Is this REALLY The BEST WAY to see New York City or is it a Tourist Trap?

[@RossSmith-fe1vm]

Hi Lee. Ross from Australia. What a great video. Sat down to watch it for a couple of minutes, ended up watching to the end. More please!

[@geraldinecannon2097]

Thank you for sharing some of NYC with us Lee..really appreciate it..and enjoyed it thoroughly.

[@christinehodge3608]

Good video, thank you for sharing 😊

[@michaelharris1380]

Did the same tour five years ago when the commentary was live. The guy was so funny we didn’t want to stop off anywhere in case the next bus wasn’t as entertaining.

[@tinalouise5880]

I think I must have had the same guide😂😂had me in fits with mother in law jokes😂

[@angelairvine3091]

Thanks for another fab video, could watch you filming all day , love it xx

[@philedwards2679]

Another great video, Lee. 👍 Love watching these sightseeing trips. 😀

[@Croaker369]

Really enjoyed your tour - thanks!

[@Lifeandtravelsofbek]

I did the same bus in March and also on previous trip. I think they are good to get your bearings and an overview and learn history (and a rest from walking) I used it on my first day when I was too scared to use Subway 😂. Totally agree Top Of Rock is best viewing deck with The Edge coming in 2nd. I recommend visitors getting the New York Pass as a tourist as it covers over 100 attractions. Was great value! (Included Hop on/off 48hr ticket, Empire State entry, Top of the Rock, The Edge, Statue of Liberty ferry and more. I miss NY and can’t wait to go back. 🇦🇺✈️🇺🇸

[@robertwest5999]

Good video Lee something different once again this keeps the viewers watching found it interesting

[@nunofarinha5457]

Great video. Enjoyed seeing it. NY is one of my places to visit someday. Thank you Lee

[@dianeshepherd7913]

Great video riding the hop on/off bus, thanks for the video 😊

[@martyndemers1264]

That’s changed since we did it years ago, they had someone giving the commentary, oh well saves the tips at the end. Our tour turned left at Battery park and went past the UN building, I suppose there’s more to see now going the way it does now. How about a short video on how to use the underground? That can be confusing for the first time especially buying tickets and if you try to go to Hoboken, different city same looking ticket. Great video again

[@TheMacMaster]

No tickets now. All pay by phone x

[@markstephens5118]

Always enjoy doing a hop on hop off bus tour when my wife and I arrive in a new city. It's a great way to orientate oneself in a strange place. We find the 2 day pass is the best if you have time as you can do a complete circuit on the first day with a few stops, and on the second day, you can do more that you didn't have time for the day before, much more relaxed.

[@michaelrobinson6074]

Love this type of video lee carry on mate 👌

[@kevinmott6205]

Absolutely loved the tour. I was surprised as to how clean and bright it all appeared. Certainly a recommended tour to take from my point of view. Cheers Lee.❤

[@michaelrobinson6074]

Planning on going new york when I retire will definitely try the hop on bus service cheers Lee

[@kenandbarbie-b6c]

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. As a US citizen, I find London more fascinating, with great museums that don’t charge admission, great food that is cheaper than it is in the United States (including groceries that cost about 20% less), and a homeless problem that is there, but still much less than it is in many established US cities like NY, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc… Both countries have social problems lacking resources to accommodate illegal immigration, but it is worse in the US, creating a ripple of government lawlessness.

[@stephenb9400]

Really enjoying this part of your vlog keep up the good work Lee ❤

[@tinalouise5880]

Absolutely loved this vlog Lee - I loved the uptown and downtown loop when I last visited some years ago. Absolutely best way to see everything😊

[@Netski_1926]

Having been on the hop on hop off bus on NY i totally agree-its a fantastic way to see the city. Love New York!

[@Sandoz9710-f2x]

Lee i use to be a taxi driver in Milton Keynes and one day i had a french lady in my cab who asked me if she could pay in euros when i said no, she asked me when is the UK going to use the euro instead or the pound, i replied never id rather be the 51st state of America than be part of the European Union and she went ballistic, i know this will upset a lot people but understand there is two sides to a coin and if it offends some people then i say to them no one has the right to not to be offended deal with it, we won you lost didums 😢

[@blairoutproject]

Indeed...why should we kow tow to the EU just so that some cheese eating surrender monkey does't have to work out the euro - pound rate ?

[@JackOfski]

This to me is the best way to see NY, on youtube, what an absolute soul destroying place, just full of obscene tall glass n concrete skyscrapers. Give me the wilderness anyday.

[@brendamorgan]

Me too. I love a green space! 😀👍

[@dksaevs]

I worked in NYC for twenty years. IMO the best way to see NYC is with Google Earth or any Satellite app. LOL JK Lee, the video was great and you did a good job showing the touristy bits of the city.

[@robalexander7348]

Thank You Lee, i sure enjoyed the Top Deck bus tour, that's my first tour of New York. You sure do a good job with that camera on the stick, so sharp and clear 👍 👍 Au

[@gmac7947]

Love these Raw videos Mac ❤❤

[@steven1515]

Thanks for the tour adventure. Lee, enjoy it 👍👏

[@carolmurray5569]

Great video lee, enjoyed the sightseeing, new york is one of my fave places i would love to visit😊😊

[@chrisgrange4460]

Another great vlog but will we be getting to see the wonderful silver fox 🦊 soon 🤞

[@RobinMillar-yd8ss]

Another great video lee 👏 fascinating city it's great you can share this for people who may never get there 👌

[@LadyCrewe]

Thanks Lee enjoyed that. We have booked the big bus tour (other company) for our trip in August git 2 day ticket so we can use it to go between the attractions we have booked 👍🗽

[@jamiesuter3897]

Good video my friend it was relaxing see you in the next one bud 👍

[@RobertBlake-zd4cs]

Really enjoyed the vid. NY is so busy ! Way to go 👍

[@DavidDunning-m3v]

Love this vlog lee brill!👍👍👍

[@kjh789az]

Thanks for the ride! It is a good way to see the city, especially if you hop off to see things in detail.

[@waynekaminski5438]

Seems like an excellent way to tour around the city. And if you don't like the exposure to the sun, I guess you can sit below the top deck.

[@dianeleahy3345]

Great video. I was surprised to see how many trees were there, some great buildings. Thanks Lee.

[@richardneale246]

I've been on it, brilliant. I booked before I arrived. Great video Lee, brought back some memories of when I visited New York. Just fantastic.

[@monkynuts1261]

Hi lee the Mac Master.In a heat wave as the greens say 😂.Not allowed heat lol.Good video.Wish I was there.🎉

[@carolr9301]

I like a ho-ho bus. I try to do them in the cities I visit. I would have preferred to see the sites and you talking in the background rather than going back and forth. I loved going to Manhattan. I went in 2002, 6 months after. Hearing the sirens always reminds me of that terrible day.

[@alibolla]

Funny Lee when you were saying the seats on top of the bus were hot, the fist time we went was 20 yrs ago with then our teenage kids, we took the top deck but as you can imagine in December was freezing, i made the family sit there on icy seat because i wanted the experience ha ha for about 30 min then we went downstairs, back in the day there was a tour guide on board and he was grateful cause if there was anyone on top they had to be too, but good way to see Manhattan for the first visit.😊

[@RobwithScoobyScooby]

enjoyed it bud , seeing a totally new side to you Lee ( cheap handbags and shinny Balls lol ) love the old building with the metal outer stairwells , i must visit one day it would really be going home to the place of my ancestors would make a good vlog for me to go full circle as they were vaudeville acts on broadway 1920's .

[@richardgelber2740]

Here's an application for an electric vehicle: You can hear the stinky diesel engine the whole way... and the emissions from tour buses have been controversial in NYC for many decades. By the way, the Flatiron Building is currently completely empty, and has been for a couple of years... some kind of dispute between the City and the building owner that I can't remember any of the details of.

[@kjh789az]

Obs! Can't think why it's not already happening.

[@cutedgehouse]

Been there a good few times, you can’t help looking up at the buildings. What surprised me was how quickly you get into the wilderness travelling out of NYC. Beautiful State.

[@gemmac3371]

Really loved the last couple of vlogs you have done 🙂 Me and the now hubby went to NYC when we first got together. Great memories. We plan on taking our boy in a couple of years. Loved hearing all the sounds of New York it brought back some great memories 😊

[@TimK2646]

For me NY is Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Friends, Night Fever, Prince Akeem, and Mick Dundee and of course Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson in Die Hard 3.

[@wormsnake1]

I took this “hop on hop off” bus with my son a few years back and I have to say it was magical. It was cost effective and we really enjoyed jumping off at random places. A memorable occasion and if you don’t know the city, it’s practical too. Great video as per usual. P.S-Get the silver Fox on!! 🙏❤️.x

[@HowardOfficial]

Enjoyed that Lee, well done.

[@driveline1325]

I would pay a lot of money never to go to New York Lee. What a dreadful place. Mike

[@pugwashuk]

Where ever we go we always have a go on a hop on hop off because its the best way to see the place and you can then decide what to visit.

[@davidmarshall5596]

Mister Macmaster! Lee entertaining vlog, sights & sounds 😊🎉

[@CostaBlancaView]

I love this type of video's, keep on going! 👍By the way I watch them on my big screen television (different account), absolutely fantastic!

[@Raylufc]

We enjoyed that video. The hop on hop bus looks like a good deal to me

[@lynnerowlands5052]

Hey hun we are having a lovely time here . the temperature is at its best of 30 c today yesterday it was 33 c . xxx❤️

[@johncarr329]

Another good informative trip, you mentioned ghosts on a recent blog with Geoff, there must be lots of haunted hotels in NY, there's one on Staten Island called the Haunted Old Bermuda Inn.

[@billsalt2206]

Great post Lee👍

[@FunkyChild718]

I'm from NY. I recommend just taking the M55 bus down 5th ave from 44th street all the way to South Ferry. You'll see most of the same stuff. Then you can take it back uptown via 6th ave. Only cost you $2.90 each way.

[@rhonddalesley]

I’ve never been remotely interested in visiting NY but if I did I think paying extra for the commentary would be worth it because I’d miss things otherwise

[@certicurty5307]

Watching these NYC videos is so cool to me because I was watching your videos 3 months to gain confidence before I travelled from the UK to the US and I’ve been in Boston since April and visited NYC last week and I’m going home in a week! Mac have you encountered the CD sellers in Times Square? They sign a CD and ask $20 for a donation!

[@LoremIpsum1970]

First day we walked from Empire State to Battery Park...didn't look far...and back again, all fuelled by Starbucks Caramel Frappuccinos. We took the bus twice, once at night, including Harlem and Brooklyn, and preferred walking tbh. Harry met Sally, yes. Nice public loos in there as well. One thing to mention is you can get film/tv related tours, if you like. Remember: Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer there's one in Korea Town...

[@mattperkins1992]

Great video. So can you get off and on the bus etc?

[@DrCMac-2025]

4:41 I noticed the old lady sitting in the seat directly behind you, holding a shop or travel brochure above her head & struggling with the excessive heat of the direct sunlight overhead ❗️An Umbrella or Brolley would've come in handy 🤔❗️☀️🌡😳 Was fun to watch in the baking heat, anyway ❗️🤣

[@davewhittles]

its got to be more interesting than eating fish and chips everyday

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

Ha, at the end of your comment a yt clip for yorkshire fishn chip shop.

[@mu6qy]

These videis are great, never been to New York and always wanted to go

[@AtlanteanAN69]

We did the open top bus tours in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore whilst on a cruise in March. They were a great way to see both cities. I didn't even know there was one operating in KL until we spotted the sales guy, and that was an absolute steal at only 60 Ringits (£11) easch. Regards Ian.

[@brianogden5518]

Did the HO HO bus a couple of years ago. As soon as we got on the heavens opened and it rained nonstop all the way around. And we laughed all the way. Happy memories.

[@zodzod9378]

Great Lee this morning i went round New York only you can give me a great day well good well done mate ! Little john from chichester

[@greg6172]

Great video Lee and even better that you saved your viewers US$65,000 as at 08:40 Melbourne time.

[@shirley1827]

Loked video and bus looked great. 😊

[@garykenyon5990]

Excellent film, Lee 👍

[@brianiswrong]

We did the liverpool open top bus tour (and it wasnt raining) it seems a good way to get around a cities iconic buildings and places for a reasonable cost (do the same in a taxi and tot up the cost.)

[@RobertHamilton-fm3um]

Brilliant as usual, looking now to take Wife and Daughter next year. Keep up the great posts

[@Carlo1629-b3e]

There is a "portal " next to the Flatiron building where you can see people jumping in Dublin, live.

[@EvilSie]

My 3 year old (possibly your youngest viewer) keeps asking, "Why has Mac not got his glasses on?" 😂

[@746laurie]

Thank you for taking us on that open top bus tour so I don't have to! Views of lots of boring modern buildings and lots of traffic! No desire to visit NY or anywhere in the USA with the possible exception of Oakland, California where my grandparents lived from 1906 to 1912 although I believe that Oakland is now a real dump. My grandfather was a steam shovel operator and went to the US to work on the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. He arrived at Ellis Island and travelled across the States by train. He sent lots of postcard views back to his family in Gloucestershire from NY and many other places as he crossed the States, stopping off for a bit of sightseeing as he went. I still have those postcards and a couple of things he picked up from the burnt out ruins of San Francisco.

[@MargyLong]

Wow that's epic. Thanks for sharing

[@christanner8104]

Agree Lee, done this. 'Hop On Hop Off' is possibly the best. Try the Circle Line boat as well. 911 Memorial is a must.

[@MillhouseSpeaks]

Which state do you want to visit most which you haven’t been to already

[@jofereday7213]

Greyline are the best in NYC. Uptown & Downtown, we paid about £150 for a 3 day pass which gave us 3 admissions included, we did Empire State Building, Rockefeller & the New World Trade Centre, plus a river cruise! Amazing value. The guys onboard were amazing telling us lots of info, we also did the nighttime bus across to Dumbo/ Brooklyn, got to say it’s the best way to see NYC ❤

[@richardgelber2740]

I don't ever need a tour bus myself, but Greyline does have the best reputation.

[@mongo64071]

If you want some cool views of the East Side, take the Roosevelt Island Tram (cable car) over the river.

[@YvonneCartwright]

Really enjoying seeing the sights of New York.

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

What a great place NYC is and thank you for giving us just a snippet of it Lee. What, no Primark? 😂😂

[@simpsomf]

Brilliant. Loved it.

[@philgreen3376]

Where are you staying Lee, NYC hotels are so expensive now, Great Vlog👍

[@lparky4409]

With his friends

[@TheMacMaster]

Staying with my mates. 👍🏼

[@stanpilok8656]

Compared to all the other countries and cites you've visited...AND I have followed you there, New York City's pure DENSITY is unbelievable. I've been there many times, and there almost doesn't seem to be a square foot of space to build anything else. It is truly a dynamic, ever-changing, and constantly moving, living breathing city that never sleeps.

[@EvilSie]

​@Utopian_Turtletop-vn1iu walking the streets of Mong Kok I was almost getting claustrophobia

[@mongo64071]

I always do the hop on hop off buses in cities I visit. It’s always the easiest way to get around if you are not familiar with the public transit

[@davemulready]

Great One Lee .

[@janolaful]

The flat iron building was sold at auction for $190 million, its going to become luxury apartments. Feel I know ny even though iv never been there 😊 one day I will I have been to amarica meny times I have family there just not in ny

[@richardgelber2740]

I think the reason the building went for such a low price is that it's a very iffy economic proposition. The place is very quirky, and the Apts won't be very large, and will be fairly low in number as it isn't very tall. The inside renovations will cost at least $100-$200 million, and I don't see it attracting many of the people now buying up on "billionaires row".

[@sannox01]

What took you to Hoboken in the first place Lee?

[@TheMacMaster]

Close to NYC. Lovely little city Hoboken.

[@sannox01]

@@TheMacMaster :-) I meant to move there way back :-)

[@SuperLittleTyke]

There are a lot of green spaces in New York. I must say, the skyscrapers are impressive. How do they stay up? The terra firma on which they are erected must be extremely stable. Very interesting ride so far.

[@sonofdat]

That was excellent. You're a fantastic tour guide Lee.

[@thegeneral123]

It's really expensive for what it is. I did it a couple of times as it was on my NYC Pass. It was OK but nothing special. It's a lot quicker to get places on the Subway. If you've not been to NYC though it's not a terrible way to do it.

[@adamboro35]

I’m there next month with stick with the subway I think, don’t want a bbq bum hole. Have you tried One Vanderbilt observation floor , opened 2020 ? Also McSorleys pub & Johns pizzeria on Bleeker , both proper old New York

[@simonlove9178]

Cracking vid 🇺🇸

[@ReeceRealeighton-pc4dq]

Hi Lee you and goeff have to drive around northern ireland next

[@ashman4357]

Great Tour Guide Lee 👍 looked amazing well worth the $49 👍the viewers got it for free! Thanks

[@fffss1314]

Thanks off to Chicago Tomorrow for 5 nights will give itva go when i get back.

[@trevorhalliday793]

Lee, open top bus is the best way to see NY City on a hot day, stay away from using the Subway, too hot !!!!

[@delonghi2593]

Church @ 13:48 is where all the emergency services where to rest @ 9/11. All very surreal when you're there.

[@jasonwhitehurst7003]

now without a further a do my friends can't fold this back together lets go.

[@anthonykennedy7694]

You need to go for a drink in one of my favourite places …the Smithfield hall

[@LesterLovesWatches]

The funniest thing about New York for me is the “on steroids” ice cream vans.

[@Richiecorner65]

Lee is smack on ,i did the very same tour with the same company on 17 april this year although the weather was not as good , one of the cheapest things to do in manhattan