We arrived in a very wet and windy New York, what to do? Our hotel was situated more or less next door to Macy's department store so you got it, we went shopping!
The first striking thing about Macy's is the sheer size of the place, a full block in length and upward of 7 floors, it really is a shopaholics dream.
First port of call for international visitors should be the Visitors centre, situated on the first floor. Here, on the production of id, you will be given a discount card which entitles you to 11% off the ticketed prices, (but doesn't include franchised counters like most of the perfume dept) this is very useful as 8.25% tax is added to the ticket price when you get to the till, so if like me maths isnt your strong point then it saves a lot of working out. (in as much as you know you will pay slightly less than the marked price!)
The visitors centre is also worth a visit later in your trip, as for each $100 worth of reciepts you spend, you receive a free macys backpack or shopping bag (our christmas shopping party came back with a large number!).
Our visit coincided with pre christmas sales, therefore prices were remarkabley cheap, where up to 50% of the original price was cut - my friends purchased DKNY watches for around £20.00. Original ticket prices were pretty reasonable anyway, with designer shirts coming in at around $50.
If you can, its worth checking out the departments you are interested in before you buy, to make sure you see all they have to offer. It saves disappointment if you later see something better! Departments are big!! and sometimes products can be found on more than one floor (e.g. shoes can be found in several different spots). Staff are very helpful but service can be extremely slow, this is worth bearing in mind if you are working to a deadline. We returned on our last day to pick up final items before flying home and spent a lot of time at checkouts waiting to complete transactions.
The store also has a number of food outlets spread throughout, again a word of warning - not all of them have sufficient seating, so it is worth trying to get a seat before you go for service.
In all Macy's provided our party with the majority of items we required (dept cover everything from clothing, to accessories to household goods and novelty items) and all at pretty reasonable prices.
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