YMCA Guest Guidelines for Members & Visitors

The YMCA welcomes guests and prospective members!

Our Guest and Visitor Policy is designed to accommodate members wishing to bring a guest and prospective members wishing to visit the Y prior to joining.

*We do not sell passes for in town or out of town guests.
*In compliance of our Praesidium Accreditation® and for the protection of our members and guests, all guests and visitors age 18 and older are subject to sex offender screening against a national database prior to facility use.

Guests of a member and prospective members are welcome to visit the YMCA and enjoy membership amenities under the following guidelines:

In-Town Guests

In-town guests can try the Y for free, using a Try The Y Guest Pass, good for 3 visits within 30 days. 

Free passes can be claimed once every 6 months, counted from the day your current pass expires.

• Guest is accompanied by a YMCA member or presents a Guest Pass issued
• Members age 12 and up may bring a Guest ages 12 and up
• Members age 19 and up may bring a Guest of any age
• Guests age 18 and under must present a Waiver (below) signed by the Guest’s parent/legal guardian.
• Guest allows sufficient time to be properly checked in through our Member Services Desk and agrees to the following prior to facility use:
• Provides valid Photo ID (age 16+)
• Is compliant with completing necessary waivers 
• Is compliant in providing accurate contact information and having photo taken which will be entered and stored on our local database and subject to subsequent sex offender screening
• Member is allowed a maximum of 1 individual guest or 1 family unit per visit
• Member is responsible for Guest for duration of visit and both are expected to comply with member Terms and Conditions
• Paid day passes are not available.

Out-of-Town (of a member)

• Out-of-town guests of members may visit up to 3 times per calendar year at no charge using an Out-of-Town Guest Pass.
• Out-of-Town guest passes can be claimed once every 6 months, counted from the day your current pass expires.
• Guests must be accompanied by a member during each visit to the Y under the same conditions noted above.
• “Out of town” is defined as a person living more than 50 miles outside our service area
• Members may elect to upgrade their membership for household members residing for an extended stay past 3 visits.

*Individual branches may place seasonal or facility area limits based on facility demands and capacities or during Member Advantage times

YMCA Nationwide Membership Access

As a participating Nationwide Association, we are proud to offer our members access to YMCAs in our network of more than 2,700 YMCAs in 10,000 communities across the nation. Nationwide Membership enables you to visit any participating YMCA in the United States through membership at your home YMCA