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looking for updated info, Venezia Unica card for tourists

We were in Venice in March 2023. At the time there was a small savings (~5euro?) for purchasing our Venezia Unica, transit (vaporetto only) cards online at least 30 days out. I think we bought 2 cards for 3 days (72 hours). We'll be back in Venice this March and I'm looking to purchase the 2 day vaporetto pass that also includes one way bus from the airport to Venice (Piazzale Roma). There doesn't appear to be any discount for purchasing early now.

So, my question is - how difficult is it to just buy these passes at the airport before boarding the bus? If I buy online, I get a voucher and PNR(pin) and still have to go to a machine to get the actual passes, which we had to do last time upon arrival at the train station.

Has anyone purchased the pass at the airport recently (in the last 2 years?) Is it fairly intuitive?

Thank you.

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It's very easy. We purchased our combo tickets (good for the # 5 bus and vaporetto) at a ticket kiosk at the arrivals hall at Marco Polo in October, 2023.

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Thank you Reederman, was it a kiosk with a person, or a machine? Were you buying a multiday pass? It sounds like it should be very easy but I'm just trying to be prepared, since I'm the 'trip planner' this trip for 2 companions who have never been to Italy, just want everything to go as smoothly as possible.

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It was a ticket machine. We only got the pass to get from the airport to our hotel. The next day, we got 48 hour vaporetto passes at the ticket machines at the Rialto Bridge vaporetto stop. If I remember correctly, you can get those at the airport machines as well but, since we didn't know in advance which pass we would need, we waited. Also, I highly recommend looking for videos on YouTube about buying passes for Venice. That's what we did and there were lots to choose from.

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Thank you, great idea to look at youtube, I had that next on my list. It's amazing how much we can learn watching youtube!

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I bought my vaporetto pass plus airport RT transportation in person at the ticket desk at Marco Polo airport— 2 weeks ago. Flight arrived about 230 pm. There are multiple transportation companies that had desks so I did need to make sure I was at the correct one — ACTV.