travellers should tip the cleaning staff US$5.00 a day.)
Changing Your Money
Major credit and debit cards, including the Visa Cash Passport Card, are widely accepted. You can also access your bank account using US ATMs which are ubiquitous. Travellers cheques are easily converted to cash at any bank. You'll probably need to take your passport along to prove your identity. Money Tips
If you camp or stay in hostels, catch buses and cook your own food, you could feasibly explore the country on around US$50 a day. Staying in motels and eating at modest cafes will mean you'll hit the US$100 mark, and enjoying the convenience of a rental car will push your daily budget up to US$150 . Sample Price Guide
- cup of coffee
- US$ 1.50
- hot dog
- US$ 1.75
- movie ticket
- US$ 10.50
- taxi ride from Midtown to the Upper West Side
- US$ 12.00
- small bottle of water
- US$ 1.50
- souvenir t-shirt
- US$ 10.00
- Yankees Bleachers ticket
- US$ 12.00
- pair of AG jeans
- US$ 160.00
- Protein shake from a juice bar
- US$ 4.50
- Subway ride
- US$ 2.00
Average Room Prices | |||
| Low | Mid | High | |
| US$0-150 | US$150-350 | US$350+ | |
Average Meal Prices | |||
| Low | Mid | High | Deluxe |
| US$5-10 | US$10-20 | US$20-35 | US$35+ |
Tipping
Tipping is expected in restaurants, bars and better hotels, taxis, and by hairdressers and baggage carriers. In restaurants, wait staff are paid less than the minimum wage and rely upon tips to make a living. Tip at least 15% unless the service is terrible, in which case a light tip will get your point across. Most New Yorkers either tip a straight up 20%, or just double the 8.25% sales tax. At bars, bartenders typically expect a US$1.00 tip for every drink they serve (at preferred drinking spots, the old rule of fourth round free stands and decent tips help perpetuate that tradition). Never tip in fast-food, take-out or buffet-style restaurants where you serve yourself.Taxi drivers expect 10% and hairdressers 15% if their service is satisfactory. Baggage carriers (skycaps in airports, bellhops in hotels) receive US$1.00 for the first bag and US$0.50 for each additional bag. In 1st class and luxury hotels, tipping can reach ludicrous proportions - doormen, bellboys and parking attendants all expect to be tipped at least US$1.00 for each service performed - including simply opening a taxi door for you. (Business travellers should tip the cleaning staff US$5.00 a day.) Good tip?
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