boston holiday in january

[rupsingh]

I am about to book my holiday tomorrow morning, flying to boston driving down to washinghton via new york 2nd week of January. Getting a good fare of £258 and plan to priceline and hotwire the accomdation

BUT

just speaking to mates and family they think we are mad considering the freezing temps and snow fall. does anyone have any expreience of this if so how bad does it get, does everything grind to a halt and most importantly shall i cancel my plans!!![

 

[phil_2405]

I've been to New York at the start of Jan and it was cold but not **too** bad although from what people have said to me, we were lucky the weather was good to us! To me New York wouldnt be the same in the heat of the summer.

 

[rupsingh]

I've been to New York at the start of Jan and it was cold but not **too** bad although from what people have said to me, we were lucky the weather was good to us! To me New York wouldnt be the same in the heat of the summer.

i did new york in 2005 in august and it was 34@c - unbearable - if there are snow storms, does the city ground to a halt, could i potentially end up snowed in my hotel unable to get out?

 

[clv101]

Boston will be well below zero with lots of snow - it'll be great! I was in Boston in October it's a great city. I was hanging around Harvard and Boston University most of the time and only had one day for tourist things. I walked the Freedom Trail but I wouldn't want to do it in January!

 

[phil_2405]

i did new york in 2005 in august and it was 34@c - unbearable - if there are snow storms, does the city ground to a halt, could i potentially end up snowed in my hotel unable to get out?

We had very little snow and certainly never enough to grind the city to a halt. I imagine they must be used to snow in the winter and it wouldn't cause too many problems unless its major amounts, keep you eyes on the Weather Channel.

 

[Scam]

The only time i've spent in Boston was when we got snowed in.