NYC...any good discounts?

[mtemm]

we'd love to do a day trip or a weekend trip (if we can find a hotel room cheap enough) with the kids (ages 7, 5, 5) one of these weekends. am wondering if anyone has any good tips for finding discounts for things to do in the city.

also, any favorite things to do in the city with young kids? thinking natural history museum would be a must for my 7 year old, and my 5 year old dd would love checking out the american girl store, but what else?

dh and I have been several times, but never with kids, so trying to look at the city in a more family oriented way.

 

[golfgal]

Check hotel websites-many hotels are offering some pretty good deals-stay 2 nights get the 3rd free kind of deal. You could also try Priceline. Check out bidding for travel before you do Priceline to see what rooms are going for first though. We are going to DC in a couple weeks and got a 4* room for $100/night through priceline.

 

[aprilgail2]

The Museum of Natural History can be done cheaply if you are on a budget- the admission fee is voluntary- you can give them 5.00 and they will take it or you can pay the full admission price. I normally pay the full price but once I was there and was short on cash so 10.00 got the two of us in for the day.
The Central Park Zoo is pretty cheap too, and there is always Central Park to visit, thats my daughters favorite place!

 

[mjkacmom]

Another huge central park fan. You can take the staten island ferry for free, to see the statue of liberty. Do the top of the rock instead of the empire state building to save time.