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[lanzhu60]

Hi , anyone gt any suggestion for the attractions to visit n places to shop at

-seattle
-los angeles
-las vegas
-boston
-new york

And normally whats the most convenient way to travel around?

 

[patryn33]

East and west coast? How many days is your trip?
Travel around in the city or btw city

 

[xtwis7]

Hi , anyone gt any suggestion for the attractions to visit n places to shop at

-seattle
-los angeles
-las vegas
-boston
-new york

And normally whats the most convenient way to travel around?

Coast to coast flying is the only viable option. Within east coast, bus is fast and cheap. As for west coast, if you're confident can rent a car and drive. If not you may want to fly also.

 

[Shiny Things]

Hi , anyone gt any suggestion for the attractions to visit n places to shop at

-seattle

Seattle's actually pretty quiet. Pike Place Market is nice, though, and don't miss the Elliott Bay Book Company - it's a GIGANTIC bookstore with everything you could ever possibly want.

Also fun: the Public Library (free wi-fi!); the U district (worth the schlep across the water if you like cool indie shopping and the UW campus is gorgeous); and I hear good things about the Boeing factory tour but that's a bit of a schlep.

-los angeles

The only reason to go to Los Angeles is so you can leave. LA is an awful, polluted, vapid hellhole. Spend a night in Santa Monica or West Hollywood if you absolutely must, then rent a car and get the hell out of there. Head north along highway 1, and you'll have the drive of your life... and three days later you'll end up in San Francisco, which is a hell of a lot more fun than LA.

If you must, though: the Griffith Observatory. And the Venice Beach boardwalk is pretty cool.

-las vegas

Now we're talking. Vegas is awesome.

Stay at the Vdara - it's right at the centre of the strip and phenomenally good value, like $150 a night for an entire studio apartment. Eat at Sage or Jean-Georges. Don't miss the pinball museum and Dig This and the Gun Store and the Shark Reef at the Mandalay Bay. Go see Penn and Teller and Cirque du Soleil, but mostly Penn and Teller. If you've got a spare day, rent a car (protip: Hertz Las Vegas rents Porsche Panameras!) and drive to the Valley of Fire and the Hoover Dam.

Shopping? Screw shopping. You're too busy having the time of your life.

-boston

Dunno.

-new york

Oh god, it's NYC. There is EVERYTHING to do there. Don't be a tourist, though - be a local.

And normally whats the most convenient way to travel around?

Fly.

America is GINORMOUS. The record for driving coast-to-coast nonstop is 31 hours 4 minutes, and that's doing an average speed of 144 km/h. Realistically, at tourist speeds, you could easily take four weeks to drive coast-to-coast.

Fly to where you're going (always Virgin America or Jetblue; never AA, Delta, United, or US Airways), then rent a car when you get there (except in New York or SF, where the public transport's good enough that you don't need a car).

 

[ceecookie]

Be sure to visit Mt Rainier National Park which is a must-see attraction. There's also Olympic National Park but its located too far away from Seattle and only doable with a night nearby. Suggest u only visit Rainier unless you like hiking in parks.

Seattle's home to Boeing so there's quite a few avionics attraction in town. Museum of Flight is located 10-15mins south of downtown and is home to, among other views, the only Boeing 747 prototype and a Concorde. Worth a visit especially if you purchase the CityPass which provide passes to several attractions at a discounted rate. Another one is Boeing's Future of Flight museum, not to be confused with the other museum above, which also have a tour available to Boeing Everett factory where you can actually see assembly of current planes(producing 747s and 787s now). No photography is allowed during the tour though. Also its located 50 miles north in another city Everett so you probably have to get a day tour to avoid getting expensive taxi fares.

Downtown Seattle contain the rest of the attractions i.e Space Needle, Starbucks #1 store etc.

Be sure to visit Kerry Park in Queen Anne. It's a tiny park in a residential area but provide an award winning view of Downtown Seattle. I'll probably skip University District if i were you though, the area's unsafe with significant crime rates.

From Seattle, you can do day trips to Victoria,BC or Vancouver, BC. Amtrak trains run north to Vancouver B.C at 7am arriving at 11am. The last train depart for Seattle at 5-6pm which give u 6 hours or so to explore downtown Vancouver. Victoria,BC is doable via a ferry ride across.

For a reference, here's a sample itinerary:

Day 1: Downtown Seattle/Space Needle/Museum of Flight
Day 2: International District/Capitol Hill/Fremont/Kerry Park in Queen Anne/etc
Day 3: Mt Rainer day tour
Day 4: Boeing™ Assembly Plant & Future of Flight Aviation Center tour (half day) / Bellevue
Day 5: Day tour to Victoria, BC / Butchart Gardens via Victoria Clipper / Vancouver,BC

I've done quite a lot of research for Seattle because the above itinerary was my original plans for a future trip. If any of the above info is inaccurate, do accept my apologies.