New York, New York; setting for hundreds of sitcoms and films, inspiration of many a song. Five boroughs, 12 avenues and street after street crammed full of museums, shops, fast food outlets and ‘I ♥ NYC’ gift shops – and that’s before you get started on the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Times Square and all the other tourist-tastic stuff that you can get up to.

Home to the world’s largest department store, New York is probably the most fashionable, hip city on the planet. Plus it’s really easy to get to with all major mulit-national airlines flying there – flights costs range from £300 to £700 depending on the time of year you travel – summer months are much more expensive. New York is not a cheap city to stay with prices similar to those in the UK, but beware, prices displayed are not inclusive of tax, so bear this is mind before you head off on the mother of all spending sprees! Go on, take a bite out of the Big Apple…