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New York City is a magical place to begin the holiday season! We have accommodations for you for 4 nights, November 26-30, 2024, at Times Square’s flagship hotel—the Marriott Marquis. We’ve also got a reservation for you at an exclusive, indoor, Thanksgiving Day Parade viewing experience right along the 6th Avenue parade route.

The Marriott Marquis Times Square is in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, just minutes from Central Park, Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue shopping and the Empire State Building. The hotel’s atrium lobby is a showcase in itself, rising 48 stories to New York City’s only revolving restaurant, The View. Its large, comfortable rooms include your choice of 1 king bed or 2 double beds.

The highlight of your vacation certainly will be the Thanksgiving Day Parade. As it winds its way down 6th Avenue, you’ll be indoors at Del Frisco’s Steakhouse, with picture-perfect views of the balloons and floats that make this the world’s most popular parade. Breakfast will be served as you enter the restaurant, with the buffet open for your pleasure until the parade comes to an end. Beverages and entertainment, TV monitors, and a roving photographer will keep you in the holiday spirit all morning long.

What's Included:

  • Four Nights Stay at Marriott Marquis Times Square
  • Admission to the 2024 Exclusive Thanksgiving Day Parade Viewing Party at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse
  • Roundtrip Airport/Hotel Transfers From All NYC Airports
  • Restaurant Reservation Service
  • 24/7 Emergency Line for travelers

From $654

Per Person Per Night

Based on Double Occupancy

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VIP Broadway Experience

From $1,729 per person

Broadway fans rejoice! We have not one, not two, not three, but four Broadway VIP experiences that you are going to simply adore. You get to choose from a pre-show sit-down dinner with a cast member, a quick “pop-in” while you dine pre-show, a meet and greet that includes a private performance or a backstage tour of a Broadway theater! Plus, no matter which you opt for – and it doesn’t have to be just one! – premium tickets to a Broadway show of your choice are included. And that’s not all!

Also included is a 90-minute private tour of the fabulous new Museum of Broadway. Not familiar? As one of New York City’s newest museums, the Museum of Broadway is a must-visit for Broadway buffs. This three-story interactive experience is filled with artifacts galore and tells the history of theater – more specifically the history of Broadway – via three distinct sections – The Map Room, The Timeline and The Making of a Broadway Show. It’s safe to say that even the most seasoned Great White Way aficionados will leave with some fascinating fact that they weren’t aware of. What are you waiting for? Take your Broadway experience to the next level with the unique insider access that our Broadway VIP Experiences & Museum of Broadway Private Tour offer

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NYC Pizza & Gelato Tour

From $400 per person

Ciao Bella! Like pizza and love gelato? Then our Pizza and Gelato Challenge Private NYC Food Tour is perfect for you! This private walking tour combines food and culture and is led by a well-respected culinary historian, cookbook author and culinary educator with a specialty in fine chocolate and other artisanal foods.

On this NYC pizza tour, you’ll experience three different downtown neighborhoods as you sample delicious pizza from three different slice joints/sit-down pizzerias, rating them as you go. While you’re tasting you’ll also be learning about the history of pizza in NYC, the types of pizza offered in the city and what goes into making the finest pizza. You’ll be given a scoring sheet so that you can rate the pizza based on visual appeal, crust, sauce/topping and overall enjoyment.

Then for dessert, you’ll compare the offerings at two different gelaterias where you’ll also discuss how gelato is made and learn why this frozen dessert is so different from American ice cream. The gelato samples will be rated on case appeal, flavors offered, portion size/value ratio, flavor, texture and overall pleasure. What a great and yummy way to play a food critic in the Big Apple!

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Private NYC Helicopter Tour

From $2,050 per person

You’ve seen New York City on foot. You’ve seen it from the water. Now you can see New York City like never before, in style, from the air with our Private NYC Helicopter Tour! On this NYC private tour, you’ll experience a luxurious new perspective of this incomparable city from a state-of-the-art Bell 407 private helicopter that features fabulous custom floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

For 30 minutes you’ll have a bird’s eye view of Manhattan as well as its surrounding boroughs. Your fantastic flight will start in Lower Manhattan at the Pier 6 Heliport. Once you’re up in the air your professional pilot will point out all of the iconic landmarks and top attractions that the Big Apple is famous for.

As you make your way over the New York Harbor and up the Hudson River you’ll see everything from the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, to the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building to Rockefeller Center and Central Park – and everything in between! Bonus – this flight also takes you over areas outside of Manhattan!

This extensive sightseeing tour is filled with jaw-dropping views of New York and plenty of photo ops. It’s guaranteed to be the highlight of your visit to New York City!

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Half-Day Manhattan Highlights Tour

From $679 per person

Don’t have an entire day to explore Manhattan? No worries! We’ve taken our full-day highlights experience and shortened it so that now you can cover the most famous sites in the Big Apple in just four hours. With our Half-Day Manhattan Highlights NYC Private Tour, you’ll experience the most popular and sought-out Midtown and Lower Manhattan destinations courtesy of your expert, licensed tour guide!

This comprehensive NYC custom tour takes you from the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan, through Little Italy and Chinatown, into the Flatiron District and continues all the way up to Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Plus, it includes plenty of other iconic places along the way! Your private tour guide will introduce you to the city’s most popular neighborhoods, well-known attractions and infamous squares that can be found wherever Broadway intersects with two or more major streets or avenues – Times Square anyone?

This NYC VIP tour is perfect for first-time visitors of all ages and return visitors wishing to acclimate themselves to the city!

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Pre-Opening MoMA Tour

From $750 per person

On this VIP tour, you can enjoy the exclusive and intimate experience of touring the museum without the crowds. With a dedicated personal professional art historian leading the way, you and your guests can visit the museum before it opens to the public in the morning before the museum opens to the public. A professional art historian will provide a guided museum tour of the masterworks of MoMA’s collection, the museum’s architecture, and current exhibitions. Tours can be customized to focus on specific galleries, mediums, or collection areas; tours in foreign languages and tours for families and children are also available. The MoMA, home to the greatest collection of modern and contemporary art in the world, was newly renovated in 2019. Family educator tour guide specialists are available for a child-friendly experience, upon request.

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VIP Thanksgiving Baloon Tour

From $320 per person

Ever wonder where those ginormous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are hiding out prior to the big day – or the process it takes to get them to stay afloat during the two-and-a-half-mile trek along the parade route? Wonder no more, because our Private Thanksgiving Balloon Inflation Tour, conducted by an expert tour guide, will take you right into the center of the action on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. As you walk around the designated balloon inflation site, you will see your favorite characters come to life before your very eyes, chat with the volunteers who help to make it happen and perhaps even get some insider tips and tales!

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