I'm going to be visiting New York City, and I want to know how many days would be good to get a feel for the area so I can plan my trip.
"We had 7 days in NYC 3 years ago, you can see most of the major attractions with time available."
"we couldn't get it all done in 7 days but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do" See More
"My advice is that 5 days is long enough to see 5 days worth of New York City"
"I've visited New York twice in the past and I'm going there again next month, each time I've stayed for 4 nights" See More
"The first time you visit New York I would say about 3 to 4 days for the touristic stuff."
"We easily saw everything on our list and then soooo much more with a 4 night stay roughly 4 full days." See More
"Lets say an average of 6 days per trip."
"we came for 5 nights last year and our days were rammed with doing stuff as well as the evenings and we still didn't do everything we wanted to do" See More
"I spent 14 days there on my first visit"
"2 weeks min." See More
"I stayed 10 days the 1st time"
"if you can afford 10 days" See More
"I dreamed about going to NYC for such a long time and finally went for three weeks" See More
"I would suggest about 2-3 days tops." See More
"At a bare minimum, I think for the casual tourist, you would need 2 full days, days not involving coming or going from the city." See More
The most popular answer for this question is 7 days.
"I would say a week or so is a good period of time for a first visit"
"a week is good for a first visit but hotels are expensive"
"7 days is good to start it will take many many visits to see everything there"
"We went in Feb, for the first time, for 7 full days, 8 nights."
"I would say at least a week given travel and the vast amount that NYC has to offer"
"Let's say at minimum - one week."
"would suggest staying in NYC for the entire 7 days"
"We had 7 days in NYC 3 years ago, you can see most of the major attractions with time available." See More
"we couldn't get it all done in 7 days but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do" See More
"at least 5 nights if you want to visit all the typical tourist spots"
"we did 5 nights and did everything we wanted to do"
"I've visited New York twice in the past and I'm going there again next month, each time I've stayed for 4 nights"
"5 days is short...but you can see a lot in that time" See More
"My advice is that 5 days is long enough to see 5 days worth of New York City" See More
"4 nights/5 days" See More
"I've been twice before and stayed 4 nights"
"I would suggest 4 days as a start"
"We easily saw everything on our list and then soooo much more with a 4 night stay roughly 4 full days."
"The first time you visit New York I would say about 3 to 4 days for the touristic stuff."
"On my first trip to NYC, I only spent 3 nights and I was still satisfied with what we managed to see" See More
"Lets say an average of 6 days per trip."
"We had six days / 5 nights and we were pretty much on the go all day to see as much as possible."
"we came for 5 nights last year and our days were rammed with doing stuff as well as the evenings and we still didn't do everything we wanted to do" See More
"My partner and I went to NYC in March last year for 5 nights." See More
"I spent 14 days there on my first visit"
"2 weeks min."
"I stayed 10 days the 1st time"
"if you can afford 10 days"
"I dreamed about going to NYC for such a long time and finally went for three weeks"
"I would suggest about 2-3 days tops."
"At a bare minimum, I think for the casual tourist, you would need 2 full days, days not involving coming or going from the city."
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