Transportation Pass in Venice

Get a 48 or 72 hour vaporetto pass

https://actv.avmspa.it/en/content/vaporetto
Be sure to validate at each and every use

But maybe that’s included in your tour?

From the page on this website for the My Way Italy tour:

Costs not covered: As this is not a guided tour, you will be responsible for the cost of all your lunches, dinners, drinks, admissions, sightseeing, and non-group transportation. Be sure to plan and budget accordingly.

A phone call or email to the RSE office will clear up any question, though. The folks in the office are always helpful.

Ah
Missed that this is a My Way tour

It totally depends on your travel style. We like to walk, and use the vaporetto only upon arrival and departure (when we have our luggage in tow) or to visit one of the other islands (including San Giorgio and Giudecca). So when we spent a full month in Venice, the only pass we bought was a 24-hour pass, and we just packed all our “other island” travel into that.

We activated it at noon one day and it was good until noon the following day. We did have to buy a ticket from the mariner for our return trip from Sant’ Erasmo, as we ran over the 24 hours while we were on the island. If you ever need to do this (board without a ticket or valid pass), tell the mariner manning the boarding spot before you set foot on the boat. Look him or her in the eye and say “Senza biglietti” or “We need tickets”, and point to your travel companion. They will probably ask you to stay close by until they are finished boarding everyone and have closed the gate, and then will come to you with the machine to sell you the tickets.

Or maybe they have now made sure that all the vaporetto stops have working ticket machines and validation points, so this doesn’t happen any more.

One of the joys of Venice is using a vaporetto!. Having the pass gives you access to: early morning rides to watch the magical city prepare; mid-day rides back to your hotel for the riposo; a ride to get to your dinner reservations because you stayed too long watching the sunset from the steps of Salute; a late night ride when Venice turns its night lights on and the feeling is breathtaking; the last run down the Grand Canal to relax you before you enjoy a night's sleep with the most wonderful dreams. Did I mention the trips to the other islands - don't ignore those either! The pass makes all of this affordable and very convenient!

I agree with Robert, a multi-day vaporetto pass will give you much more flexibility. You can get one at the airport along with a small discount on the ACTV bus into the city, or you can wait till you're in the city. My 72-hour pass more than paid for itself, especially because several times I boarded the wrong boat or one going in the wrong direction. At 7.50 euros a pop, those mistakes would have been expensive. With the pass, they just cost a little time. Venice is a great walking city but sometimes you get tired and want to ride for awhile!

I have to say—-as small (5’1”) woman, I have found little joy in riding the vaporetti. They are usually so crowded I have to struggle to maintain a spot on the railing as others board, so I can see the passing scenery. Most often I give up and let myself be swept back away from the rail, so I am surrounded by taller people and cannot see a thing. It is not fun at all.

I can think of only one ride I actually enjoyed. We were coming back from Murano at sunset, when the boat was for some reason so uncrowded we were able to find seats in the open area at the back. It was splendid, and we stayed on after Fondamente Nove as the boat makes its way clockwise around the island, waltzing the lights come on. We disembarked at Piazzale Roma, intending to walk back to our apartment in San Polo, but there were so few people about we decided to take a chance and boarded a No. 2 for the ride down the Grand Canal. So few others boarded at Ferrovia we were able to stay on the railing and enjoy the lighted palazzi lining the canal far as Rialto, where we finally got off to walk back home.

So I do concur and recommend a sunset vaporetto ride, especially coming back from Murano.

For enjoying the morning scene of the city waking up and going to work, we prefer to wander the back streets to the little canals, watching the cargo boats unload pallets of canned goods and bottled water, bags of produce, etc. into the back of a grocery store—-they have amazing little crane-like machines that pick up each pallet, maneuver into a little doorway, and then extend down a hallway to drop it off. At least that is how one grocery near our apartment managed. This is not anything one could see from a vaporetto. The top of Rialto Bridge (nearly empty at 7 or 8 am) is another great spot to watch the scene, with trash boats and delivery boats moving up and down the canal along with the vaporetti carrying schoolchildren and businesspeople going to work.

All reasons why we prefer to walk in Venice. But of course that is not for everyone.

I love the vaporettos and we got our money's worth out of a three day pass. Our hotel was very close to a less frequented stop. After we'd walked out feet off, it was handy to take a vaporetto back to the room. Sometimes, it was really crowded but none of the trips are that lengthy. A water taxi would have been nice but we're not springing for that.

When the tour departs the city together as a group on the morning of the 22nd, your tour manager will have the vaporetto ticket for that, so only calculate what you want your pass to cover through the night of the 21st..

A 60 hour pass would be perfect!

You can buy a 24, 48 or 72 hour pass.
But not a 60 hour pass.