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Originally Posted by rd_aaron
We're also staying by Times Square so that's too bad that it's uber touristy. On the plus side, we're really close to one of the theatres we're going to, and it's pretty central so it should be easy to jump on the subway and get anywhere. Plus, we got a 4 star hotel for 7 nights for $169/night on Hotwire which I thought was pretty awesome, considering that particular hotel is going for $236/night on hotels.com.
Suggestions for getting to Manhattan from Newark airport at 5PM on a Tuesday? It looks like the train/transfers, etc. are going to take an hour or so and cost us around $15 each ($30 total), whereas I could take a Town Car for a flat $60. Is it going to take forever driving into Manhattan during rush hour?
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Staying near Times Sq. isn't a big deal, like you said it's central so it's a good jumping off point.
That's a tricky question on getting in from EWR. The train is pretty easy, but it can be a bit annoying hauling luggage if you have more than a carry on. You'd also have to either grab a cab at Penn Station (should be plenty of cabs that time of day but the line at that cab stand seems to randomly get very long) to go up to your hotel or switch to the subway/walk, which would also be annoying with luggage.
Traffic shouldn't be too heavy going into the city, but you'll be going against the lane reversals so it might be slow, kind of hard to say (and you're at the mercy of accidents etc.). The upside to the car is you're in an air conditioned car and you've paid a flat fee (there will be tolls on top of that $60 though, either that or you got a great deal) so it'll be comfortable.
It becomes a question of cost and a bit more certainty on time vs. comfort. If I'm starting a vacation I'm likely going with comfort in that situation.