Cashless Aquariums with Cash-2-Card® ReverseATM Technology
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, American aquariums such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium in northern California, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA and the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN have had to drastically modify their admissions process and accessibility in order to comply with safety guidelines. For example, many American aquariums currently require advanced ticket reservations online, have temporarily restricted access to various experiences within the aquarium, and have had to severely restrict the number of guests admitted per day. These measures have put a major financial strain on American aquariums.
One change aquariums can make to help ease this recent financial burden and more easily comply with social distancing is to go cashless. Going cashless with Cash-2-Card ReverseATM technology at an aquarium has many benefits. Cashless ticketing solutions are more efficient than paper tickets. Cashless entry is a faster, more efficient entry into the aquarium for guests. Aquarium management can cut costs and create a safer environment by going cashless with Cash-2-Card self-service kiosks, which can be customized with the aquarium’s unique branding.
As a manager of an aquarium, you may also be concerned about turning away cash-paying guests. Cash-2-Card ReverseATM Technology empowers your cash-paying guests and improves your guests’ experience at the aquarium in many ways. Here are a few ways Cash-2-Card self-service kiosks can help improve the guest experience at an aquarium.
Going cashless at the aquarium means guests and staff can feel less nervous about encountering germs. Understandably, many people are feeling nervous about germs and are opting to avoid public gathering spaces like an aquarium. Going cashless means you can set up contactless, safely distanced experiences within the aquarium to help your guests feel more comfortable. A live flu virus can live on paper currency for up to 17 days, so the removal of physical banknotes and coins takes away the risk of transferring germs between people at aquarium admissions booths, food courts and gift shops.
Go cashless to speed up checkout lines at ticket booths, gift shops and food courts at the aquarium. One of the best benefits of cashless transactions at crowded family destinations like aquariums is shorter lines. Because aquarium employees do not need to operate a traditional register or handle cash and coins any longer, all transactions can be conducted electronically and therefore they’re much quicker. No more counting change! Plus, quicker transactions and faster moving lines are not only mean better experiences for guests, they also mean more transactions can happen per day and potentially larger “basket sixes”, giving you a competitive advantage.
Going cashless makes social distancing easier at the aquarium. Since the pandemic changed public spaces in 2020, many aquariums have created guides for social distancing by implementing one-way direction signs and walkway indicators to show guests how to stand six feet apart. Changes to the traffic flow can change the experience of a aquarium, but going cashless can help mitigate the traffic jams at food courts and merchandise checkouts and other aquarium experiences during peak visit times. Help your guests feel less stressed out about crowding and put them at ease with the improved traffic flows that Cash-2-Card kiosks can bring to an aquarium.
Reduce risks linked to cash at the aquarium with Cash-2-Card ReverseATMTechnology. With the cashless system, you limit cash flows and increase on-site security.
Cash-2-Card ReverseATM technology is free to guests at your aquarium. Using a card dispensed by Cash-2-Card kiosks at your aquarium location is completely free to your guests. There is no transaction fee involved for them at all. All they need to do is insert cash and receive a card for the exact same value of the cash. They can also keep their card and use it every time they return to your zoo and refill it, which helps to reduce plastic waste.
Cash-2-Card kiosks can help guests take advantage of promotions at your cashless aquarium. Have a membership program, coupons, visitor rewards or other promotion that aquarium visitors should know about? Cash-2-Card allows you to include your promos and guest membership rewards on your custom branded card. Cash-2-Card kiosks in your aquarium to improve visibility of your cost-saving promotions, serve as touch points to enroll customers in your aquarium membership programs, collect info, and advertise and dispense promotions. Higher visibility of your rewards programs helps to foster customer loyalty, and keeps guests returning to visit the aquarium again and again!
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