I Heart You, Jazz Hostels

After scrolling through old posts and reading (and in my mind, re-living) our terrible situation at the Bowery Whitehouse Hostel, I feel like a ton of love is due to the always-dependable Jazz Hostels.

I just want readers to know, even though my "3 Day Trip to NYC for $150 Per Person" blog lists the BWH as our choice in that budget, you can actually stay at one of the many Jazz hostels (or one of many more amazing hostels) in New York City for about the same price, give or take a few singles. I hate that my immediate post after the "3 Day" post is a terrible review of our brief encounter with the BWH, but I want to clear up that this change did not change the fact that our trip was only $150 per person. In fact, with us only in a hotel one night, and on my friend's floor another, we came out under budget. But the $150 budget still stands, and still works.

Jazz has a fantastic social media reach, posting great tips almost daily for travelers to any of the cities where they have their chain (which includes NYC, Miami, and Montreal.) I am actually planning a little trip down to Miami soon and the first place I looked was at their hostel there. They are safe, clean, dependable, and full of advice for travelers. I just wanted to point my readers to their constantly-updated NYC blog, which is stock full of advice, reviews, and interesting facts about the city. Maybe this will lead you in a direction you never imagined while on your trip!

Live Webcams in NYC

Thanks to Jazz Hostels (again,) who keep a really great blog of interesting NY things going, posted this list of live webcams from all around the city and different monuments.

I could spend all day people watching and pretending I'm sitting in a Starbucks in the city instead of sitting behind my desk in Virginia.

Past trip memories

I've been lucky enough to have visited NY so many times that I've now lost count of my trips. I was on a friend's Facebook page flipping through her photo albums and came across a few pictures of one of our trips together and thought I'd share. This was one of my many 3-day trips to the city, arriving on a Friday and coming home on Sunday evening, both ways via Megabus and lodging at a Jazz Hostel.

 A 4-bed dorm at Jazz on the Park

My friend trying to drag her oversized duffle bag out of the provided lockers in our room.

Our hostel was only a few stops away on the subway from "Strawberry Fields," the memorial to John Lennon, located at Central Park West and 72nd Street.

Our trip was in November, so many Christmas and winter decorations were already going up. Above is Columbus Circle, below is Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Center.

Huge slices of pizza From John's Pizzeria on Bleeker Street.

It really is a great time of year to visit New York!

"5 Free Things to do in NYC in November" via Jazz Hostels

Check out these "5 Free Things to do in NYC in November" over on Jazz Hostel's website. Not only are the Jazz Hostels my best personal experience when staying at a hostel in NYC (so far,) but they are great at keeping their website updated with current NYC tourist events and information for people interested in visiting or already planning a trip. So go book a bed for yourself and a friend and go enjoy NYC this November! It's a beautiful time of year! (And they're starting to put up Christmas decorations!! Go see those famous window displays and that huge tree in the Rockefeller Center!)