No cash? No worries. City of Cape May introduces digital payment option for beach tags

Sunglasses? Check. Flip flops? Check. Cash for a beach tag? Not in this shore town.

Cape May is rolling out a new way to pay for a day at the shore: a digital beach tag.

Beach tags can be purchased and stored digitally on any smartphone browser, according to a press release from Cape May City.

How to use Cape May digital beach tags

It works like this:

• Choose your pass
• Input date and quantity
• Complete payment
• Click view receipt, and leave the receipt open to gain access back onto the beach.

When you're ready to check in, just show your QR code to the beach tagger and leave the tab open in your browser during the day in case prompted for a beach tag.

If you don't have a camera phone, visit cape-may.jerseycapetickets.com and text 609.602.5083 for copies of receipts or any other inquiries.

Day passes are available for digital reservation and in-person pickup.

Three-day, weekly and seasonal passes can be purchased online and picked up along the Promenade at Broadway, Gurney Street, Howard Street and Madison Avenue.

Beach tags will still be available for cash purchase on every beach entrance and at the kiosks located on Howard, Gurney, Madison and Broadway until Labor Day.

Kaitlyn McCormick writes about trending issues and community news across South Jersey for the Courier-Post, The Daily Journal and the Burlington County Times. If you have a story she should tell, email her at kmccormick@gannett.com. And subscribe to stay up to date on the news you need.