During last week the New Year's Eve invitations have started to arrive. There are parties organised all over New York but it is far from cheap to celebrate here. The party I got an invitation to via Facebook is held on the restaurant Tavern on The Green in Central Park and only general admission is 800 USD/person. Some drinks are included in that price but no food and not even a place to sit.

That almost makes the Lady Gaga party at Fontainebleau in Miami seem "cheap" with only 375 USD/ticket.

But there are options of course. I have also been invited to a big warehouse party in Brooklyn and I can even get in for free there if I help out a bit before. The ticket price is not announced yet but it will definitely be cheper than many other places.

Otherwise you can always head to classical Times Square for free, but to get a good spot you need to be there in the afternoon and the hours you have to wait after that you have to manage without toilets – or alcohol since there is no public drinking allowed in New York.