Sightseeing pass or gate tickets: the math for your trip
Pick a city and tick what you plan to see. We add up the gate prices for your group, then set every pass we compare for the city against that total, with the saving or the loss in the city's own currency.
San Francisco, worked out
2 adults, 5 sights, 3 days at a relaxed pace
Pass USD 233.90 still at the gate USD 18
USD 98 less than the gate for this plan, 28% of the gate total
Prices checked October 2026 on the seller's and each attraction's own page.
How it works
Pick a city
10 cities at launch, 55 passes between them.
Tick your plan
The museums, decks, tours, buses and boats you mean to see, then your days and the age of each child.
Read each verdict
What every pass costs your group, what it covers, and what you would still pay at the gate.
Three verdicts, one line at 10%
Each pass gets one of three words for the plan you enter, and the numbers that earned it. The line sits at 10% of what the same plan costs at the gate.
More than 10% above the gate total is Skip it, within 10% either way is Close call, and a saving of 10% or more is Worth it.
- Worth it
The pass saves at least 10% of what the same plan costs at the gate, and the visits fit the days the pass is valid.
Boston CityPASS
Boston, 2 adults, 5 sights, 3 days at a relaxed pace. Covers New England Aquarium, Museum of Science and Museum of Fine Arts. Freedom Trail walking tour and Boston Tea Party Ships are paid at the gate.
Gate tickets for the planUSD 321.90With Boston CityPASSUSD 284Pass USD 168 still at the gate USD 116
USD 37.90 less than the gate for this plan, 11% of the gate total
- Close call
The pass lands within 10% of the gate total either way, or it saves 10% or more but the visits do not fit the pass at your pace.
Lisboa Card
Lisbon, 2 adults, 5 sights, 3 days at a relaxed pace. Covers Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower and Castelo de São Jorge. Oceanário de Lisboa and Pena Palace are paid at the gate.
Gate tickets for the planEUR 195.40With Lisboa CardEUR 197.40Pass EUR 102 still at the gate EUR 95.40
EUR 2 more than the gate for this plan, 1% of the gate total
- Skip it
The pass costs more than 10% above the gate total for your plan.
New York C3
New York, 1 adult, 2 sights, 3 days at a relaxed pace. Covers Empire State Building and Edge.
Gate tickets for the planUSD 88With New York C3USD 111Pass USD 111
USD 23 more than the gate for this plan, 26% of the gate total
Prices checked October 2026. Gate prices are adult prices from each attraction's own ticket page; the New York C3 price includes the USD 2 fee the seller adds per ticket at checkout.
10 cities, 55 passes
Every price shows in the city's own currency, with the month we read it. Each tile gives the cheapest and the dearest adult pass. Pick a city to open the calculator.
Prices checked October 2026.
Where the numbers come from
Every pass price comes from the seller's page for that city and every gate price from the attraction's own ticket page, each with the month we read it. We have not used the passes: we read what is published and do the arithmetic, and where a rule has to choose, it chooses against the pass.
Worth The Pass sells no passes and belongs to no pass seller. Read how the math works, see what the data covers, or find out how we make money.