Need advice from NYC visitors

Here%26#39;s our plan: We are driving from GA and spending Sat., Sun., and Mon. in DC. Then we%26#39;re planning on driving to NYC Tues. am. We are thinking about spending 1 night there and having 1/2 day on Tuesday and all day Wed. My question is: what would we do w/our car. The hotels that we have looked at have parking. Do they allow you to leave your car there if we paid for 2 days of parking? Or would we need to find a parking garage and pay by the hour for Wednesday?

Need advice from NYC visitors

Your best bet to get accurate information would be to contact the hotel where you will be staying and ask about their parking policy.

Poppa

Need advice from NYC visitors

Most hotels have overnight rates and you are simply charged for each night. Oddly, most business travelers to the city don%26#39;t bring cars so most of these hotels offer regular parking for non-hotel guest. If your hotel doesn%26#39;t offer parking you usually can find a nearby parking garage which will accommodate overnight within 1-2 blks. Be prepared to pay $40 p/day for parking for the two nights.

Call the hotel. They will tell you how long you can leave your car in the garage the second day before you have to pay extra. With some hotels, it%26#39;s 3PM, with others it%26#39;s 5PM, or exactly 24 hours after you%26#39;ve arrived. It all depends on the hotel. Most hotels do not have their own garages, but use one nearby. Most of the time, you can self-park your car in the very same garage for significantly less than the overnight valet parking charged by the hotel.

Often, we use www.iconparking.com if there is a nearby garage with significantly lower rates. On the website, you can enter your approximate arrival and departure times and get total charges for nearby garages.

Whether you use the hotel garage or another one nearby, you%26#39;ll have to check out of the hotel and store your bags. At most hotels, the bellhop will take your bags directly to storage for you. Then, you just return to the hotel, one of you collects the bags, and another the car.