{"id":98,"date":"2009-04-04T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2009-04-04T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-04T15:59:36","slug":"alcatraz-ticket-scalping-why-is-it-such-big-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/04\/alcatraz-ticket-scalping-why-is-it-such-big-business.html","title":{"rendered":"Alcatraz Ticket Scalping &#8211; Why is it such big business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2e5142c0289a1f785cf2dcce097231a4\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6725039255769208\";\r\n\/* Reno Hotels Leaderboard *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0584775893\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/images\/alcatraz\/alcatraz2.jpg\" alt=\"Alcatraz Tours\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/alcatraz_island.htm\">Alcatraz <\/a>has always been one of San Francisco&#8217;s most loved attractions.  The combination of a beautiful boat cruise out to a desolate island &#8211; with a troubled history attracts millions of visitors per year.  The limited capacity of the boat tours has unfortunately created an after-market for the tickets that is leveraged by tour companies looking to make a quick buck.  Shown below is one of many examples we&#8217;ve found on the internet.   Our advice:  watch out, and make sure you are buying your tickets from the direct source for Alcatraz tickets so you don&#8217;t get ripped off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcatrazcruises.com\/website\/price-schedule-chart.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">AlcatrazCruises.com<\/a> &#8211; Day Tour &#8211; Adult Ticket &#8211; $26 (Official Vendor for Alcatraz Tickets)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcatraztickets.com\/tours\/tourDetail.cfm?tour_id=6982\" rel=\"nofollow\">AlcatrazTickets.com<\/a> &#8211; Day Tour &#8211; Adult Ticket &#8211; $41 + a $3.95 &#8220;processing fee&#8221; per order.<\/p>\n<p>Looking through both sites, we found no differences in what you would receive for your money &#8211; you&#8217;ll just be paying more at the &#8220;reseller&#8221; ticket vendor.  Make sure you buy your Alcatraz tickets early, in advance, and directly from the official ticket \/ boat company.<\/p>\n<p>There are also numerous &#8220;bundled&#8221; tours which combine a basic bus ride with the Alcatraz tour to make it more difficult to compare the price.  Same concepts apply &#8211; and many of the bus tours are rushed affairs which make it difficult to enjoy your day.  <\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch out for tour companies selling Alcatraz boat tour tickets at inflated &#8220;scalper&#8221; prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[371,67,66,375],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}