Regular readers of this blog know how much I adore the CityPass program. If your family is traveling to a major city and plans to visit as many attractions as possible the CityPass is the most economical way to go.
And just in time for the busy summer travel season the CityPass is going southern. The discount attraction booklet, is launching the Houston CityPass on May 13th. It’s a monumental announcement given that it will be the first CityPass in Texas and the only CityPass in the Southwest.
The Houston CityPass costs $34 for adults and $24 for ages 4-11 and will cover attractions such as the Houston Museum of Natural Science, NASA’s Space Center, the Downtown Aquarium, and the Houston Zoo. And as a bonus to buyers the Houston CityPass is offering several options: admission to either the Health Museum or the George Ranch Historical Park, a living history center on a working ranch; and a visit to either the Museum of Fine Arts or the Children’s Museum of Houston.
If you are traveling on a budget I would seriously consider purchasing a CityPass. Not only will it save you money (the price of the booklet is about half of what you would pay purchasing individual tickets), but you also receive transportation directions, a map, and other useful information compiled by National Geographic Traveler magazine about dining, shopping, neighborhoods and nightlife. And as with other CityPass booklets the Houston version allows holders to bypass long ticket lines at the city’s most popular attractions.
You can buy the Houston CityPass at any of the participating attractions, from the Greater Houston Visitor Center at City Hall or by clicking here. The ticket booklets are valid for nine days from the first day of use.
CityPass offers similar ticket booklets for attractions in New York, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. And there’s good news for CityPass buyers in some of those cities as the ticket booklets have added new attractions this year. For the Seattle CityPass, the Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum have been added. For the Philadelphia CityPass, the Eastern State Penitentiary is now included. For the New York CityPass, an option to visit either the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Museum or the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan is now available; and in Chicago, an option for either the Hancock Observatory or the Sears Tower has been added.
And if that wasn’t enough to entice you, CityPass also offers discounts for certain transportation extras, like savings on a guided bicycle tours over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, a trolley ride in Boston, or a Double Decker bus ride in New York City.
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