We had a brilliant time at Daniels's place, he was accommodating and responded very quickly to our queries.
The apartment is ideal for the Bergen Light Rail and easy connections onto the Path train to Central Manhattan.
We stayed 8 days and enjoyed fabulous weather, sightseeing, shopping, eating out. We were interviewed for NBC TV, attended the Christmas Concert at St Patrick's cathedral and visited all the galleries and museums we wanted to. Y
The pre-bought City Pass was good - but we discovered we could have paid less at the Met on the door, and surprisingly there weren't long queues anywhere. Lots of exploring - loved the High Line. Even buying a few groceries from the supermarket was an adventure ( at what would have been after midnight in 'our time' ! ). The local people were friendly.
We found the Metro card machines ( Path station at Newport ) difficult as they didn't accept debit, credit or Moneycards without a linked US zipcode, so we organised cash for travel instead. There were 5 of us, so we had quite a bit of financial planning each day. Loved the ferry to Battery Park and river taxi too. I'd recommend the apartment for transport links and ease of access to NY.
It was good to come home to a clean and spacious apartment each evening. And we loved the night time view of Manhattan.
A fabulous trip for Christmas !