Sunday 17 July 2011

City Passes- a great way to save while you travel!


Above video was embedded via YouTube. Great video by City PASS

Over the course of my travels, I've been noticing more and more that cities are offering City Passes aka. discount cards to popular attractions in the area. If you are planning on sight-seeing, a great idea to check into the availability of a city pass program for your destination. Here are some links to one company's offerings (CityPASS) that may help:

Atlanta CityPASS: Visit the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca Cola, Inside CNN Studio Tour, High Museum of Art OR Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Zoo Atlanta OR Atlanta History Center. And save 51% in the process!

Boston CityPASS: See the New England Aquarium, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, Skywalk Observatory, Harvard Museum of Natural History OR John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. All while saving 49%!

Chicago CityPASS: Visit the Shedd Aquarium, The Field Museum, Skydeck Chicago, Adler Planetarium OR Art Institute of Chicago, John Hancock Observatory OR Museum of Science and Industry. All for 52% less.

Hollywood CityPASS: Save 46% with admission to Red Line Tours Hollywood- Behind the Scenes, Starline Tours of Hollywood, Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Kodak THEATRE guided tour OR The Hollywood Museum.

Houston CityPASS: Save 41% with visits to Space Center Houston, Downtown Aquarium, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston Zoo OR The Health Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts OR The Children's Museum of Houston.

Philadelphia CityPASS: Save 47% on admission to The Franklin Institute, Adventure Aquarium, Phila Trolley Works Tour and The Big Bus Company, Philadelphia Zoo, The Academy of Natural Sciences OR National Constitution Center, Please Touch Museum OR Eastern State Penitentiary.

New York CityPASS: Save 49% with this pass, which provides admission to the Empire State Building, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, The Museum of Modern Art, Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island OR Circle Line Cruise, Top of the Rock OR Guggenheim Museum.

San Francisco CityPASS: Unlimited cable car rides + 48% savings on admission to California Academy of Sciences, Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise, Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, de Young Museum OR Exploratorum.

Seattle CityPASS: Save 51% on admission to the Space Needle, the Pacific Science Center, Seattle Aquarium, Argosy Cruises Seattle Harbor Tour, Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum, Woodland Park Zoo OR Museum of Flight.

Toronto CityPASS: Save 45% with this pass, which provides admission to the CN Tower, Casa Loma, Ontario Science Museum, Royal Ontario Museum and the Toronto Zoo.

They also offer a special bundle package for attractions in Southern California which includes Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios Hollywood, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo OR San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Please note that the above details are subject to change. For full, up-to-date information, please see the CityPASS website.

Personally, I like the NYC CityPASS: it's very good value, considering the price of admission to each of the participating venues. If you're planning on seeing all or most of these attractions, a good idea to investigate whether the pass will provide you with savings.

So where will you go next?

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