Viply

This app saved my vacation during a pandemic!! The beach towns decide on the number of daily beach badges to sell each day and use VIPLY to sell and distribute those badges. I got the VIPLY app to get daily badges for our favorite beach for a planned vacation. On one of the days of vacation that was a perfect beach day, we were unable to get daily badges where we usually go. One family member started to whine that we could not go to our usual beach, but VIPLY is connected to other beach towns and we were willing to go on an adventure for that day out of the usual routine to a different beach. Even adults can learn to be flexible with changing plans thanks to this app! I wish all of the beaches in NJ would use VIPLY to simplify the search for available passes. So easy to use. Saves time finding passes at available beaches so I don’t waste time driving to a beach that does not use VIPLY to find badges already sold out before we got there.

The title says it all. Tried to buy beach passes two weeks in a row at multiple beaches. Pass sales were suspended at sales time and even after refreshing multiple times within the subsequent hour, they were never made available to actually buy. Then a message appeared that they were sold out. Viply never communicated when sales that were delayed would be reopened. Tickets were not accessible to everyone. When I reached out to their customer service team, they responded with completely inaccurate facts about ticket availability which I refuted with screenshots. They basically forfeited any responsibility for the horrible functionality of their app. This app is a sham and truly needs to be improved before other municipalities and organizations partner with them. The app seems to offer convenience and clarity, but in reality deliver absolutely none.

I am not an early bird so I’m super excited to be able to purchase my weekend daily Avon by the Sea beach badges while drinking my morning coffee! Once down at the beach, I walked up to the Sylvania Ave badge booth, scanned in and received a tangible daily badge. Super easy, stress free and the small fee was totally worth the convenience. By the time I got to the beach, daily badges were completely sold out! Can’t wait to try it for other events! 🏖❤️👏