{"id":133454,"date":"2026-02-14T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/133454\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:30:08","slug":"the-nyc-staycations-our-editors-are-dreaming-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/133454\/","title":{"rendered":"The NYC Staycations Our Editors Are Dreaming About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite its abundance of distinct neighborhoods<\/a> and never-ending newness<\/a> inherent in a major city, it can be easy for New Yorkers to fall into a rut. Particularly in the depths of winter (or summer, for that matter), when the weather limits your penchant for exploration: You go from your house to your job and back, making stops at your local deli<\/a> or coffee shop and grocery store. Maybe you try a new restaurant, but one in your own neighborhood. To shake things up and bring a little excitement to your routine, consider a hotel staycation. It’s an ideal way to spruce up a month with few plans on the calendar, or to celebrate a special occasion<\/a>. Logistics are minimal, meaning planning is a breeze compared to gearing up for an international<\/a> or multi-leg trip, and there’s no jet lag to worry about or days off needed.<\/p>\n

It’s also an easy entr\u00e9e into traveling alone\u2014solo adventures are on the rise this year, according to Fora’s 2026 Hot List<\/a>, a trend forecast compiled by the travel agency’s platform data and insights from its global roster of advisors; women<\/a> in particular are \u201cembracing a seize-the-moment mindset,\u201d the report says. If a flight or road trip feels overwhelming to tackle alone, a staycation at a local hotel is a nice way to practice elements of solo travel\u2014setting your own schedule, dining alone\u2014without the pressure of a longer stint away, while still taking you out of your routine and adding some whimsy to an otherwise standard (or doom-scroll-filled) week.<\/p>\n

For those looking for inspiration, I polled several of our New York City<\/a>\u2013based editors to see what their dream staycation looks like\u2014here are the hotels we’d like to snap our fingers and hunker down in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite its abundance of distinct neighborhoods and never-ending newness inherent in a major city, it can be easy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64,5572],"class_list":["post-133454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}