I've been looking to do more travelling, and due to scheduling constraints, it would be great to be able to take more quick weekend or extended weekend trips. There's a thousand things I'd rather pay hundreds of dollars for that don't include being crammed into a tiny metal box, public gropings, or luxurious surroundings to be unconscious in. So, here's my budget NYC vacation: Transportation: Chinatown Bus (bus2nyc.com), leaving Cincinnati at 9pm, arriving in Manhattan at 9am ($120 round trip) Accommodations - Camping at Camp Gateway , at Floyd Bennett Field, in Brooklyn of Jamaica Bay. ($20 a night) 3 days, 2 nights in NYC, $160.