5. Hide in a luxury hotel

Photo via Crosby Street Hotel

Crosby Street Hotel, 79 Crosby St, SoHo

You can always throw money at the problem and spend a blissful 24 hours cocooned in opulence.

For a mere $1,125, Crosby Street Hotel staff will greet you with a bottle of Krug champagne and canapés in the Drawing Room, where you can relax by the roaring fire with a good book.

Then you can retire to the privacy of your Luxury Junior Suite and enjoy a long bath with a movie after the candle-lit turn-down. Don’t forget to cancel the next day’s newspapers – you don’t want reality spoiling the ambience.

In the morning, have a long lie and a champagne breakfast in bed to steady your nerves before your late check-out at 2pm.