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This is a great time to be in NYC, for Off-Broadway Week 2-for-1 tickets, fall foliage in parks and gardens, ongoing exhibits commemorating the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, the annual Corn Maize in Queens, ice skating rinks re-opening for the season, FREE Halloween events, Archtober architectural events, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives, and more.
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Get FREE admission to more than 250 museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and other cultural institutions on the first Saturday and and Sunday of every month, via the nationwide Museums on Us program. The program is a perk for holders of a Bank of America or Merrill credit card or debit card. Just present
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The tourists have gone home, the kids have gone back to school, sweltering temperatures have tamed to tolerable levels, and hotels have reduced their peak summer rates. It’s an ideal time to enjoy the crisp autumn air and the technicolor palette that Mother Nature serves up each autumn. Here are my favorite places in the USA and Canada and for a fall getaway.
Sept. 11th is a somber date in NYC – and in much of the world – as the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. In 2026, it is especially somber as the 25th anniversary of the day that changed us forever. A week of free events in NYC remember and honor
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Reminder to buy your Epic Pass before prices increase on Sept. 7 for the upcoming season of skiing and riding at top resorts around the world. Buying now also gives you access for late summer and fall scenic rides on chairlifts and gondolas, VIP access to summer festivals, and other perks. Warning – The longer
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Indy Pass is adding 50 new downhill and cross-country resorts in the USA, Canada, Europe, Scandanavia and Japan for the 26/27 season, expanding its network of independent resorts beyond 300. As always, sales of the pass are limited, to prevent overwhelming these smaller including member areas, including family-owned and operated. So if you snooze, you
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Cancer patients and their caregivers can get free hotel rooms if they must travel far from home for treatment. The largest free hotel room program is the partnership between the hotel chain Extended Stay America and the American Cancer Society. Since the Keys of Hope program launched in 2013, the hotel chain has donated more
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July 4th 2026 is the 250th birthday of the United States, and New York City is celebrating in a big way, with multiple FREE events including fireworks, a parade of tall-masted sailing ships, special Times Square ball drops, concerts, museum admission and more. Here is your complete guide to FREE Independence Day and 250th America
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The price of freedom and independence is high. Here are six top memorial sites in NYC where you can honor our men and women in uniform any day of the year, not just on July Fourth. These war memorials are FREE to visit year-round and reflect on the true cost of freedom and independence.
Reminder that the National Park Service has changed the days for free admission in 2026, dropping Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth and adding President Trump’s birthday. Other traditional free admission days remain, including Presidents Day (Monday, Feb. 16) , Memorial Day, Independence Day, Constitution Day, Veterans Day, President Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday (Oct. 27)
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