Have you ever bought an annual pass somewhere because the cost of the number of individual tickets for one visit is nearly that of the yearly pass? We do that quite frequently, it seems, especially now that both kids are above the general “two year old and under free” admission prices. In 2009, when we were visiting the Aquarium, we found that the ticket line was horrendously long, and above that, the cost of three tickets was rather steep. So, we left the General Admission line and found the Members Entrance, purchased an annual pass (complete with ID cards for all of us), and voila; we had spent about 5% more per person than it would have been for four individual tickets, but we had an unlimited number of visits for the next 12 months (plus we go in the very low traffic Members Entrance, no wait!). When J had a business trip to Salinas in the middle of May, we decided that an overnight stay in Monterey was perfect. We drove down Thursday evening, at on Fisherman’s Wharf, stayed in a very nice hotel, got up, had breakfast at Peet’s Coffee and Trader Joe’s (J and I very much prefer Peet’s to Starbucks), visited the Aquarium, and then drove to Salinas for the afternoon for J’s business meeting. A full weekend, but it was a lot of fun!
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