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Is the New York Pass worth it? What includes, price and benefits

Tourist bus in New York
Tourist bus in New York
Learn about the advantages of buying the New York Pass tourist card and see if it is worth buying it for your tourist trip to New York

When planning your sightseeing tour to New York, you should consider the possibility of acquiring the discount card New York Pass.

It is one of the tourist passes with discounts that are offered to visit the different attractions of the city, which has different characteristics from other New York tourist cards, such as the City Pass or the New York Explorer Pass.

If in your tourist trip to the United States you are going to have a stay of several days in New York, and especially if it is the first time you visit the city, it is very possible that acquiring the tourist card New York Pass  it will be worth it to you.

Below we summarize the main advantages What do you have if you opt for the purchase of the New York Pass:

What the New York Pass card includes

Access to over 100 New York attractions

La Statue of Liberty e Ellis Island, climb the Empire State Building, MOMA Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Natural History, or the Guggenheim Museum are some of the tourist attractions that the New York Pass.

But also the tour of the NBC Studio, tour of Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum, climb the Top of the Rock of the Rockefeller skyscraper, or Circle Line river cruise,

Top of the Rock viewing terrace in New York
Top of the Rock viewing terrace in New York

Priority access to avoid queues

At many of the attractions, you will have preferential access to avoid queues. which is very appreciated in the most visited ones.

Shopping offers

There are also additional advantages in offers for the purchase of theater tickets, audio tours or shopping in department stores.

Tourist guide in Spanish

If you purchase this tourist card, you will receive a guide in spanish with more than 200 pages, which includes a New York map.

This guide also includes information de how to get to attractions included in the pass, their opening hours, as well as a list of shops and restaurants that offer advantages to pass holders.

Pier at Battery Park in southern New York
Pier at Battery Park in southern New York

Return insurance

And if special circumstances prevent you from using the pass as planned, the New York Pass incorporates a insurance for the refund of the amount of the pass.

TOURS and EXCURSIONS in NEW YORK

- Complete tour of New York
- Contrasts of New York
- Excursion to Washington DC
- Niagara Falls Tour by Plane
- Excursion to Boston
- Helicopter ride over New York
- New York Explorer Pass Card
- Empire State skip the line
- Tour to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Transfers in New York

Also keep in mind that you can purchase the card twelve months before the dates of your trip.

New York Pass tourist card prices

The tourist pass prices New York Pass for online purchases are the following:

– 1 day pass: adults, from $111; children from 4 to 12 years old, from $86

– 2 day pass: adults, from $150; children from 4 to 12 years old, from $124

– 3 day pass: adults, from $172; children from 4 to 12 years old, from $133

-5 day pass: adults, from $198; children from 4 to 12 years old, from $137

Keep in mind that by doing the online purchase of the New York Pass, there is usually interesting offers that allow you to save on the price, compared to purchasing at the box office

Then you can pick up the card in New York or receive it at your home.

New One World Trade Center skyscraper in New York
New One World Trade Center skyscraper in New York

In addition, you have up to one year to activate the card, as well as the tourist bus subscription.

Are you interested in purchasing the New York Pass card?

To calculate the possible suitability of buy the tourist pass New York Pass, the first thing you should do is plan the number of days of your stay and what tourist visits you want to do,

Then you must check the availability of these visits in the list of attractions included in the New York Pass.

For each of the attractions you have information about its normal price at the box office.

Times Square in New York
Times Square in New York

Add up the amounts and assess whether it is preferable to buy any of the passes.

Here you can make the purchase online (it usually has additional discounts) of the card New York Pass for New York sightseeing

In case you consider that it is worth purchasing this discount card, if you do the advance online purchase of the New York Pass, can you benefit from an additional discount.

Likewise, if you want to take a panoramic tour of New York City by double-decker bus (City Tour), you can make a joint purchase of the tourist pass and the tourist bus ticket City Tour, with an attractive price savings compared to the separate purchase.

About the Author

José Luis Sarralde

Journalist and traveler throughout his life, José Luis Sarralde is the founder of Guías Viajar, where since 2008 he has been capturing his travel experiences around the world, specializing in cultural and scenic destinations in Spain and Europe.

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  • Thanks for the quick response.

    We are going to spend 7 days in New York, what do you recommend? Travel pass, excursions…
    Thank you very much

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