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Bus Tours Sex and the City, plus . . . Electric-powered Segway Scooter Tours Participate in Your Favorite TV Show Tapings Las Vegas V.I.P Passes Museums/Performing Arts Coupon Books/DVD Movies Books on Tape Walking Tours Must Do When You're in . . . Hip Hotel (Toronto, Ontario) matches up Solo Travelers for City Adventures This innovative hotel wants your business! Still feeling sad Sex and the City is no longer on HBO? Remember Carrie's West Village Brownstone, The Plaza where Big and Natasha held their engagement party, the bakery where Miranda stuffed cupcakes into her mouth — OR Meet restaurant where Carrie was stood up by a blind date [even she faced the challenges of solo dining!]? On Location Tours has offered the Sex and the City tour (over 40 locations where the women on the show live, shop, drink and dine) since 2001 and it's never been more popular for those who long to revive their memories of Carrie, Amanda, Samantha and Charlotte, an inimitable collection of friends. Or as an antidote for those with finale blues . " . . .they're depressed about the end of the show. This bus is like group therapy," Georgette Blau, On Locations's founder, as quoted in New York Magazine, December 20-27, 2004. When: Daily at 3pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 10am and 3pm How long: Approximately 3 hours How much: $35 per ticket Where: In front of Pulitzer Fountain (Fifth Avenue by 58th Street) P.S. Three other separate tours are currently offered: a Manhattan TV and Movie Tour, a Sopranos Tour, and a Central Park Movie Tour. CityPass — National Geographic Traveler — August 2003 dubbed it "The Pass with Class" and added it to their A* List (*A is for affordable). Now available in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Hollywood, San Francisco, Southern California and Toronto (includes Art Gallery of Ontario, Casa Loma, CN Tower, Ontario Science Centre, Royal Ontario Museum, and Toronto Zoo). CityPass is a ticket booklet containing an actual admission ticket to the top attractions in each city. With CityPass, you pay one substantially reduced price and avoid main entrance ticket lines at most attractions. (No such luck in Southern California — no surprise!) The number of attractions offered depends on the city's collection, their proximity to one another, and public transportation. All of their Cities update every April 1. *Changes and additions valid April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006: San Francisco — 5 Famous San Francisco Attractions plus 7-days unlimited transportation on all Cable Cars and MUNI Public Transportation: Asian Art Museum, Exploratorium, Blue & Gold Fleet Bay Cruise, SF Museum of Modern Art, and your choice between California Academy of Sciences & Steinhart Aquarium OR Legion of Honor. Philadelphia — 6 Famous Philadelphia Attractions: The Franklin Institute Science Museum including Fels Planetarium, Independence Seaport Museum, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Zoo, Trolley Tour provided by Philadelphia Trolley Works & The National Constitution Center. Hollywood Walk of Fame — 4 Famous Hollywood Walk of Fame Attractions: The Hollywood Entertainment Museum, Kodak Theatre, Starline Movie Stars' Homes Tour, and your choice of either The Hollywood Museum in the historic Max Factor Building OR Red Line Behind-the-Scenes Tour. New York — 6 Famous NY Attractions: Empire State Building Observatory, Newly renovated Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, American Museum of Natural History including the Rose Center for Earth & Space and Hayden Planetarium, Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum & Circle Line 2-hour Harbor Cruise. Chicago — 6 Famous Chicago Attractions: Shedd Aquarium including Oceanarium, Wild Reef, and Special Exhibit, Museum of Science and Industry including Omnimax, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Field Museum including Underground Adventure, The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum including one SkyTheater show & The Hancock Observatory including a SkyTour. Seattle — 6 Famous Seattle Attractions: Space Needle, Seattle Aquarium, Argosy Cruises 1 Hour Harbor Tour, The Museum of Flight, Woodland Park Zoo & Pacific Science Center including one IMAX. For more details, click: here Return To Top Las Vegas plans? Got a yen for VIP status? Vegas.com is making plans (and "passes") for YOU! Here's what their passes promise: · Get inside the velvet rope · Go clubbing like a VIP · Never stand in line Featured nightclubs include: BiKiNiS at the Rio Coyote Ugly at New York-New York Dragon at Mandalay Bay RA at Luxor Rain Las Vegas at the Palms Risque in Paris Seven on the Strip Studio 54 at MGM Grand Venus at the Venetian Return To Top Snagging a seat at a hot film premiere or at the taping of your favorite TV show may be easier than you think. Stubhub.com is a marketplace for the resale of live event tickets (Think "sports" — baseball; "concerts" — Prince; "theater" — Broadway; "arts" — ballet, etc.). Stubhub.com now partners with studios and networks to auction off tickets to premieres and tapings for charity. Return To Top Good news for travelers to England, Scotland and Wales!!! England joins Scotland and Wales by eliminating admission charges to major museums. 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