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I have 700 dollars saved up I have all my tickets and I owe 255 dollars on my hotel room. To .net standards is this enough for a succesful Phish weekend in NYC for NYE? How much did yall spend last year?
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Depends on how much coke and hookers you want...
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You should be safe, if you have all your travel taken care of and are okay to spend all that money then you'll be fine.
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My hotel, tickets, and transportation are all paid for. Not really sure what amount to bring to be honest. Being unemployed, I can't really be big ballin' with my cash. I'd love to find additional party favors aside from what I already have to bring, but don't want to risk it outside of MSG. I'm rolling solo, so asking a friend of mine to help seek things out isn't in the cards for me. Just off the top of my head, I'm gonna go with $350 for 4 days, 3 nights, unless I find some more cash between now and the 28th. I guess I'll just have to cross my fingers and hope that will get me enough food, drink, and possible unmentionables.
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Wait...we need money in Manhattan too? Oh man!
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Everything is usually fine but when bad things happen cash is good...no money in NYC in December... just sayin'**sorry for sayin' "just sayin".
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still gotta pay for transportation and food/miscellaneous substances
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Shit back when I used to walk up hill both ways barefoot in the snow to shows, literally the only cash outlays were ticket and gas. Yes, even for NYE runs in the city.You'll be fine.
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Hopefully I won't have to spend more than $100 for the two shows im hitting
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U can't afford to spend 100 bucks over two nights in NYC? That's weak
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not that he can't, he's wise enough not to.
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Give him a break, he's like 16.
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When I planned to go I had about a grand for the four nights after I had paid for room+board, and travel. The grand was for food, blow, hookers, posters, everything else. I mean, I wanna have a good time in NY on NYE...
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It would be hard to live off 100$ for two nights/three days in the city. Any decent sit down meal will be 20$ at the very least. 2 or 3 of those a day + goodies, travel, etc. It would be tough especially around NYE.
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@RunawayKing said: U can't afford to spend 100 bucks over two nights in NYC? That's weakthat's reality..
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@RunawayKing said:
I'm 17 years old, and the hotel / ride up is already completely paid for. I don't need much.
U can't afford to spend 100 bucks over two nights in NYC? That's weak
I'm 17 years old, and the hotel / ride up is already completely paid for. I don't need much.
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Last year I made the trip with $15 for 5 days, luckily this year I should have a little more. (albeit not much)
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@mgh2001 said: It would be hard to live off 100$ for two nights/three days in the city.I've found plenty of places where you can eat for under $20 per meal. Have you seen Anthony Bourdain's new show "The Layover"? He did one in New York, even though its his hometown. 90% of the places he went to are under $20 per meal type of places. Granted, he didn't rock star it in K-town, or go to Peter Luger's. He went to places like Baohaus, The Burger Joint in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, Crif Dog, Shake Shack, Papaya King....all under $20 per meal. Yeah, it's hot dogs and burgers, but f***....that's all I need to keep me going over 4 days of debauchery.
Any decent sit down meal will be 20$ at the very least. 2 or 3 of those a day + goodies, travel, etc. It would be tough especially around NYE.
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Take a lot me and my freinds are gonna roll ya!
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I get paid on that Thursday so ill play night one conservatively then blow a paycheck maybe. $700 is very solid if you have your sleeping situation worked out.
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If you smoke cigarettes I'd get them before you get to NY last time i was there they were 14 bucks a pack.
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@shaftyjay said: @mgh2001 said:I did see that show, I actually love Bourdain's shows. On the other hand when asked the "best place to eat for 15$" he has a few suggestions but said it's pretty hard to come by a decent meal for under 15$ in NY. Which is definitely true, i'm talking a full mean with drinks, etc.It would be hard to live off 100$ for two nights/three days in the city.I've found plenty of places where you can eat for under $20 per meal. Have you seen Anthony Bourdain's new show "The Layover"? He did one in New York, even though its his hometown. 90% of the places he went to are under $20 per meal type of places. Granted, he didn't rock star it in K-town, or go to Peter Luger's. He went to places like Baohaus, The Burger Joint in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, Crif Dog, Shake Shack, Papaya King....all under $20 per meal. Yeah, it's hot dogs and burgers, but f***....that's all I need to keep me going over 4 days of debauchery.
Any decent sit down meal will be 20$ at the very least. 2 or 3 of those a day + goodies, travel, etc. It would be tough especially around NYE.
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Well, eating at these places over the course of the time you're in NYC, then you can budget $ towards a couple sit-down meals with drinks. Skimp here, floss there. I personally save my drinking $ for the points in time where I'm not sitting down for a meal.
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@mgh2001 said:
Well since I'll be with my other 17 year old friend the whole time, I don't think we're going to have many drinks at nice sit-down restaurants :p
@shaftyjay said:@mgh2001 said:I did see that show, I actually love Bourdain's shows. On the other hand when asked the "best place to eat for 15$" he has a few suggestions but said it's pretty hard to come by a decent meal for under 15$ in NY. Which is definitely true, i'm talking a full mean with drinks, etc.It would be hard to live off 100$ for two nights/three days in the city.I've found plenty of places where you can eat for under $20 per meal. Have you seen Anthony Bourdain's new show "The Layover"? He did one in New York, even though its his hometown. 90% of the places he went to are under $20 per meal type of places. Granted, he didn't rock star it in K-town, or go to Peter Luger's. He went to places like Baohaus, The Burger Joint in the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, Crif Dog, Shake Shack, Papaya King....all under $20 per meal. Yeah, it's hot dogs and burgers, but f***....that's all I need to keep me going over 4 days of debauchery.
Any decent sit down meal will be 20$ at the very least. 2 or 3 of those a day + goodies, travel, etc. It would be tough especially around NYE.
Well since I'll be with my other 17 year old friend the whole time, I don't think we're going to have many drinks at nice sit-down restaurants :p
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Probably about 300-400 for me, should be more than enough. Aside from alcohol, every treat I need will be coming with them. So food and booze. I will probably eat one small meal and one regular size meal each day. I already figured out our travel routes, that will only be about $10 a day. In the long run I will probably end up bringing money back with me.Luckily if shit hits the fan, I have my bank account or a credit card to fall back on. But the cash I bring in hand should be enough.
I know a lot of you guys make a whole trip out of it, but for me it is Phish show, lots of sleep, food getting read, phish show, etc etc. Maybe one or two things in between but probably not really much.
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Dude, $100 is a fortune for 2 days. Little known fact, you can go without food for 2 days and live.
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yea theres things besides food that will satisfy your stomach for 2 days. 
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im bringing about 600 for my personal use, but i plan on blowin about 100 on merch. plus there is always credit.... this is america people just pay for it later or claim bankruptcy.
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@CanYouStillHaveFun said:
Dude, $100 is a fortune for 2 days. Little known fact, you can go without food for 2 days and live.or you can get a few slices of pizza anywhere for next to nothing.
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@Harry61991 said: @CanYouStillHaveFun said:"Next to nothing" is $27 in NYCDude, $100 is a fortune for 2 days. Little known fact, you can go without food for 2 days and live.or you can get a few slices of pizza anywhere for next to nothing.
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I went to Switzerland once for three weeks with $100 for the whole trip, no joke. Granted most my meals were taken care of, but still I don't know how I did it. This was 22 years ago and has nothing to do anything but I thought I'd drop some perspective.
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50 pesos
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@walstib said:
a few slices of pizza would be a couple bucks
@Harry61991 said:@CanYouStillHaveFun said:"Next to nothing" is $27 in NYCDude, $100 is a fortune for 2 days. Little known fact, you can go without food for 2 days and live.or you can get a few slices of pizza anywhere for next to nothing.
a few slices of pizza would be a couple bucks
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I've heard of this place called "99 cents Fresh Pizza" as well. Hell, if you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel, there isn't anything better than a slice of cheese pizza that costs less than a buck. I hear they charge $2.75 for 2 slices and a soda, or $8 for a whole pie. They'll even add ingredients to the pizza for a very small charge. I mean....come on!
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If you're 17 you can't blow money on beer and drinks so you'll probably end up spending 3/10 of anyone else.
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4 quarters...enough to buy gumballs upon exiting all 4 shows
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@MrMinersBrother said: 4 quarters...enough to buy gumballs upon exiting all 4 shows
I'll be fine with No Quarter.
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wow man your gonna rough it!
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If u know NYC, u can do it just fine for little cash. Just be smart and realize it's a city that can make u or break u.
When I lived there it broke me.
But this year I'm staying on Trey's couch.
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bunch of nyc noobs in this thread
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@johnnyd said:
Shit back when I used to walk up hill both ways barefoot in the snow to shows, literally the only cash outlays were ticket and gas. Yes, even for NYE runs in the city. You'll be fine.definitely agree. and this kind of mentality leads to some of the most amazing experiences... the trick was to surrender to the flow.
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and money wise, I hope to only have to spend 600 to 1000 for a grand ole party. could spend more if needed, but I'm banking on that working out fine.
I have all my tickets, and apartment is paid for. so no worries there... so yeah, just planning to do lots of stuff, pre and post shows... and then the meetups, etc.
and like someone said, you dont have to spend a lot of money hanging out at a bar...
I have all my tickets, and apartment is paid for. so no worries there... so yeah, just planning to do lots of stuff, pre and post shows... and then the meetups, etc.
and like someone said, you dont have to spend a lot of money hanging out at a bar...
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I have like 27 bux and all 4 nights tix I'm set
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No cash. Just a bunch of gift cards for Best Buy, Lowes, Meijer...etc. Can I get hookers and coke at Target?
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@Pweso81 said: No cash. Just a bunch of gift cards for Best Buy, Lowes, Meijer...etc. Can I get hookers and coke at Target?
No, looks like it's baby oil and off-name brand cola for you.
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1200, grabbin me some headies and oil to bring back to school 
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750 for 4 nights. already got most goodies.
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Tickets and accomadations already taken care of? Then I say $1000 at least... Thats your play money:food,drinks,party favors...
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