| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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excellent tour of Charleston |
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Fri, Sep 8, 06 8:00 PM |
logiudice |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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This was our second visit to Charleston and we wanted to take a tour that was not
boring and mundane. Well, we found it! This tour was informative,very interesting,
and very surprising in exposing the sorted past of what we had considered to be a
"proper, conservative southern city". Our guide, Lane, had a tremendous amount of information and historical facts. He took us to places where all sorts of things really took place and the evidence was still there. We went to a church grave yard at night
our guide was very respectful as well as very informative about the history of the church and the people buried in the graveyard. We would highly recommend this tour, it was fun and very well done. |
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Not very exciting |
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Tue, Sep 5, 06 8:00 PM |
DianeStowell |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
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There really wasn't much to the tour, a few stories but nothing very exciting or entertaining. |
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Different view of Charleston |
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Sat, Sep 2, 06 8:00 PM |
CAllen |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
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Fun and different look at an old American City. Twist on history you won't find any where else. Guide knew his stuff and shared it in an interesting way. |
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Do The Dark Side Tour before you do any other! |
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Sun, Aug 13, 06 10:00 PM |
sheerah77 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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Taking the Dark Side Tour as your very 1st tour in Charleston is a great way to go! The next day our group took the much tamer tours such as a carriage ride and we were able to see the city in a whole different light thanks to the Dark Side Tour. |
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Awesome |
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Sat, Aug 5, 06 8:00 PM |
sattlerka |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
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My husband and I had a great time on this tour. We learned a lot of interesting historical things that were new to us. |
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Wasn't what we expected |
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Wed, Aug 2, 06 10:00 PM |
toribjustice |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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The stories on this tour are somewhat interesting, but what was disappointing is that there weren't really "sites" to go along with the stories. We stood in a parking lot for one, on the street for another, in front of Sax 5th Avenue, etc...The most interesting site was at the tour's close--an old brothel. I think we would have enjoyed this tour much more with a different guide. Our guide--Rebel Sinclair--was very over-the-top. We are not prudes by any means. We don't care about cursing, about crudeness, and are not offended by anything. And we weren't offended by her at all. It was just that much of her cursing and crude talk was done to simply try to shock us, I guess--it was simply done for the sake of being crude. She even began to tell men on the tour how to "please" women sexually, which was just odd. She was just too cheesy for us. I think if we had it to do over again, we would have done a ghost tour b/c at least there are sites involved in that. She was a very enthusiastic guide and perfectly nice--just not very enjoyable. I would not suggest doing this tour in the August. It was miserably hot even at 10pm. |
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The TRUE History of Charleston! |
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Sat, Jul 29, 06 8:00 PM |
Anne_Hasting |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
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As a local I get tired of the usual "Charleston is so pretty. . . here's Rainbow Row" touristy stuff. The Dark Side of Charleston gave us an excellent overview of what this city is really about - crime, corruption, murder, scandals, etc. Our tour guide, Lane, was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining. Who would've ever thought such an aristocratic place had a "free love colony"???!!
Tired of ghost tours and looking for something different? TAKE this tour! |
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excellent human history |
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Sat, Jul 22, 06 10:00 PM |
missybriggs |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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great tour, the only thing I would change would be the clothes that the guide wears. I know it is hot so this might be a mute point. Anyway, it was a great tour. I look forward for a return visit to try the other tours. |
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Good for a different point of view |
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Tue, Jul 11, 06 10:00 PM |
kindalkay |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
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There is always a darkside. After hearing and reading about all of the wonderful and influential peolpe and how they helped shape the nation, it was enlightening to hear about the other people and perhaps the other faces of the famous leaders. The guide, Jim, was very imformative and knowledgable.
I would have liked to see more. We hear stories about many areas of town but we did not seem to cover that much of it. |
