New York New York!

Come see New York City in style!  Feel like a VIP when you get picked up by a private car as soon as you land at the airport.  And stay at a posh Manhattan Hotel.  You have the option to add more tours and Broadway shows to make your trip to the Big Apple be an unforgettable adventure. 

 

 

 

What is included?

1. Round trip Airfare (from selected Airport Origins)
2. Airport Transfer via LIMO or TOWN CAR from NYC Airport  to Manhattan (roundtrip)
3. Hotel Accommodation - (Checklist of our Partner Hotels below)
4. Meals - Welcome Dinner, breakfast at the World Famous Ellen's Stardust Diner, Sunday Brunch and Farewell Dinner
5. Broadway Show - (Lion King is included.  You can add other shows).
6. Museum  - Metropolitan Museum of Art
7. Empire State Building 
8. Statue of Liberty Cruise 
9. Grand Central Terminal Tour
10. Central Park (Self Guided Highlights Tour)
11. Brooklyn Bridge
12. Ground Zero Memorial 

Bonus: 

Hudson Yards

See the reimagined Hudson Yards area in New York.  We will have tickets for you to check out The Vessel, this modern architectural design, and you will also have time to shop and find a place to eat during our stop here! 

Check out the shops at Hudson Yards!

Created by Thomas Heatherwick and Heatherwick Studio, Vessel presents a uniquely interactive experience – a monument meant to be climbed and explored. Comprised of 154 intricately interconnected flights of stairs – almost 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings – the centerpiece will literally lift up the public, offering a multitude of ways to engage with New York and each other. 

Additional Attractions:

Artechouse

Artechouse NYC from Exist Travels on Vimeo.

Machine Hallucination, Anadol’s first large-scale installation in New York City is a mixed reality experiment deploying machine learning algorithms on a dataset of over 300 million images—representing a wide-ranging selection of architectural styles and movements—to reveal the hidden connections between these moments in architectural history. As the machine generates a data universe of architectural hallucinations in 1025 dimensions, we can begin to intuitively understand the ways that memory can be spatially experienced and the power of machine intelligence to both simultaneously access and augment our human senses. By embedding photography with machine intelligence a new latent cinematic experience is born, one that narrates the fluid consciousness of a city and displays cultural information in a way that allows us to realize the complex fabric that unfolds our present realities.

Museum of Natural History

Airport Origins

• Chicago, IL 
• Orlando, FL 
• Las Vegas, NV 
• Atlanta, GA
• Pensacola, FL
• Panama City Beach, FL
• Destin, FL
• Los Angeles, CA
• Salt Lake City, UT
• Indianapolis, IN
• Fort Wayne, IN

Airport Transfer 

Arrival: We will have a ride arranged to pick you up from the airport in NYC (La Guardia or JFK International) to your hotel. Your driver will have a sign that says EXIST TRAVELS and the name of the Adventure Guide assigned to your group.  

Departure: We will have a ride arranged to pick you up from the hotel to the airport in NYC (La Guardia or JFK International).  Please make sure you are ready to be picked up at least 2.5 hours before your departure time.

Rides will either be a stretched limo or a town car depending on the number of people arriving with you.  

Hotel Accommodations:

Your accommodations will be guaranteed to be in one of these hotels:

• Grand Hyatt New York  - 109 East 42nd Street @ Grand Central
• Park South Hotel - 124 East 28th Street
• Hyatt Place New York - Midtown South - 52 West 36th Street
• Sheraton Times Square - 811 7th Avenue

** Accommodations are based on double occupancy.  Upgrade options are available if you want a private room if you are traveling by yourself. 

Check-in and Check out

• Early check-ins and late checkouts are not always available.  Some hotels charge a fee for these upgrades.  
• Normal check-in is 3PM and check out is 11 am.

** Portage fees are covered by Exist Travels.  Your assigned Adventure Guide will help arrange the storage of your luggage if your hotel rooms are not yet ready.  

***If you are traveling by yourself, and would like a private room, please let us know and we will make the proper arrangements.  Surcharges will apply.

Meals (Included)

Friday

• Welcome Dinner - Kellari Seafood Taverna
• Post-Broadway Show Dessert - Serendipity 3 

Saturday 

• Breakfast - Ellen's Stardust Diner

Sunday

• Brunch - The Wilson
• Farewell Dinner - Brazil Brazil  

Broadway Shows:

** All the seats we provide are premium seats (orchestra or front mezzanine).  Tickets for Lion King are already included with your package, but you can add tickets for these other shows.  

Lion King (included)

Wicked

Frozen

The Phantom of the Opera

Harry Potter & the Cursed Child (Part 1 and 2)

Mean Girls

Aladdin

Jagged Little Pill

Tina Turner Musical 

Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief

Rock of Ages

Hadestown

 

Restaurants (included)

Friday - Welcome Dinner 

Kellari's Taverna - click here for menu 

19 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Come here to experience Greek hospitality, and you will be welcomed with the words "enter as strangers, leave as friends". The wooden interiors glowing in a golden light just add to the charming dining experience. Hellenic cuisine and wine are on offer. Start off with the mezedes before ordering the main course. Don't forget to feast on delicious desserts like the Masticha mousse served with fruit. 

 

Friday - Post Broadway Show Dessert - Serendipity - click here for menu

Serendipity has been enchanting millions of patrons since its inception. It's an enchanting place where artists got their inspiration and actors fulfilled their cravings. Beginning with Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in the 1950's, continuing with a celebrity following that includes Cher, Candice Bergen, Melanie Griffith and Ron Howard, the restaurant continues to attract the newest crop of hot young celebrities such as Beyonce, Ryan Reynolds, Selena Gomez and Kim Kardashian. In addition, the restaurant has been the setting of three major Hollywood productions, One Fine Day (1996) with George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer, Serendipity (2001) with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, and Trust The Man (2005) with Julianne Moore and David Duchovny.

 

Saturday - Breakfast 

Ellen's Stardust Diner - click here for menu 

1650 Broadway, New York City

Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City - the home to Broadway theatres and the biggest New Years Eve party in the world, is also home to the future stars of stage and screen at Ellen's Stardust Diner - THE home of the world famous singing waitstaff and some of the best diner food in the country. Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner for tour groups and locals alike since 1987!

 

 

Sunday Brunch

The Wilson - click here for menu 

132 W 27TH ST
NEW YORK, NY 10001

The Wilson is a neighborhood bar and restaurant featuring a globally-inspired, seafood-focused menu with vegetarian-friendly options. Executive Chef Stephany Burgos infuses her Miami childhood and multi-cultural roots to create signature dishes like Almond Ricotta Ravioli, Blue Crab Carbonara, Falafel Waffle, and Brussels Sprout Tacos. The beverage team, helmed by Bar Manager Richard DePascale, creates a playful and inventive cocktail list that rotates seasonally. The open, airy design, internationally-influenced menu, and passionate service team set the stage for a hospitality haven at the intersection of the Chelsea and NoMad neighborhoods just South of Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.

 

Sunday - Farewell Dinner

Brazil Brazil - click here for menu

The restaurant is full of color and great music steps away from the Broadway shows and Times Square. The restaurant offers a tasty variety of exotic steaks & Seafood in a cozy, inviting atmosphere. Our caring staff and talented chefs are dedicated to making your dining adventure fun, relaxing and pleasurable.

Whether you bring your group in a gather with friends for a hearty meal, BRAZIL BRAZIL is the perfect place for you. We take great pride in our food and carefully create our meals from only the finest, freshest ingredients with mouthwatering aromas and bursting fresh flavors. Whether you select from our lunch, dinner, brunch, prix fix, raw bar or lounge menu, you will enjoy great steaks with unsurpassed quality.

Included Destinations:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Since it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is more than a spectacular view. It’s an immersive experience inside a world-famous landmark. In addition to the Observation Decks, your visit includes the new entrance on 34th street, a two-story building model, self-service ticketing kiosks available in nine languages, the restored lobby with its stunning art deco ceiling murals and the historical Dare To Dream Exhibit. 

Find yourself in the center of it all, above it all, when you visit the Empire State Building’s open-air 86^th Floor Observation Deck. As the most famous observatory in the world, the 86^th Floor has been the setting of dozens of movie and television scenes, as well as tens of millions of unforgettable personal moments.

The Observation Deck wraps around the building’s spire, providing 360-degree views of New York and beyond. From up here, you’ll get one-of-a-kind views of Central Park, The Hudson River, and East River, The Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, The Statue of Liberty, and much more. The official Observatory Experience app teaches you about your view from every direction. Then take advantage of our high-powered binoculars to get a closer look.

Statue of Liberty 

"The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World" was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.

*Weather permitting, we do a cruise that takes us in front of the Statue of Liberty.  We make all possible arrangements in case we need to make any last-minute changes.  

Grand Central Terminal 

Be transported by the iconic beauty and lasting legacy of Grand Central Terminal. This historic world-famous landmark in Midtown Manhattan is not simply a transportation hub—it’s also a shopping, dining, and cultural destination with 60 shops, 35 places to eat, and a full calendar of events all under one magnificent roof.

Opened to the public in February 1913, Grand Central Terminal is a story of great engineering, survival, and rebirth. In 1978, architect Philip Johnson and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis campaigned to secure landmark status for the Terminal, ensuring the building would serve New Yorkers for generations to come.

Central Park

 

 

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City, located between the Upper West Side and the Upper East Side. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 37.5–38 million visitors annually, and one of the most filmed locations in the world.

Brooklyn Bridge 

 

 

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City. It connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, spanning the East River. The Brooklyn Bridge has a main span of 1,595.5 feet and a deck height of 127 ft above Mean High Water.

Ground Zero Memorial 

A tribute to the past and a place of hope for the future — the 9/11 Memorial Plaza is alive with twin spirits of remembrance & renewal. The 8-acre park is a supremely contemplative sanctuary, composed of a grove of nearly 400 white oak trees, and the largest manmade waterfalls in the United States. Set within the footprints of the original Twin Towers, each pool is approximately 1-acre in size. The names of every person who perished in the terror attacks of February 26, 1993 & September 11, 2001 are honored in bronze around the twin Memorial pools.

Tickets for the 9/11 Museum is also available for purchase when we get there.  It is NOT included in your package.