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The girls and I just got back from another adventure!
This time we decided to stay a little closer to home and explore the San Diego Harbor. We saw Navy Seals practicing, ships being built and some of California’s most beautiful shore lines! In an effort to make our life easier and more streamlined with all these family adventures I’ve got a system I use now when planning our fun trips to theme parks and attractions. Undercover Tourist is my secret weapon when planning our adventures. They just recently started selling tickets to Southern California theme parks and attractions and that is super exciting!
Here are my 5 top planning tips with Undercover Tourist.
1. Purchase your tickets online, ahead of time. Undercover Tourist makes it easy to purchase your tickets ahead of time so that you don’t have to worry about the attraction selling out or waiting in long lines to buy them. They have the available attractions and theme parks separated by area for easier planning, this is San Diego’s.
2. Don’t pay full price for your tickets. Buy your tickets at a discount through Undercover Tourist. Here is a link to purchase San Diego Discount Attraction Tickets.
3. Do your research. Undercover Tourist has more info in one place than I’ve ever seen before. You can learn about when the busy season is with their crowd calendar and other useful information that will make your visit even better. They even have a skip the lines section.
4. Create a budget. Include money for travel and food too! And since you saved money buying your tickets you will have more to spend on your adventure.
5. Have fun! You’ve planned for this day! Enjoy it!
I really enjoyed reading through the Undercover Tourist Blog for even more tips. Be sure to sign up for an Undercover Tourist account, which allows you to “favorite” and save attractions, videos, blog posts, tickets and more for later reference. Plus, an Undercover Tourist account allows you to track your order history and download your E-Tickets for easy reference.
I was in San Diego earlier this year and we have family out there to show us around. This would have been a good backup.
I’ve only been there once, and when I was much younger, but San Diego is such a fun place to visit. If I ever go back there. I’ll definitely keep these travel tips in mind. Thank you for sharing!
I haven’t been to San Diego in many years. I’ll have to plan a trip with Undercover Tourist!
I’ve never heard of Undercover Tourist before. I’m definitely checking them out for any future trips!
I’m heading over to check them out too! Sounds like a great resource.
I will have to check out Undercover Tourist. When we visited San Diego a few years ago we couldn’t find much to do!
I have never been but my daughter and her husband went. They said they didn’t do much other than sit on the beach because they didn’t know much about San Diego.
Part of the fun for me is doing my research and scoring an amazing deal.
I want to get to San Diego sometime. If I do, I will certainly check out Undercover Tourist!
We are mainly a once a year travel family. I have only been to a few states and need to get out.
I hadn’t heard of this before, but I like the idea of maximizing a budget and finding secret goodies you might not have heard of before.
We live in San Diego and will have to check this out! I never heard of Undercover Tourist but it sounds great!
Thanks for the info about Undercover Tourist. It sounds like a great way to save money and ensure you have a good time.
A great blog post Heather, I love the tips which you feature!
I’ve never been to San Diego, but it looks like a great place to go and visit, must do it sometime!
I always create a budget when I travel. This was really helpful in Cancun. We only brought a certain amount of cash and stuck to it. It helped us save money and we even came home with unused money!
You had me at skip the lines! I wish we knew of this before our April visit to So California, but now it is bookmarked! Thanks!
We usually start out by planning our budget and going from there. Any sort of discount helps!
Oh! I have never heard of them before! I love the tips, thank you!
Love this, going to SD in March and will check Undercover Tourists out!
I will definitely check this out! I haven’t heard of this, but anything to make vacation or just day-trips a little easier is welcome!
What some great tips – I love the idea of saving money on tickets 🙂 x
Love those tips! Especially the last one! Definitely have to enjoy the vacation once you are on it!
Those are great tips. I especially need to heed the advice of planning ahead. I am horrible at that.
Buying tickets ahead of time is a great way to save both time and money. These are some great tips.
Those are great tip! We still have a vacation to take this summer. I’ll definitely look into Undercover Tourist, thanks.
Thank you for posting those are some really great tips! After this summer I am SO ready for a new adventure lol
San Diego is such an amazing place! I will have to look back at your post when we decide to go again!
I would love to go to New York and also make a return trip to Ca as my next adventure.
I do find that purchasing my tickets online is much more easier than buying them at turn styles. I have saved money too by printing them off at home.
Undercover Tourist sounds like a great resource for travel planning. For me, the most important part of planning a trip is getting great deals on lodging.
This sounds like a great site. I hate paying more than I have to when I travel, but it can be hard to find good deals.
This sounds great. I love finding a good deal, but I don’t have time to scour the web comparing prices.
I have heard of undercover tourist but have not really looked into it b/f I travel. Thanks for the tips will check it out next time.
I’m definitely going to buy my Disney tickets next time through Undercover Tourist.
Thanks for sharing! This looks like a great way to plan a trip!!
I was in San Diego in 2002 to welcome my husband home from deployment after 9/11. It will always have a special place in my memories because of that. I have never heard of Undercover Tourist but it sounds like a helpful thing!
Thank you so much Kim for yours and your husbands sacrifices to protect us.
Purchasing the tickets before hand sounds like a great way to save money, which is always nice when traveling. Thanks so much for your tips…
This looks amazing! It’s always a good idea to do research before a vacation! My husband is good at that and usually plans out our itinerary!
Our adventures have been pretty local this year, but at least we’ve had a few! Next year, look out. We’re OFF to any place we can find!
This looks great for trips. I am researching our trip right now!
We just got home from San Diego! I loved it. Making sure to stick to a budget is always the most important for us… glad we were able to that on our trip- makes for a way better time!
These are great tips, especially about doing research! It’s so important!
Research definitely, it is important on so many levels. Finding the best price and deals.
I love the name “undercover tourist”
sounds like the perfect friend of a traveler 🙂
Thanks! I liked them on facebook and I am going to check them out more in the morning!
Great tips, I really appreciate that. I’ll remember to do this next time we go! Which, I hope is soon!!
I have relatives in San Diego and would love to visit the place in the future. Nice tips, they’re something that may be applied for other trips whether local or international travel.
Great tips. I always get my tickets ahead.
I have never been to San Diego but these are some great tips.
I loved San Diego when I went 2 years ago. So pretty & plenty to do tourism-wise 🙂
I always see people on holiday stressed out. Many forget to have fun. Great tips!
I would love to take my sister up to NY to visit some family. That will be an adventure.