Anonymous
Post 10/01/2013 11:04     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
We love Sweetwater Farm in the Brandywine Valley area outside Philly. Takes us about two hours to get there and it should be another couple to NYC. Dogs and children are allowed in the cottages. They only have one with two bedrooms and it's pricey but very nice.

http://sweetwaterfarmbb.gracewinery.com/
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 23:49     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
PP, so can you recommend specialist places, please?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2013 16:09     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
Assuming you are going to NYC. We have gone up there a couple times with our young children and usually leave after work in the evening and have them sleep in the car. We do stop short of NY because 1) free parking for at least one night, and 2) hotels a LOT cheaper. We usually stop off the NJ turnpike about an hour short of NYC. Lot's of hotels around Newark airport and the exits before and after that. Then in the morning it's a short drive to NYC so you effectively still have a full day there. Also, you're going to be staying at a hotel. I know of very few B&B's that welcome children.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2013 16:12     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
Anonymous wrote:OP, you might want to price out the trip via Amtrak. It may be cheaper than driving once you factor in gas, hotel stay on way, parking in NYC. Kids would love it too. They may have kid fares unlike the airlines.


Second Amtrak. I think the kid fares are 50% of the adult fare. My kids LOVE the train.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2013 14:58     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
I wouldn't stop, I would drive there in one trip. It is only 4-5 hours, even if you leave after work on a Friday night you can make it easily.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 22:25     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
OP, you might want to price out the trip via Amtrak. It may be cheaper than driving once you factor in gas, hotel stay on way, parking in NYC. Kids would love it too. They may have kid fares unlike the airlines.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 20:40     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are going to NYC. Could stop around Philadelphia. Or past it. Ideas ?


Why? NYC is only about a 4-5 hour drive from DC.


+1. Why not spend an extra night or two in NYC?
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 18:19     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
B&B's don't usually allow children.
staying overnight on a trip from the DC Metro Area to NYC sounds like a huge added headache.

If you must stop Philly has a lot of great hotels.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 18:10     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
Anonymous wrote:We are going to NYC. Could stop around Philadelphia. Or past it. Ideas ?


Why? NYC is only about a 4-5 hour drive from DC.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 14:30     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
We are going to NYC. Could stop around Philadelphia. Or past it. Ideas ?
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 11:06     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
Where in NY are you going? That makes half way very different. I've never seen a kid friendly B&B or a B&B room that sleeps 4. Chain hotels with 2 queen beds are going to be your best bet, we've always had good luck with holiday inn expresses when stopping over night on road trips.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 10:26     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
What part of NY? That answer will be very different if you are referring to Buffalo, than if you are referring to New York city or Plattsburgh
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2013 00:39     Subject: Place to spend the night half way to NY
We will drive to NY and want to break it up.
Can you recommend a nice hotel or b&b?
Will need two bedrooms, one for us and two kids (4 and 6 years) and another one for my parents.
Thanks