Not mandatory. There's a good hotel within walking distance of the Northeast Corridor train station in New Brunswick NJ that would probably cost far less, even factoring the cost of a train ticket into NYC in. There are more some miles from the station, and they even have shuttles, as I recall. (And failing that, I'm pointing you at stuff near us, which means a free ride if all else fails. We're in no condition to host people right now, but we can certainly act as a rallying point or simple transport, as needed.)
ETA: Correction, two hotels in walking distance, but I don't know what the rates are at the second, as it just opened a little while back.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
ETA: Correction, two hotels in walking distance, but I don't know what the rates are at the second, as it just opened a little while back.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.