Rewards

Amazon gift card

Take surveys and collect rewards from the industry-leading e-commerce website, Amazon.com, Via "amazon gift cards". The more you take or create survey, larger the amazon gift card you earn.

Go to page

Tourist Trap Trip Tips! Part 9

Published on 11/23/2025

By: luvbugnmama1

1505

Travel

Whether an attraction qualifies as a tourist trap is often in the eye of the beholder, and some are still beloved by locals. Some are iconic locales now overrun or overrated. Others lure road trippers out of the way of their intended destinations. They might be cheesy, inauthentic, overpriced, crowded, boring, ugly, or just plain not worth the time. Here is a collection of American tourist traps that may leave you wishing you'd stayed at home. Cheapism is my source for this series.

1. Missouri: Silver Dollar City. The park is an 1880's-themed experience, in Branson that opened in 1960. Silver Dollar City is no Disney World. It has 40 rides and plenty of detractors who say it's run-down, not kid-friendly, and not laid out well. At $85 to $95 (depending on the day you choose to go) for ages 12-64 (ages 4-11 is $10 less and kids 3 and under is free), many feel that it's overpriced to boot. However, others feel that the themed experience is worth every penny. Have you ever visited a theme park?

Yes

Undecided

Not Applicable

2. Montana: 50,000 Silver Dollar Bar. The collection of silver dollars on display at the 50,000 Silver Dollar Bar in Haugan was started in 1952, and by now there are coins covering the walls, bar, and ceiling. There's also a family-run restaurant, a motel with free RV parking, a convenience store, casinos, and "Montana's largest gift shop." If you'd like to marvel at other people's money while spending your own, this is the tourist trap for you. Have you ever been a numismatist (coin collector)?

Yes

Undecided

Not Applicable

COMMENTS