How early to book trip/shows?

I am trying to plan an anniversary trip (5th!) to New York in early March. How far in advance do I need to book hotels/shows?

I%26#39;d like to do it pretty soon, but I don%26#39;t have the dates finalized quite yet.

How early to book trip/shows?

I%26#39;d do it as soon as you have your dates! Many people are in NYC in March with spring vacations. When we went in March last year, I bought my tickets to see ';Wicked'; the week after Christmas....and a month later all their shows were sold out!

How early to book trip/shows?

cl - as soon as you firm up your dates order your theater tickets. - broadwaybox.com or playbill.com and theatermania.com are all great discount sites.

Same for hotels, the sooner the better to get the best choice of rooms.

Hope you enjoy The Big Apple.

Poppa

I used those sites to get theater tickets etc and it is a good price and you know you have tickets for the show. Do take a risk and buy same day tickets that go on sale for the afternoon or evening shows for the seats that are remaining at 46th and broadway! standing in a relatively short line in the morning will get you $40 tickets to Phantom of the Opera or Chicago etc... and even cheaper off broadway shows like the blue mans group. Newer shows are sold out fast or not available for popular times.

you%26#39;re referring to the TKTS booth which is fine except for sold-out shows such as The Lion King, Wicked, Spamalot, The Odd Couple.

with those you have no choice but to buy ahead if you want to pay a fortune to a ticket scalper

that should say ';buy ahead UNLESS you want to pay a fortune to a ticket scalper';

there are always a few hanging around the TKTS booth

Of course i meant the TKTS booth...never risk buying from a scalper, you could pay a fortune and then not get to see the show because the tickets are fake at times! i also indicated only to take a risk to see an ';extra'; broadway show for so inexpensive.

I know that%26#39;s what you meant, but the original poster might not.

Some folks might not realize that for a show as popular as Wicked they must buy ahead.

There have been questions asked on this very message board about being to buy Lion King tickets at TKTS. :-o

I do hope Lion King will be available eventually...i would go see it again. I paid box office price to see it the first time and got balcony way off to the right, but still enjoyed the show. When we went last month at Thanksgiving I got some tickets ahead worried the holiday would sell out and risked getting one same day. Of course the NYC couple behind us paid only $40 for the show we got for $100, and we thought a bargain compared to $290. I am going up again next month and will buy from TKTS to see anything! Is Wicked or Spam-a-lot worth getting at full price and which web site did you find the best deals?

pimple