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The first attraction on a list contributes close to its full gate value; the second is discounted a little more; by the time you're adding a sixth or seventh, that attraction contributes a comparatively small amount to the total pass price relative to what it would cost at the gate. Add up gate prices for the whole list and you get one number. Add up the pass's marginal contributions for the same list, and you get a smaller number, with the gap between the two, as a percentage of the gate-price total, widening as the list gets longer.",{"alignment":557},{"alignment":488},{"id":559,"type":483,"data":560,"tunes":562},"zMp9fLHjzw",{"text":561},"Fixed-cost amortisation. Many pass prices bake in a small fixed component that isn't tied to any single attraction: booking infrastructure, customer support, the cost of maintaining timed-entry integrations with dozens of venues. On a two-attraction pass, that fixed component is a larger share of the total price. Spread the same fixed component across seven attractions instead, and its share of the per-attraction cost shrinks, which pulls the effective average price per attraction down further as the list grows.",{"alignment":563},{"alignment":488},{"id":565,"type":483,"data":566,"tunes":568},"pmCUQkguow",{"text":567},"Neither mechanism is unique to any one pass provider. They're structural features of how multi-attraction pricing works whenever a provider wants a pass to be genuinely cheaper than buying separately at meaningful attraction counts, while still covering costs at the low end where the discount has less room to work with.",{"alignment":569},{"alignment":488},{"id":571,"type":517,"data":572,"tunes":574},"4K8-4wX4nu",{"text":573,"level":273},"Build-your-own vs. fixed-bundle: where the savings actually differ",{"alignment":575},{"alignment":488},{"id":577,"type":483,"data":578,"tunes":580},"53viyFmvi9",{"text":579},"The break-even rule above applies to both pricing models. Where they differ is what happens once you know how many attractions you actually want, and it's worth understanding, because it changes how you should shop.",{"alignment":581},{"alignment":488},{"id":583,"type":483,"data":584,"tunes":586},"Yd6mLY00IP",{"text":585},"A fixed-bundle model sets one price for a defined slate of attractions: say, a bundle labelled as covering six specific attractions. That price is calculated assuming you'll use all six. If you do, you get the full built-in discount. If your itinerary only realistically covers four of the six, you're still paying the six-attraction price, so the saving you actually realise is calculated against four gate prices, not six. The effective cost per attraction you actually visited climbs back up, sometimes close to what you'd have paid buying those four individually. Fixed bundles reward full utilisation and penalise partial use.",{"alignment":587},{"alignment":488},{"id":589,"type":483,"data":590,"tunes":592},"ZqBtkitIGp",{"text":591},"A build-your-own model prices the pass from the specific attractions you select, with no fixed slate to fill. You only ever pay for what you chose, and the marginal-discounting and fixed-cost-amortisation mechanics above apply to exactly your list, not a predetermined one. A traveller who wants four attractions gets four-attraction pricing; a traveller who wants seven gets seven-attraction pricing. There's no unused inventory dragging your effective saving down, because there's no inventory beyond what you picked.",{"alignment":593},{"alignment":488},{"id":595,"type":483,"data":596,"tunes":598},"BLusJyl6L7",{"text":597},"The practical difference: with a fixed bundle, the question to ask is \"will I realistically visit everything this bundle includes?\" With a build-your-own pass, that question doesn't apply. The only question is whether your specific list, at its specific length, clears the break-even point.\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-your-own-pass-vs-bestseller-bundles\"> Build Your Own Pass vs. Bestseller Bundles\u003C\u002Fa> goes further into this comparison, including situations where a fixed bundle can still be the smarter buy.",{"alignment":599},{"alignment":488},{"id":601,"type":517,"data":602,"tunes":604},"osNNT4eu1t",{"text":603,"level":273},"Worked hypothetical example: two attractions",{"alignment":605},{"alignment":488},{"id":607,"type":483,"data":608,"tunes":610},"ZwBSTx0HhQ",{"text":609},"Say a traveller is considering two attractions priced individually at $40 and $35, a combined gate total of $75. At two attractions, most multi-attraction pricing models are still near the low end of their discount curve, since there's little room for marginal discounting or fixed-cost amortisation to do much work yet.",{"alignment":611},{"alignment":488},{"id":613,"type":614,"data":615},"9Jai9GcXQC","table",{"withHeadings":506,"stretched":506,"content":616},[617,619,622,625,628,631],[505,618],"\u003Cb>Amount\u003C\u002Fb>",[620,621],"Attraction A (gate price)","$40",[623,624],"Attraction B (gate price)","$35",[626,627],"\u003Cb>Total buying separately\u003C\u002Fb>","$75",[629,630],"Hypothetical pass price, same two attractions","$68",[632,633],"\u003Cb>Saving\u003C\u002Fb>","\u003Cb>$7 (≈9%)\u003C\u002Fb>",{"id":635,"type":483,"data":636,"tunes":638},"Xkkav-1R73",{"text":637},"At this length, the saving is real but modest, and it's exactly the range where you should compare the two totals directly rather than assume a pass automatically wins. Convenience, one booking instead of two, often matters more than the dollar difference at two attractions.",{"alignment":639},{"alignment":488},{"id":641,"type":517,"data":642,"tunes":644},"MBTPXvxIPd",{"text":643,"level":273},"Worked hypothetical example: four attractions",{"alignment":645},{"alignment":488},{"id":647,"type":483,"data":648,"tunes":650},"-1hNa5km7L",{"text":649},"Now say the same traveller extends their list to four attractions, priced individually at $40, $35, $30 and $25: a combined gate total of $130.",{"alignment":651},{"alignment":488},{"id":653,"type":614,"data":654},"Cz1g42k2we",{"withHeadings":506,"stretched":506,"content":655},[656,657,658,659,662,665,667,670],[505,618],[620,621],[623,624],[660,661],"Attraction C (gate price)","$30",[663,664],"Attraction D (gate price)","$25",[626,666],"$130",[668,669],"Hypothetical pass price, same four attractions","$98",[632,671],"\u003Cb>$32 (≈25%)\u003C\u002Fb>",{"id":673,"type":483,"data":674,"tunes":676},"0HLhxRJZUO",{"text":675},"Notice what happened: the saving didn't just grow in dollar terms because there are more attractions to save on. It grew as a percentage of the total, from roughly 9% to roughly 25%. That's the marginal-discounting and fixed-cost-amortisation mechanics from the section above compounding as the list lengthens.",{"alignment":677},{"alignment":488},{"id":679,"type":517,"data":680,"tunes":682},"TKFye8W8XF",{"text":681,"level":273},"Worked hypothetical example: seven attractions",{"alignment":683},{"alignment":488},{"id":685,"type":483,"data":686,"tunes":688},"r0AmE3hs_0",{"text":687},"Extend the same traveller's list to seven attractions, priced individually at $40, $35, $30, $25, $20, $18 and $15: a combined gate total of $183.",{"alignment":689},{"alignment":488},{"id":691,"type":614,"data":692},"xg-L9owAoZ",{"withHeadings":506,"stretched":506,"content":693},[694,695,696,697,698,699,702,705,708,710,713],[505,618],[620,621],[623,624],[660,661],[663,664],[700,701],"Attraction E (gate price)","$20",[703,704],"Attraction F (gate price)","$18",[706,707],"Attraction G (gate price)","$15",[626,709],"$183",[711,712],"Hypothetical pass price, same seven attractions","$101",[632,714],"\u003Cb>$82 (≈45%)\u003C\u002Fb>",{"id":716,"type":483,"data":717,"tunes":719},"PEZiM4YvbW",{"text":718},"The shape across all three examples is the point, not the specific numbers: roughly 9% at two attractions, roughly 25% at four, roughly 45% at seven. Every real multi-attraction pricing model has its own actual curve, and it won't match these illustrative figures exactly, but the underlying reason the curve slopes upward with attraction count is the same one described above. For a specific destination's real curve and real attraction prices, see the worked London examples in\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fis-the-london-tourist-pass-worth-it\"> Is the London Tourist Pass Worth It?\u003C\u002Fa>",{"alignment":720},{"alignment":488},{"id":722,"type":517,"data":723,"tunes":725},"rNgQzdR0xA",{"text":724,"level":273},"What this means for building your own list",{"alignment":726},{"alignment":488},{"id":728,"type":483,"data":729,"tunes":731},"GpnCgHBloW",{"text":730},"The scaling effect explained above is exactly why Alike's tourist passes are built around a pick-your-own-attractions model rather than fixed tiers: it lets the saving track your actual itinerary length rather than forcing you into a slate of attractions sized for someone else's average trip. If your list is short, you'll see a modest saving and should weigh convenience against the dollar difference. If your list is longer, the maths typically does more of the work for you.",{"alignment":732},{"alignment":488},{"id":734,"type":483,"data":735,"tunes":737},"-OP-hag_9S",{"text":736},"That said, the model only helps if the list itself makes sense for your trip. Adding an attraction you weren't going to visit anyway \"to improve the percentage\" isn't a saving, it's new spending.\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Ftourist-pass-buying-mistakes\"> Tourist Pass Buying Mistakes to Avoid\u003C\u002Fa> covers this pattern directly, and\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fwho-should-buy-a-tourist-pass\"> Who Should Buy a Tourist Pass\u003C\u002Fa> walks through the traveller profiles and trip lengths where the maths tends to land in your favour versus where it doesn't.",{"alignment":738},{"alignment":488},{"id":740,"type":517,"data":741,"tunes":743},"FWiwkM4JWg",{"text":742,"level":273},"When the maths doesn't favour a pass",{"alignment":744},{"alignment":488},{"id":746,"type":483,"data":747,"tunes":749},"rKCXvRo6rH",{"text":748},"Two situations where the break-even rule points away from a pass, regardless of which pricing model you're comparing.",{"alignment":750},{"alignment":488},{"id":752,"type":483,"data":753,"tunes":755},"x32nqAwC5q",{"text":754},"\u003Cb>A short list.\u003C\u002Fb> As the two-attraction example above shows, the saving at low attraction counts is often small enough that it's worth comparing the actual totals rather than assuming a pass wins by default.",{"alignment":756},{"alignment":488},{"id":758,"type":483,"data":759,"tunes":761},"OR4ifdAEmh",{"text":760},"\u003Cb>A list padded to chase a bigger discount.\u003C\u002Fb> Because savings scale with attraction count, it's tempting to add a fifth or sixth attraction just to move into a better-looking discount band. That only makes financial sense if you were genuinely going to visit that attraction. An unused ticket has no value, no matter how good its contribution to the discount maths looked on paper.",{"alignment":762},{"alignment":488},{"id":764,"type":483,"data":765,"tunes":767},"QuPKp0GgQK",{"text":766},"In both cases, the fix is the same: write down the attractions you're actually planning to visit before you price anything, then run the comparison on that real list.",{"alignment":768},{"alignment":488},{"id":770,"type":517,"data":771,"tunes":773},"FjIhj5ZyEt",{"text":772,"level":273},"Keep planning",{"alignment":774},{"alignment":488},{"id":776,"type":483,"data":777,"tunes":779},"N9m5_PUXI5",{"text":778},"\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fis-the-london-tourist-pass-worth-it\">Is the London Tourist Pass Worth It? The Real Break-Even Maths\u003C\u002Fa> — this article's logic applied to real, current London attraction prices",{"alignment":780},{"alignment":488},{"id":782,"type":483,"data":783,"tunes":785},"IfE242dk4A",{"text":784},"\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Flondon-on-a-budget\">London on a Budget: What a Day Really Costs\u003C\u002Fa> — where attraction bundling fits into a full trip budget",{"alignment":786},{"alignment":488},{"id":788,"type":483,"data":789,"tunes":791},"D9W-JdDwMh",{"text":790},"\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Ftourist-pass-buying-mistakes\">Tourist Pass Buying Mistakes to Avoid\u003C\u002Fa> — the errors that erase a pass's saving even when the underlying maths is sound",{"alignment":792},{"alignment":488},{"id":794,"type":483,"data":795,"tunes":797},"gjaC7IK4w2",{"text":796},"\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fbuild-your-own-pass-vs-bestseller-bundles\">Build Your Own Pass vs. Bestseller Bundles\u003C\u002Fa> — a direct comparison of the two pricing models covered above",{"alignment":798},{"alignment":488},{"id":800,"type":483,"data":801,"tunes":803},"mosbPk692f",{"text":802},"\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fwho-should-buy-a-tourist-pass\">Who Should Buy a Tourist Pass\u003C\u002Fa> — traveller profiles and trip lengths where a pass typically clears the break-even point",{"alignment":804},{"alignment":488},{"id":806,"type":483,"data":807,"tunes":809},"0Yo9SvVGK1",{"text":808},"Ready to run these numbers on a real destination? Build your own pass for\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Flondon-tourist-pass\"> London\u003C\u002Fa>,\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fdubai-tourist-pass\"> Dubai\u003C\u002Fa>,\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fmelbourne-tourist-pass\"> Melbourne\u003C\u002Fa> or\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fsydney-tourist-pass\"> Sydney\u003C\u002Fa>, or browse\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Ftourist-passes\"> all Alike tourist passes\u003C\u002Fa>",{"alignment":810},{"alignment":488},"2.31.0",{"id":813,"section":814,"theme":68,"status":69,"translations":815},"1f95b01a-2363-40d2-94eb-0f6f8041d22a","ea0e9eb2-dd72-46b2-98ab-c00872e61c72",[],{"metadata":817,"faqs":821},{"translations":818},[819],{"title":820,"description":23},"\u003Ch2>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)\u003C\u002Fh2>",[822,828,834,840,846,852],{"faqs_id":823},{"translations":824},[825],{"question":826,"answer":827},"\u003Cp>How do tourist pass savings actually work?\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>A pass saves you money when the price of the pass is lower than the combined gate price of the same attractions bought separately. In most multi-attraction pricing models, the size of that saving, as a percentage of the combined gate price, tends to increase as more attractions are added to the list, because of marginal discounting on each added attraction and the amortisation of any fixed costs built into the pass price.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"faqs_id":829},{"translations":830},[831],{"question":832,"answer":833},"\u003Cp>Why do pass savings increase with more attractions?\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Two mechanics drive this. First, many pricing models discount each additional attraction more steeply than the one before it, so the average discount across the whole list rises as the list grows. Second, if the pass price includes any fixed-cost component not tied to a specific attraction, that fixed cost is spread across more attractions as the list lengthens, lowering the effective per-attraction price further.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"faqs_id":835},{"translations":836},[837],{"question":838,"answer":839},"\u003Cp>Is a build-your-own pass always cheaper than a fixed bundle?\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Not always. It depends on whether you'd realistically use everything in the fixed bundle. A fixed bundle's advertised saving assumes full use of every attraction it includes; if you'd only visit some of them, the effective saving on the attractions you actually used is lower than advertised. A build-your-own pass prices exactly the attractions you select, so there's no unused inventory diluting the saving.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"faqs_id":841},{"translations":842},[843],{"question":844,"answer":845},"\u003Cp>How many attractions do I need for a pass to be worth it?\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>There's no universal number that applies to every destination or every pricing model, because gate prices and discount curves differ. What's consistent is the shape: savings are typically modest at one or two attractions and grow at three or more. Run the actual break-even comparison, combined gate prices versus pass price, for your specific list rather than relying on a rule of thumb.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"faqs_id":847},{"translations":848},[849],{"question":850,"answer":851},"\u003Cp>Does a tourist pass save money on every attraction I add?\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Only if you'd have visited that attraction regardless. Adding an attraction purely to improve the discount percentage isn't a saving, it's additional spending on something you weren't planning to do. The break-even rule only produces a real saving when it's applied to a list of attractions you actually intend to visit.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"faqs_id":853},{"translations":854},[855],{"question":856,"answer":857},"\u003Cp>Where can I see this maths applied to a real destination?\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Fis-the-london-tourist-pass-worth-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Is the London Tourist Pass Worth It?\u003C\u002Fa> applies this exact logic to current London attraction prices with fully worked examples for a solo traveller, a family and a couple.\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Falike.io\u002Fblog\u002Flondon-on-a-budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> London on a Budget\u003C\u002Fa> covers how attraction-buying strategy fits into a broader trip budget.\u003C\u002Fp>",{}]