Considering a job with heavy travel to NYC

[Anonymous]

I did this for 3 years. You will rely on hotels. And I would NEVER accept this arrangement unless all travel and lodging was paid for. Hotels in NYC are expensive as it is - but around holidays rates get ridiculously high. Don't underestimate the cost of you footing the bill for travel or lodging.

Don't overlook some of the boutique hotels. Some of them have much larger rooms and tend to be quieter and more affordable.

If you stay at the same hotel often, they will sometimes upgrade you to a suite. Twice I was upgraded to a very large one-bedroom / separate living room corner suite on the ~18th floor that had floor to ceiling windows and a large ~12 x 16 foot balcony (scary at that height but the view of the city buildings all lit up at night was amazing).

Acela is the way to go, but flying was faster (most of the time). I preferred the laid back Acela travel. And earned enough points to get upgrades to the first class lounge and car.

[Anonymous]

I hate travel, but going to NYC if the train and hotel are covered is as easy as it gets imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate travel, but going to NYC if the train and hotel are covered is as easy as it gets imo.

+1. I am PP and the travel itself was relatively painless. The routine did get old after the first year, and we had two young kids - so it was very hard on my wife since the dates I traveled weren't fixed and easy to plan around

[Anonymous]

You can try a long term stay apartment, which is a regular apartment but for shorter terms. I did this when I moved out of the city briefly but still occasionally had to come back for work (I moved back full time a little while ago). Try Sonder or Blueground. I liked it because, unlike a hotel, I had a kitchen and laundry and I could keep my stuff there when I was out of the city so i hardly needed to do any packing when going back and forth. It’s a little pricey, about $5-6k/month, but that’s probably the same as you would spend at a hotel if you’re there a few times a week (unless you stay at a cheap hotel, but be aware the city uses those for homeless shelter overflow).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love my frequent work travel. My kid just knows: mom travels.

+1 the not-so-subtle mom shaming isn’t the op’s question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love my frequent work travel. My kid just knows: mom travels.

Same. Our kids are a really tough age right now. I'd kill for a 2 night work trip to NYC just so I could sleep without interruption, have a good meal without dealing with a problem kid, not be tied to a sleep/feeding schedule, etc. I just want to be an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH did this. You'll stay in hotels.

Did you go to an Ivy League college? Many of them have clubs that are like hotels. Slightly cheaper than a hotel, but not much. The Cornell club is nice. You can stay there if you went to a "lesser" Ivy that doesn't have its own building, like Harvard does.

[Anonymous]

Cornell Club has affiliate memberships:
* Brown * Colgate
* Duke * Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
* Notre Dame * Trinity College Dublin
* Stanford * Wake Forest
* Tulane *St. Lawrence University

https://www.cornellclubnyc.com/membership/affiliate-app

[Anonymous]

I have done this in spurts for 15 years. Weekly for 5 years.

Get a hotel. One that you want status for in other locals.

[Anonymous]

Op here.

Seems like many folks negotiate the hotel and travel up front as part of the comp package. Very helpful! Thank you!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here.

Seems like many folks negotiate the hotel and travel up front as part of the comp package. Very helpful! Thank you!!

Another possibility: Try staying at AirBnB rooms or flats owned by individuals. See if someone will give you a good price if you book specific days of the week for many weeks.