If you are headed to Boston for a vacation or a visit, there is a good chance you will find yourself on one of the city’s ubiquitous “Ducks.” These WWII vintage amphibious vehicles have been re-purposed for city tours and carry passengers through the streets of Boston before plunging into the Charles River for a waterside view of the city. As fun as this unconventional approach to a city tour can be, the vehicle is only half the story. Each driver is a unique character, giving a competent tour but also enlivening the trip with his or her own personality. A common feature of most Duck tours is a frequent “quack-quack” emitted in unison by the passengers at (somewhat) unsuspecting passers-by. It might sound hokey, but few fail to get caught up in the fun and even fewer fail to remember their duck tour with anything but fond memories. But running and operating a fleet of … [Read more...]
Great Deal on Miami Marriott and a Miami Sightseeing Pass
Miami Marriott® & Renaissance Hotels of Miami are offering a special deal that combines a hotel room, breakfast for two, and two Go Miami Cards for the price of one. The Go Miami cards provide free admission to over 35 must see Miami sights, tours, and museums. Book your package here www.exploremia.com. Marriott has a number of options in the Miami area to suit almost any type of travellers and budgets, including Renaissance, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Courtyard, and Residence Inn. Similarly the Go Miami Card offers a wide variety of sights, museums, tours, and cruises. The card is your pass to everything from the Seaquarium, to the Lowe Art Museum, to Vizcaya Gardens -- and many more. Other activites covered by the card include an Everglades excursion, an Island Queen cruise, a Duck tour -- even a Bar Hop Shuttle. The Go Miami Escape package includes: • … [Read more...]
Smart Destinations Partners with Southwest Airlines Vacations
Smart Destinations has partnering up with Southwest Airlines Vacations for the month of March to offer special deals on two-Day Go City Cards for Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Miami, San Francisco, and Seattle. The sale will run for the month of March and cover passes valid until December 31, 2010. The City Go Card brings the concept of a "city pass" -- or sightseeing pass -- to the US travel market. While having a long history in Europe and parts of Asia, these tourist passes are still relatively new in the US. But since their introduction, their use has skyrocketed: by early 2010 over 3.5 million visits to museums, tours, and things to do had already been made using Go City Cards. The main driver of this growth comes from the combination of convenience, cost savings, and flexibility offered by the cards. Card holders get free admission to the best museums, … [Read more...]
Should I Get a City Pass?
"City Passes" -- sometimes known as "Sightseeing Passes" or "Attraction Passes" -- are becoming more and more part of the travel landscape. While long a part of the European travel scene, they are a more recent arrival in the U.S. In many ways they are overdue. Nobody walks into a hotel to request a room or walks up to the airline ticket counter and expects to get the best price, and yet that is still largely the case when it comes to people purchasing things to do while on a trip. City Passes let people buy their admissions in advance to get the best deal and to do so in a more convenient way that trying to by individual tickets separately. The basic idea behind any city pass is that it bundles together the entry tickets for multiple museums, sights, and tours and puts them on a single ticket. In doing this, the pass provides a discount compared to the cost of buying separate … [Read more...]
Smart Destinations Looks to Give Back
Smart Destinations, the company behind the Maui Explorer Pass as well as sightseeing passes in 14 other cities and destinations across North America, has put together a team to raise money for the the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Every 4 minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer and such cancers accounted for almost 10% of all the lives claimed by cancer in 2009. Research has achieved a great deal to date, but there is still a long way to go. To help fund researchto combat these cancers, eight Smart Destinations employees are racing in a triathlon this June. They'll be far from Maui's sunny shores, but the Maui Explorer Pass team wishes our colleagues success in their fund raising and their racing! … [Read more...]
