Planning Your Day Efficiently with Tour Pass Charleston

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” A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

 

Insider Tip:

Save time, money and the hassle of figuring out what to do by visiting attractions in the same area.

  • The Mobile Pass you’ll receive after purchase has a map feature which shows you what’s nearest and is a fantastic planning aid.

 

There are 4 major areas to plan your days around:

  • Charleston. Downtown, 2-3 Days
  • East of the Cooper River (Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms, Sullivans Island), 1 Day
  • West of the Ashley River (West Ashley, Johns, James, Kiawah and Wadmalaw Islands), 1-2 Days
  • North Area Charleston, only 1 attraction in this area.

 

No transportation is needed. Use the city’s free DASH Shuttle service, a hop-on-hop-off bus.

 

Insider Tips for Downtown Exploring:

  • Park at the Visitors Center garage located at: 375 Meeting Street.
  • Enter the Visitors Center, grab maps or brochures if you wish.
  • Grab a DASH Shuttle bus route map.
  • Take the DASH Shuttle (free service) for transportation throughout downtown. Find a printable map on this page

 

Featured Downtown Attractions:

  • Adventure Sightseeing City Bus Tour
  • Charleston Harbor Tour by SpiritLine
  • Charleston Harbor Tours
  • Charleston Strolls History Walking Tour
  • Ghost & Dungeon Walking Tour
  • Ghost & Graveyard Walking Tour
  • GrayLine City Bus Tour
  • Palmetto Carriage Tour
  • Pounce Cat Cafe

 

Standard Downtown Attractions:

  • Charleston Water Taxi
  • Confederate Museum
  • Glazed Gourmet Doughnuts
  • Nathaniel Russell House Museum
  • Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
  • Palmetto Brewery
  • Nathaniel Russell House
  • Aiken-Rhett House
  • Heyward Washington House
  • Joseph Manigault House
  • Slave Mart Museum
  • The Gibbes Museum of Art
  • The Powder Magazine
  • South Carolina Historical Society Museum
    Plan 1-2 full days of touring for this area.

Transportation will be needed. Uber and Lyft are available.

 

Featured West of Ashley Attractions:

  • None

 

Standard West of Ashley Attractions:

  • Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
  • Caw Caw Interpretive Center
  • Charleston Tea Plantation
  • Deep Water Vineyards
  • Firefly Distilleries
  • McLeod Plantation
  • Also go see the Angel Oak Tree
    Also known as Mount Pleasant.

Plan 1 full day of touring in this area.

Transportation will be needed. Uber & Lyft are available.

 

Featured East of Cooper Tours:

  • Boone Hall Plantation
  • The Center for Birds of Prey, Flight Demonstration

 

Standard East of Cooper Attractions:

  • Charleston Fun Park
  • Charleston Water Taxi (transportation to downtown)
  • The Grit Counter

FAQ's

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TourPass provides access and full admission to the top tours and attractions. After purchasing a pass, you can simply select what you want to do, make reservations and present your pass upon arrival. It’s not all about savings, convenience and ease of use should also be considered. Users can save a considerable amount of money and time by using TourPass. 

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Absolutely and we encourage this scenario since purchasing in advance will allow you to fully research and plan your vacation.

After purchase, when your ready, simply activate your pass for when you’ll be visiting and begin making reservations for that future date (can be today, tomorrow or months away).

No it doesn’t. After purchase on the app you select the activation date for when you’re visiting when you’re ready. Then it will ask you to book your featured tours in advance now for when you’re visiting. You don’t have to make tour reservations in advance if you’re not ready.

We give you complimentary refund protection for 30-days after purchasing. If you’d like to extend refund protection up to 1 year, you can purchase Trip Protection during the purchase process. 

No worries. Visit this page on our site tourpass.com/aggregator – select the date you want to tour and it will show you all of the available times for that day prior to purchasing. Now you can confidently  purchase a pass and book those times.

After choosing a day pass and checking out on our site, you’ll instantly receive instructions to install the app. On the app you can: 

  • Set your activation date (can use right away or set for a future travel date).
  • Make Feature Tour reservations now for when you’re visiting in the future.
  • Research what to do – detailed info on all tours.
  • Research landmark sites.
  • Use the interactive map to see where everything is located.

Yes you can skip days. Once activated, you have a total of 10-days to use however many days you purchased. For example, a 2 day pass activated on Monday….take a break Tuesday and then tour again Wednesday….pass expires at midnight on Wednesday.

Most Feature Tours do and reservations are easily made post-purchase on the app. To ensure tour availability before purchasing, visit this page and search the date you want to tour: https://tourpass.com/aggregator 

Standard Tours do not require reservations. Simply arrive and present your pass upon entry. Everything is paid for with TourPass.

Tours are designed to be visited 1x for the entirety of your pass. If for instance you’d like to do the Hop on Hop Off Trolley (Savannah + St. Augustine), then you could check-in on a second day which would use another of your featured tours.

Standard Tours can only be checked into 1x per person for the entirety of your pass.

Yes, we don’t restrict how many feature tours you can visit per day….we do restrict how many total you can choose which is determined by the # of days you select: 1-day = 2 featured. 2-days = 3 and 3-days = 4 featured.

Yes, after purchasing we instantly send instructions to install our app. On the app, you can select the upgrade option and add more days or people to your pass.

If so, go to our FAQ page which goes into more detail and provides videos. https://tourpass.com/frequently-asked-questions/

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