Museum and City Passes: Are They Worth Their Money?

What do you do when visiting big cities? Most likely you want to see important sights like monuments and museums, maybe do a litte shopping and in general get a feeling for the place. Visiting bigger cities can be a mayor expense in your travel budget. To cut costs it might be well worth your time to check out if the place you are planning to visit offers a city pass.

These passes will usually get you into many of the city's museums or attractions. Sometimes they will be bundled with the city's public transportation system. They may be for a group of museums only or for transport only.

In most cities these are available for different lengths of time like 1, 3, 5 or even 7 days. Sometimes they are actually offered by the city or the city's museums or the city's transit authority. Sometimes they are offered by a private company that has an agreement with the city or the attractions that are included.


Whenever you consider city passes or transit cards or museum cards... think if they will really save you money. If you're only seeing one museum or taking one subway ride, just pay for the one. The "pass" will cost you too much. transit pass.

So when you're planning a trip to visit cities with many museums and attractions, check into a city pass. You can find out about these on the internet. Some you can buy ahead on the internet some you can't.

Look at the price of the city pass and which museums and attractions are included. Are you even interested in museums? Do you want to go to many of the attraction included, or are there many that just don't interest you?

Will you have time to see them during the 1, 3, or 7 days that the city pass is valid? Will seeing that many places have you running around more than you would like? You have to travel the way you want.

Maybe you want to just sit in a sidewalk cafe and watch the world go by!

So think about it. You don't want to pay for more than you will use, but many times, museum and city passes are well worth the investment. In the next post we will provide you with a list of city passes and tell you of it is a good idea to get them or if you will be better off with the individual products!