Hotshot200

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5 out of 5 

Savings equalled a free day of vacation, June 12, 2010

By Hotshot200

"I bought the LA Perks Pass online while researching things to do on our vacation. I compared several other passes but didn't want to shell out $200+ bucks in advance in case we wanted to be a little spontaneous. At $29.99 it's a very minimal upfront fee for access to discounts that quite frankly I couldn't find in one product in a similar price point. In fact, I don't think there's anything else out there like the LA Pass at least for the price since one card was good for 4 people versus the other products that you have to buy 1 for each member of your family. I say this only because I couldn't find anything else out there like it and even this site doesn't have anything (except for the other Passes/Cards that were out of my price range). We had it mailed to us and it arrived within 2 days. The Pass comes with a guidebook that is simple and easy to use. We sat down as a family and I read off the places in the book and we voted on which to go to. Vacation days: (Day 1 we got in late and went to bed) Day 2 went to Universal Studios ($8 Discount with the LA Pass X 4 People = $32 in savings) Ok, so the Pass had paid for itself and I was feeling justified!!! We ate dinner that night at Dukes West Hollywood and saved $15 with the 20% discount. Day 3 Movie Stars Homes Tour ($4 Off 2 Adult Tickets and $3 Off 2 Kids Tickets = $14 in Savings) then Madame Tussauds Wax Museum ($5 off X 4 People = $20 in savings) and the Hollywood Museum ($3 off X 4 = $12 in savings). Yes, Day 3 was a long day but we saved $46. Day 4 we went to Santa Monica beach and the pier. We got $5 off of our Pacific Park unlimited ride wristbands X 4 = $20 in savings. We also ate lunch in SM at Border Grill (not to be confused with On The Border which is where we thought we were going) Wow, were we surprised and extremely happy with our mix up of restaurants. Border Grill was a little pricy but well worth it and TOP NOTCH! We got 20% of our meal with the LA Pass. I can't remember how much we paid but I'm sure we saved at least $15. We ate dinner at Geisha House, it's not the cheapest or most family friendly place but we definitely felt like rock stars in there! We also saved 15% and that probably came to $20 in savings. Ok, day 5 and the final full day in LA. We went to Knott's Berry Farm and saved $40 for all 4 of us. All in all we saved $188 - $29.99 (cost of the card) = $158. We could've used more of the restaurant discounts but we like to be a little spontaneous so sometimes we just ate wherever we were. Anyway you look at it, I was able to pay for almost one whole day of my vacation with the money I saved on the Pass. I will recommend this to friends and if we come back to LA I'll get another one."

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