Please plan my trip to the 2008 US Open (tennis)

[cabbagehead7]

My wife wants to go next year for her 40th birthday and the company I work for is picking up the tab.

Please help me with suggestions on where to stay, what tickets to get, etc.


since I am a good sport, I will also include a wife pic.


....my wife is the one on the left

[cabbagehead7]

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I really need some help. Has anyone been to the open before? Do I get courtside or Promenade? Where should I stay? Should we go early rounds or finals?

[Humble Pie]

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the company I work for is picking up the tab.


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Wow, seems like a great employer.

Tons to do in Flushing Meadows. New York City is the epi-center of the universe. Just make sure to bring $$$$$$.

I don't know how into tennis you guys are. The play in the early rounds is surpisingly comprable to late round play sans the big names clashing. The weather is usually pretty good that time of year, not too much rain so court-side seating sounds better than pavilion seating.

[cabbagehead7]

looks like around $15k

They are cool with this amount of money for a trip like this but I am wondering if I should counter with a package that costs less and take the other in $$$$.

The wife said [censored] the cash and do the trip first class but I would like to get opinions from others that have gone in the past.

Thanks

[Humble Pie]

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I am wondering if I should counter with a package that costs less and take the other in $$$$.


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Ummm NO! WTF is wrong with you?

[Nick Rainey]

PM me sometime and I will tell you exactly how to make this trip perfect for a lot less than any tour.