Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comSydney Sightseeing Pass: See Sydney and Beyond Smartvisit Card
based on 71 reviews of Sydney Sightseeing Pass: See Sydney and Beyond Smartvisit Card
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Sydney Sightseeing Pass: See Sydney and Beyond Smartvisit Card. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
Great value if you are a high energy traveler. We did three or four excursions our first two days of using the card. It definitely saved us money.
Reviewed by: Maria Q, United States of America, September 2006
Overall experience was good but could have been better. We found that just having the 2 day pass, you really have to be really organised, and it seemed like we were really rushing around trying to make the most of the pass. We know we definitely saved on some on the attractions, but we would have liked it to be at our leisure and not rushing around. I don't think we made the most of it, because there was not the time to see and do everything in that short amount of time; I really think 3 or 4 days would have been much better. Value for money was average. Sydney itself is not a cheap place, everything is so expensive, and when we looked at the prices for some attractions, we were quite shocked how expensive most of them were, so in some sense we did save some money.
Reviewed by: Wei Kuang Y, United Kingdom, November 2009
Just broke even on the money.
Reviewed by: William C, United States of America, February 2009
Much of what is offered on the card is free. Beware of small print--we were not given some advertised discounts due to small print. Would not buy again.
Reviewed by: Carol C, United States of America, October 2008
So-so. Very hard to get full value of card due to travel and time constraints.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, New Zealand, October 2008
When we collected the card from the operator in Circular Key, the staff were incredibly rude. The woman behind the counter mispronounced my surname and burst out laughing. She advised us that since it was already 1600, there were no activities we could attend that day. However, I discovered later on that the aquarium in Darling Harbour was open until 2200. This meant that we wasted another day doing activities which we could have done that evening. We experienced other instances where staff misled us about activities. Viator's claim of "no hidden costs" is false--there was a "fuel surcharge" included on some of the water activities. Overall, the content of the card was good, but the rudeness and incompetence of the staff make it difficult to recommend this card.
Reviewed by: Leigh H, South Africa, October 2008
The pass was good if you're prepared to move from one event to the next in order to get your money's worth. Plus, most things needed to be booked, so the morning we got the passes, we had to try and coordinate all the events we wanted to do in order to get everything in - we weren't prepared for this. We did most things that we wanted the pass for. I haven't done the calculation to see if we did get our money's worth - I believe we at least broke even.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Canada, October 2008
We did the 3 day card. I feel that for the price we did not save any money. The card did not help with things like the bridgeclimb or tickets to the opera so I think we broke even but in order to break even we did some things that we would not have paid for if not for the card.
Reviewed by: Robert N, United States of America, August 2008
To be able to maximize this, it's better to plan beforehand with provisions for delays in between tours. I was not able to avail of the free seafood buffet upgrade with the cruise, since the operator told me I cannot make a reservation with the card, and when I showed up they were fully booked!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Philippines, March 2008
A lot of activities are offered. The problem is that it is very hard to schedule enough activities in the day to cover the costs of the card. I think it is probably cheaper to pay the fees directly. I figure that we spent at least 40 more for the card than we would have spent going on our own.
Reviewed by: Patrick A, United States of America, October 2009
The free or discounted entrances to the attractions were very good. However, the transportation part was poor. The public buses were very slow due to traffic and often stops. The train did not go to many attractions i.e. Darling Harbour we had to purchase ticket for monorail. There are several other attractions which were not conveniently approached by train. We probably would have done better with hop off and hop on buses because they go to the attractions.
Reviewed by: Eric B, United States of America, February 2007
