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Great deals, free things to do and festivals in Columbus

Posted June 19, 2009
By Scott Peacock, Media Relations Manager

If you’re looking for inexpensive summer entertainment options, you’re in luck.

Columbus is home to the #1 zoo and the #1 science center in the United States. So this summer, Experience Columbus is helping families discover how affordable a weekend of fun and exploration can be. We have partnered with the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, COSI , Drury Inn & Suites , Bob Evans , Greater’s Ice Cream and Cameron Mitchell Restaurants to put together the Roar and Explore Package .

Through Labor Day, for only $299, a family of four will receive the following:

  • Four tickets to COSI
  • Two nights at the Drury Inn & Suites , with your choice of three locations in Columbus. Other hotel choices are also offered, but prices may vary.

Additional family members may be added when booking. Packages can be booked online or by calling (888) 236-8084.

If you’re looking to create your own affordable getaway or show off the city to friends and family who are in town, check out these lists of Free Things to Do and Things Under $10 for ideas.

Also, festival and special event season in now upon us and Columbus has some of the best cultural and artistic celebrations  in the country - many with free or inexpensive admission. For specific details about some of them, check out this page that features members of the Greater Columbus Events Council.

There is plenty of inexpensive fun to be had and ways to save on some of the best entertainment in town.

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2 Responses to “Great deals, free things to do and festivals in Columbus”

  1. Dave Sutula Says:

    Filed the funniest thing on my iPhone at the columbus ohio zoo this weekend: http://tinyurl.com/columbuszoo

  2. kristin Says:

    Columbus is beautiful and it has so much culture. There is also some amzing accomodation. The Labour Day offer sounded jam packed full of stuff I bet you would be exhausted after all that.

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