Boston Minutemen Campground, Littleton, Massachusetts
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. ~ Proverbs 13:24
Originally, I thought to title August 31st’s post: “How To See One-Third Of Boston In Just Three Days”, but it was a little wordy.
Then I thought about what we did in Boston in three days, and thought I should let you know what we did, so you’ll know why it’s taking me so long to tell you what we did.
Let’s begin two years ago, when our oldest son, Chris visited Boston as part of a Cape Cod vacation. He raved about this great find called the “Go Boston Pass” and how it saved him a boatload of money. So when it came time for us to visit, I asked him again what he did.
We looked it over and low and behold, he was right! (I don’t mean for that to sound like a surprise, it’s just a saying) The “Go Boston Pass” has a list of 45 different places you can visit, and you can do any or all of them, plus one of the 4 ‘premium’ choices. You pay one price, put the app on your phone, and off you go! When you get to a destination, you show them your app for admittance, and spend as much or as little time there as you want.
We chose the 3-day pass, and the only negative is that you have to go 3 consecutive days. So we had three, 12-13 hour days in a row.
We walked a lot! Which was a good thing, because we also ate well. 😊
But we saw a lot, too! Here’s the list of the places (and what they normally cost per person) we visited in no particular order:
- New England Aquarium Whale Watch – $57.75
- Freedom Trail Walking History Tour (we chose to do this one as a self-guided, so we didn’t pay for it, but it would’ve been $14)
- City Place Bus Tour – $54
- Old South Meeting House – $6
- Old State House – $12
- Boston Harbor/U.S.S Constitution Cruise – $27.15
- New England Aquarium – $31
- Paul Revere House – $5
- Museum of Fine Arts – $25
- Skywalk Observatory – $21
- Fenway Park Tour – $23
Whew! And there were still 10 things we wanted to see, that we ran out of time for!
I’ll save you doing the math, since we’ve already done it. A la carte, these activities would’ve set us back $261.90 – – per person – – for a grand total of $523.80. We only paid a total of $218, for a savings of over $300! And that’s a savings of over 40%! Now that’s what I call a deal! Of course, the percentage goes up if you actually do more, but it takes time to do these things. The Whale watch took almost 5 hours, and I seem to recall walking the Freedom Trail took us close to four. And we were in the Art Museum for about 3. And none of that takes into account travel time.
So. If you’re considering visiting Boston, we highly recommend getting one of the proffered passes. They offer 1, 3, 5, and 7 day.
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