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Category Archives: New Jersey Hotels

Visit Flat Rock Brook Nature Center in Englewood, NJ

April 29, 2010 in New Jersey Hotels, Outdoor Adventure by Steven

Get some sun on those cheeks! We visit a stunning 150-acre nature park in eastern New Jersey. Even New Yorkers should check it out.

More Valentine’s Day in New York City

January 28, 2010 in Events, Holidays, New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels, Romance by Steven

See this morning’s post for all the fancy jib-jab I’m so well known for. Truth is, New York City is such a large destination we just had to come back with a couple more suggestions. Enjoy.
Valentine’s Day Hotels – New York City
We’ve got a stop at an affordable boutique destination in Manhattan’s financial district, then [...]

See Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular

December 22, 2009 in Events, Family Travel, Illinois Hotels, Mississippi Hotels, Nevada Hotels, New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels, Virginia Hotels by Steven

At USA Travel Guide, we don’t often feature traveling shows or exhibits, especially if show dates are no more than a couple days each. This is because we like to recommend hotels and all that, and with traveling shows that always feels a little silly. However, and this is the official vocabulary, exceptions can and [...]

Blood Manor – Haunted Attractions in New York City

October 2, 2009 in Events, Ghost Tours, Holidays, New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels by Steven

Entering their fifth year of spine-tingling spook-tainment, the folks at Blood Manor have spent the time and earned the experience to put together a real beast of a haunted bastion. There’s absolutely nothing pleasant about this place, and I mean that as a high compliment.

Visit the Edible Garden at New York Botanical Garden

July 9, 2009 in Events, Food Events, Museums, New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels, Outdoor Adventure, Shopping, Summer Vacations by Steven

Here’s a neat one. From now through September 13, the New York Botanical Garden is combining agriculture and education with every red-blooded American’s favorite pastime: eating. They call it The Edible Garden. If you live in New York or even New Jersey, or if you’re traveling in sometime over the summer, don’t miss this one-of-a-kind [...]

Support Green Hotels – Crowne Plaza Englewood Hotel

April 13, 2009 in New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels by Steven

How do you know a guy from New Jersey has gone green?
He hides dead bodies in the trunk of a Prius. Oh!
(Forgive me)
In all seriousness though, there is a fine bunch of Jerseyites that actually have gone green over at the Crowne Plaza Englewood Hotel in Englewood, New Jersey, and since we’ve mentioned this place [...]

New York City Shopping Guide – The Shops at Riverside

February 20, 2009 in New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels, Shopping by Steven

I’ve mentioned shopping in New York City before, and no doubt I will again, but as I was looking for a quick topic to write about I thought of the USA Travel Guide Pledge, specifically the point about doing as the locals do. I got to thinking: do New Yorkers really shop on Fifth Avenue, [...]

Valentine’s Day Getaways – Okay, Really Last One!

February 6, 2009 in Events, Holidays, New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels by Steven

I know, I know, I’ve neglected one very important Valentine’s Day vacation destination: New York City. I know romantic getaways in the Big Apple are big business, and believe me, I scrounged around for a good package. But I just couldn’t find one that hit the sweet spot between convenience, reward and affordability. Until now!
Turns [...]

Bronx Zoo

Top American Zoos – The Bronx Zoo

December 10, 2008 in Family Travel, New Jersey Hotels, New York Hotels, Zoos by Steven

At 265 acres all told, the Bronx Zoo in New York City is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, a sprawling complex of state-of-the-art habitats, natural park grounds and clean guest facilities built on and around the Bronx River. Opened in 1899 at a fraction of the size, it is also one of [...]

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