Do children from US get discounts?
 

Hi - I was wondering if the attractions in Italy have discounted prices for all children or just children from EU countries.<BR>Looking for information from anyone who has traveled with children in Italy (and dared to bring them into a museum.)<BR>Thanks!<BR>Joann

I could not get a discount at the Coliseum for my little grandaughter, she was only 7 then.. they told me that the discount was only for The EU children.I took my grandaughter everywhere, even at the Louvres in Paris, she found it interesting..of course she is also a little artist and has the eyes for beauties..

I think that it would be really strange that anyone would say that EU kids get a discount while kids from other countries don't. If you're children have a student ID, have them bring it for eventual discounts. If they are under 10, I really don't believe you'll have a problem if the discount exsists.<BR>Good luck, Melissa

kismetchimera: I have the strong doubt that your daughter was entitled to the discount and that the ticket seller just pocketed the difference.

I'm not so sure that the discount would extend to American children. I have been to many places in Europe that offer a discount to &quot;seniors&quot; or &quot;pensioners&quot; but it only applies to those from the EU. Sometimes that is clearly stated on the sign, sometimes it is explained by a clerk, and sometimes it is just ignored and they pass on the discount anyway.

At many sites in Rome we found the student discount was for EU citizens only. This was posted on the admission booth signs, not just something the ticket sellers made up. My daughter's student ID from the US did work at the Vatican Museums, however.

Vatican City is not an EU member.

Vatican City is not an indipendent country. When Italy conquered rome in 1871, Vatican City was allowed but a partial indipendence. While not formally part of the Eu, Vatican City is still connected to the Eu through Italy, as well as San Marino and as Monaco (with France).

I was OFFERED a senior discount in Antwerp in 2002. It was very traumatic ;) I am not an EU citizen. I was with one, but itwas clear I wasn't speaking Flemish :)<BR><BR>In France I think the discounts are tied to being a student in their system.

France is an EU member but my kids could get student discounts there. I think the EU students only policy is at Italian state museums.

&quot;I think the EU students only policy is at Italian state museums.&quot;<BR><BR>Also in Greece.

This must be a special situation for Italy. We've travelled to Europe several times with our son and the only time we were told he didn't qualify for the children's discount was in Italy. We visited Venice - the Doge's Palace. EU children only get the discount.<BR><BR>Seems discriminatory but... we ended up just paying anyway. No way this was just the ticket seller pocketing the difference - my husband was quite vocal in his surprise and disapproval. The ticket seller was apologetic but firm. I guess the theory is that if you have enough money to bring your children to Italy, you probably don't need the discount.

I don't know about Italy, but in France, there is a difference between a children's and student's discount. They aren't the same thing. Same thing for retiree or pensioner discounts or whatever they call them. Some of these are tired to social services (especially the unemployment one) and you must be a resident to get one as it requires a card given out by the mayor's office. Some RATP transportation discounts are like that. <BR><BR>In France, children's discounts (or free entrance) are based on age, not being a student. A 1-year old gets one and isn't a student, for example. Any child gets one regardless of residency. There are some other places that may give discounts to students and it may depend on a local student ID, but it's up to them as to how they define that if they are a private concern.

<BR>Cristina: it works just the same way in Italy too.