After-hours at the great museums, the tables and boxes that aren't bookable, the city opened privately — New York.
New York rewards the traveler who arrives with the right door already open. Forest Travel designs the city privately — after-hours at the great museums, the tables and boxes that aren't bookable, the members' rooms — with the relationships of four decades.
A private, after-hours walk through one of New York's great museums with a curator — the masterpieces without the crowd, arranged through relationships.
A seat at one of Manhattan's most sought-after kitchens — the counter, the off-menu tasting — secured when the booking line says no.
The best seats, or a private box, at the show or the marquee event of the season — and the supper after, arranged around you.
The great museums, the city's best tables and a night on Broadway — Manhattan at its most effortless, every detail handled. From around US$10,000.
After-hours at the great museums, private gallery viewings and the collections closed to the public — New York's cultural world, opened for you.
The private clubs, the right tables and the seamless transfers that turn a New York business trip into something you'd choose to repeat.
Each a starting point — our advisors weave them into a single, seamless journey.
Late April to June and September to early December are ideal — mild, bright and at the city's cultural peak. New York is rewarding year-round; your advisor times the journey to events, weather and the lowest crowds.
Yes. We arrange curator-led, after-hours visits to New York's great museums, private gallery viewings and access to collections closed to the public — the masterpieces without the crowd, through relationships.
Yes. We secure the seats that aren't bookable online — the chef's counter, the off-menu tasting, the best seats or a private box on Broadway and at the season's marquee events — through relationships built over years.
In the finest luxury hotels of Midtown, the Upper East Side, Tribeca or Downtown, chosen for your taste. As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel secures suite upgrades, resort credits and VIP amenities, and holds the best rooms early.
Yes. The final was played on 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium, in the New York/New Jersey area, and Forest Travel arranged VIP hospitality, the best-placed hotels and the city around the match. How it was done is in our 2026 World Cup guide; the 2030 tournament moves to Morocco, Portugal and Spain.
A private New York long weekend with Forest Travel typically starts from around US$10,000 and rises with suites, private access and aviation. It's an indicative starting point; your advisor confirms where your plans sit before you commit.
Beyond museums, we open the city's landmarks after the public leaves. Private, out-of-hours access can include an observation deck at dawn or after close, a landmark concert hall or opera house with someone who knows its history, private gallery and studio viewings, and members-only rooms that take no public reservation. Each visit is timed so you experience an icon of New York without the line or the crowd around it.
Yes. A five-day New York with us typically pairs private after-hours culture with the tables and boxes others can't secure: chef's counters and Michelin-starred rooms, a private box on Broadway or at the season's marquee event, and private-guided time in the neighborhoods that repay a local's eye. We plan around your pace and interests rather than a fixed template, and handle the reservations, timing and transfers so the days connect seamlessly.
We secure the seats that aren't openly bookable: the chef's counter, the off-menu tasting, the fully booked Michelin-starred room, and the quiet table at the moment you want it. When a place takes no public reservation, our relationships with the city's kitchens and members' rooms open the door. Tell us the cuisines and the occasion, and we build the dining around the rest of your days rather than leaving it to chance.
Four to eight weeks is ideal for private after-hours access, and more for peak dates or the hardest tables. Out-of-hours visits, curator-led viewings and marquee-event boxes depend on institutions' calendars and limited windows, so the earlier we start, the more we can hold in place. That said, we regularly assemble strong short-notice programs through standing relationships; tell us your dates and we'll tell you honestly what's still open.
Yes. We match you with private guides chosen for genuine expertise: an art historian for a collection, an architecture specialist for a landmark, or a neighborhood insider for the streets that reward a local's eye. Guiding pairs naturally with private after-hours access, so a landmark or gallery is yours alone with the right person beside you. Private transfers connect each stop, keeping the day unhurried and entirely on your terms.
Choose the Manhattan Long Weekend for a 4-day mix of the great museums, the city's best tables and a night on Broadway. Choose Private Art & Culture Access, 2–3 days, if after-hours museums, private gallery viewings and collections closed to the public are the point. Choose the Power Itinerary if you are in New York on business: it runs by your schedule, around private clubs, the right tables and seamless transfers.
Forest Travel's Power Itinerary turns a New York business trip into something you'd choose to repeat. It is built around your schedule rather than a fixed number of days, and brings in the private clubs, the right tables and seamless transfers between meetings. The members' rooms that take no public reservation and the hardest Manhattan tables are opened through relationships built over four decades.
A typical five-day private New York program gives the mornings to culture and the evenings to dining and performance. Mornings bring private, after-hours access to the great museums and galleries. Evenings bring chef's counters, Michelin-starred rooms and a private box on Broadway or at the season's marquee event. Private-guided time in the neighborhoods fits around both, and every reservation, transfer and timing is handled so the days connect without a wasted hour.
The private versions of the city's classics. Forest Travel arranges curator-led, after-hours visits to New York's great museums, an observation deck at dawn or after close, the chef's counter or an off-menu tasting at a Michelin-starred room, and a private box on Broadway. For business travelers, the Power Itinerary adds private clubs, and private guides open the neighborhoods that reward a local's eye.
For a first private visit, usually yes: the Manhattan Long Weekend runs four days, and a full five-day program gives the mornings to private museum access and the evenings to dining and Broadway. Three days works well for a focused trip, such as Private Art & Culture Access, which runs two to three days, or a business stay built around the Power Itinerary.
Every journey here is a starting point a private advisor reshapes entirely around you — your pace, your people, the New York only you would recognise.
A real person answers: an in-house luxury travel advisor, in English or Spanish. The first conversation is complimentary.
