My one "bad thing" about my trips to NYC over the last two years was getting literally and figuratively taken for a ride by one of these pedicab drives in Central Park.

It was October 2010, a sunny but cool day and I wasn't feeling well having come down with a cold soon after arriving. My husband and I had been strolling in the park and one of these drivers approached us and would not leave us alone. He was friendly and nice but so pushy. I kept saying no (I'm the "mean" one out of the two of us) but my husband caved and I felt unwell so I didn't put my foot down.

We were charged just over $100 plus involuntary gratuity for about 20 mins riding and hearing how this guy wanted to be an actor blah blah blah and rode us far too fast down hills and things. We saw about three sights and we'd seen them in our strolls anyway, except for the dog statue, which we only saw from a distance anyway!

Never again! I love NYC and we are going back at the end of Sept for our third visit in three years and this experience is the only thing that gives me a bad feeling when I think about our visits there.