University of Iowa Symphony Band Plays Carnegie Hall!
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Package A:

Includes three (3) nights accommodation at the Renaissance Hotel Times Square. Roundtrip airport transfers, a seven day Metro Card (unlimited use of the NYC subway and bus system), a two day New York Pass which will grant you entrance into over 40 of the top attractions in NYC (also includes a 140 page pocket size guide book), and entrance in to the Ground Zero Museum and Workshop, and the three course group dinner before the concert in Carnegie Hall.

Price: $1035 per person based on double occupancy (this is inclusive of all taxes and surcharges)

Single Supplement: please add $ 642
Note: Package prices listed below are inclusive of a ticket to the concert in Carnegie Hall and the reception following the performance. If you are in possession of a concert ticket the package price will be reduced by $100.

Package B:

Includes three (3) nights accommodation at the Affinia 50 Hotel, in midtown Manhattan. Roundtrip airport transfers, a seven day Metro Card (unlimited use of the NYC subway and bus system), a two day New York Pass which will grant you entrance into over 40 of the top attractions in NYC (also includes a 140 page pocket size guide book), and entrance in to the Ground Zero Museum and Workshop, and the three course group dinner before the concert in Carnegie Hall.

Price: $945 per person based on double occupancy (this is inclusive of all taxes and surcharges)

Single Supplement: please add $ 570
Note: Package prices listed below are inclusive of a ticket to the concert in Carnegie Hall and the reception following the performance. If you are in possession of a concert ticket the package price will be reduced by $100.

Package C:

Includes three (3) nights accommodation with an included continental breakfast at the Best Western Seaport Inn. Roundtrip airport transfers, a seven day Metro Card (unlimited use of the NYC subway and bus system), a two day New York Pass which will grant you entrance into over 40 of the top attractions in NYC (also includes a 140 page pocket size guide book), and entrance in to the Ground Zero Museum and Workshop. It also includes the three course group dinner before the concert in Carnegie Hall 

Price: $849 per person based on double occupancy (this is inclusive of all taxes and surcharges)

Single Supplement: please add $ 490
Note: Package prices listed below are inclusive of a ticket to the concert in Carnegie Hall and the reception following the performance. If you are in possession of a concert ticket the package price will be reduced by $100.

You may also wish to add one of the following Options
to your package to enhance your experience even further.

Tour Option 1: Tour New York TV and Movie Sites (3 1/2 hours)

This is a guided tour by motor coach that will have you visiting over 40 locations from over 60 TV shows and movies, including sitting on the steps of the Cosby townhouse, stop in at one of the locations used in Hitch, take photos at the firehouse used in Ghostbusters, go on location to the diner used in Men in Black and Woody Allen’s Manhattan, visit the apartment building where Monica, Chandler and the other Friends live and much much more.

Cost: $ 36.00 pp

Tour Option 2: “Sex and the City Tour (3 1/2 hours);

This is a guided tour by motor coach that will have you following in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! Drink where they drink, shop where they shop, and gossip where they gossip. Highlights include sitting on Carrie’s apartment stoop, have a cupcake at the bakery where Miranda stuffed cupcakes into her mouth, visit the church where Samantha meets “The Friar”, and go on location to the gallery in SoHo where Charlotte worked and much more.

Cost: $ 39.00 pp

Tour Option 3: Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tour of NYC

For this 3 hour walking tour, you will explore two old industrial areas that are evolving into the hottest new “offbeat” destinations in New York City. Discover how these locations are becoming known for gourmet food shops, ethnic restaurants, boutique shopping, and nightlife. Taste delicious specialties from seven (7) food shops during the tour.

One of the venues visited is the Chelsea Market which is also home to the TV studios for the Food Network.

Cost: $ 43.00 pp 

Tour Option 4: Multi- Ethnic Eating Tour (3 hours): (Walking Tour)

A tour that mixes history and gastronomy on the multi-ethnic Lower East Side, learn about the Jewish East Side, Little Italy and Chinatown as we nosh our way through the neighborhood sampling foods traditional to the Dominican Republic, Eastern Europe, China, Italy and more.

Cost: $ 30.00 pp

Tour Option 5: A Broadway Show

We will be happy to arrange for a group of tickets for some of the various shows that will be on “The Great White Way” some suggested shows might be ‘Wicked”, “Spamalot”, “Jersey Boys”, “Mamma Mia” “Spring Awakening”.

Cost: $75 – 125 pp


Description of Hotels in the Package Offer:
Please note all hotels are non smoking properties.

Renaissance New York Times Square (4 stars): Location. The Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square occupies one block in the middle of Times Square, at Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City, N.Y. The hotel is in the middle of the Theater District, and the Times Square Visitors Center is adjacent to the hotel.

Affinia 50 (3 1/2 stars): Location. The Affinia 50 Hotel is an elegant New York City (N.Y.) hotel located in midtown Manhattan, four blocks east of Rockefeller Center and Saks Fifth Avenue. Broadway theaters are just five blocks away.

Best Western Seaport Inn (3 stars)  Located in the heart of South Street Seaport, adjacent to the Wall Street District, the award-winning Seaport Inn offers its guests modern amenities in a refined and elegant atmosphere and setting. It is within walking distance to such world renowned sites as the World Trade Center Ground Zero, and The Financial District.
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