Advice needed to get family to join us when we come to N.Y.

[Winola]

My family really enjoys coming into the city more so than going to Disney.I am having a problem trying to get my brother and his family to join us.We would love for them to join us but every time I mention it ,he goes into a cold sweat,and starts ranting and raving about bad things that will happen to him.My wife and I have been bringing our children to N.Y. for 17 years now and we have never ever had a problem.Any advice would be appreciated.:)

[media35]

If reluctant family lives in PA try what some of my friends did as a gift to their reluctant parents. There are buses, constant streams of buses, that bring people in for a day to see a show in NY. It's only a day, they don't have to drive, and it's an easy quick trip. You join them for lunch or dinner and they get back on the bus and return. Baby first step.

[Schadenfrau]

Uh, leave him at home. It's plenty crowded here without him, and it sounds like you'd have a better time if he wasn't with you, anyhow.

[ablarc]

An acquaintance who'd never been to New York finally bought tickets to a show and flew in with his wife. Fearful of Manhattan's well-publicized perils, he booked a room at the airport. On his return, he declared that he couldn't understand what folks saw in New York.