New York City

The only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. Hotel room taxes (a.k.a. “hotel occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “hotel accommodations tax,” a.k.a. “local occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “transient occupancy tax,” a.k.a. …

The New York City subway system, run by the MTA, carries over 3 million riders a day on a typical Monday-Friday, while only serving 1-2 million riders a day on …

The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which runs the New York City buses and subways, occasionally issue limited-edition MetroCards to celebrate special occasions. Previously, the MTA has issued cards to commemorate the …

We didn’t have many plans for our quick weekend trip to New York City to see some shows. Besides having theater tickets for Friday & Saturday nights, our schedule was …

In 2011, I started hearing friends talk about this then-new show in New York. The interesting thing was that none of them could really describe it. The show was “Sleep …

A little more than a year, ago, we posted a list of the (then) 18 hotels in New York City that had permanently closed due to COVID. These weren’t “on …

It was several years ago when we visited London and used our contactless cards to pay for the fare on the London Underground. By using the same card throughout the …

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) of New York has finished installing the new OMNY readers at all subway stations and city busses. This means riders can pay for rides using …

When you say that you’ve been scammed, it’s usually the case when you pay way more than you should for a service. For example, the people selling trips to see …

The New York MTA has announced that they’re going to do away with the Metrocard system in favor of the OMNY payment platform. The main difference is that Metrocards are …