| People visiting New York City for the first time are | | | | really save if you in the city for multiple days. |
| always shocked by the shear cost. The get a sense | | | | Now there are a few things to think about when |
| that most of the major events that everybody wants | | | | considering whether to buy a New York Pass. There |
| to see, from the Empire State Building, to visiting a | | | | are a lot of things to do for free, like going into Central |
| museum is going to set you back twenty dollars on | | | | Park or window shopping on 5th Avenue or visiting |
| average. This is per person, per event. Sure, children | | | | FAO Swartz or the Sony Plaza. You could spend a |
| are typically less but two adults and two kids will leave | | | | considerable amount of time doing these things so a |
| still leave you paying $60 for one attraction. | | | | New York Pass would be a waste of money in that |
| When people come to New York they always have | | | | situation. Also, make sure that you call all of the places |
| the dream of seeing everything there is to say. The | | | | that you are planning on visiting as there is a fair |
| truth is though, they're only going to get to about four | | | | amount of these attractions that are being renovated. |
| or five attractions in a day, depending on when you | | | | Some of them, like Lincoln Center at the time of this |
| start and when you decide to pack it in. Part of the | | | | writing, is not doing any tours because of renovations. |
| reason is due to the lines to get in to certain places, | | | | My wife and I met up with some of our college friends |
| e.g., the Empire State Building, could have you waiting in | | | | in the city about a month ago. I convinced the group to |
| lines in excess of two hours. This is no joke. I have | | | | get a New York Pass for each person (it cost less for |
| personal experience in this. | | | | children). We save money after the first three events |
| If you want to reduce your cost when visiting New | | | | (the Empire State Building cost $20 followed by the |
| York City then you should consider picking up a New | | | | New York Skyride which would have been $35 and |
| York Pass. As I stated before you may only get four | | | | then Madame Taussaud's which would have cost $29. |
| or five attractions in for a day. If you take the average | | | | That's $84 and we didn't even get to lunch yet. My |
| of $20 per person, that's $80 to $100 that you would | | | | wife and I also had the two-day tickets so the savings |
| have shelled out to visit those attractions. The New | | | | were really spectacular. If you are planning on hitting all |
| York Pass costs $75 for a one-day pass and $110 for | | | | the major attractions on your visit to New York City |
| a two-day pass, $140 for a three-day pass and $180 | | | | the New York Pass will definitely save you a lot of |
| for a seven-day pass. So you can see how you can | | | | money! |