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Passport to Hamilton Your Guide to Family Discount Adventures News | Project Description | Online Destination Guide | Day Pass Sales Outlets | Blog | Photos | Contact | Links | Downloads NEWS *** Announcing two more brand new destinations, Green Venture's EcoHouse, a great place to learn about environmentally friendly technologies and sustainable living, and the Jet Café, a wonderful little place for a coffee or lunch downtown. *** We're already adding new locations. Check out our latest addition, The Eastown Bar and Grill, offering 15% off food and drink bill (not including liquor)! Though they won't be on our map until 2009, they're already in our online listings and offering their great deal today! *** After a very successful launch, we are now beginning distribution all over Hamilton. Starting Monday, pick up a copy at any of your local Hamilton Libraries, or visit one of our Passport Destinations. Not sure where to pick up a copy? Give us a call (905-549-0900). *** Be sure to pick up your copy of the Passport to Hamilton Map to Family Discount Adventures! Get yours today at one of these locations, or download a pdf version here. *** Check out our ad in Experience Hamilton, Tourism Hamilton's 2008/2009 Tourist Guide! Here in Hamilton the bus system is used by 22 million riders a year, but very few of us have ever heard of the HSR day pass. In fact, only about 30 passes are used each day throughout the entire city. One $8 HSR day pass allows 2 adults and 4 children (or 1 and 5) to use the HSR for an entire day. Without a day pass, just one bus trip for six passengers would cost $14.10, and you may need to take several bus trips in just one day. Environment Hamilton can show you how this largely unknown and underused discount pass can become your family’s Passport to Hamilton. Environment Hamilton has partnered with over 60 destinations within the city, ranging from museums to recreation centers, to restaurants, cafés and other attractions. Each destination has committed to offering exciting discounts for groups that present a valid HSR day pass. For example, you and your family could take the bus down to the Art Gallery of Hamilton, where you’d get $10 off the regular family price, then hop on a bus down Main Street and visit the Hamilton Children’s Museum and receive buy-one-get-one-free admission. You could even finish the day off with a free kids ice-cream cone with one adult purchase at Hamilton Waterfront Scoops, or go swimming with your family at the YMCA for free. There are thousands of possibilities for low-cost family adventures. More details about the HSR Day Pass View our list of recommended low-budget family adventures in Hamilton. Not only will Passport to Hamilton offer great—and cheap—ways to get out and see your city, but the project will introduce new riders to the HSR, establish new HSR ticket sales outlets in the community, promote local businesses and tourist destinations, and change the way people think about Hamilton’s transit system. Your online guide to over 60 discount destinations in Hamilton. All the information on the map is found right here. Look up addresses, contact information, discount details and more! Click here for a comprehensive list of locations across Hamilton where you can buy your HSR Day Pass. Remember, you don't need to use your Day Pass on the day you purchase it. You can save it for the day of your group adventure Visit our blog for updates and stories about the Passport project and related Hamilton transit news. Send us your own Hamilton adventure ideas and we'll post them. View our image gallery. Have any questions about the project? Comments? A great idea for a Hamilton Adventure? Give us a call at 905-549-0900, or email us at passporttohamilton@environmenthamilton.org. HSR (Hamilton Street Railway Company) Visit our Online Destination Guide to view links to all our Hamilton Adventure Destinations. Passport to Hamilton Map to Family Discount Adventures (pdf version) List of HSR Day Pass Sales Outlets |
