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Membership or pay-per-visit calculator

Thinking about a zoo, museum, aquarium or park membership? Enter your family's ticket prices, parking and the membership price, and how many times you'll really go. See which costs less, and how many visits it takes to pay off. Nothing is stored.

One visit
The membership

The difference over a year

$140

One family visit
$90
Visits to break even
3
Paying each visit, a year
$360
Membership plus parking, a year
$220

With 4 visits, the membership saves about $140. A membership pays for itself from visit 3.

Uses the numbers you enter. Memberships may include extras like guest passes, discounts or reciprocal entry elsewhere, and free days may lower the pay-per-visit cost. Check prices with the venue.

Before you buy