| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Informative tour |
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Sun, Oct 14, 07 8:00 PM |
Pizzyb |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
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Our Dark Side of Charleston tour was very interesting and informative. The guide, Lane, was very knowledgable. Found out alot of facts you might not find in the books. |
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Tour leaders make or break the tour |
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Fri, Oct 12, 07 10:00 PM |
Julie2s |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
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This tour sounded like a fun thing to do on a Friday night . Our tour leader was Lane. He was a nice guy, but his demeanor was so laid back and his speaking voice was soft and so slow it was hard to understand him at times. It also came across as a bit "preachy" and there was no humor at all. At 10 PM on a Friday night you need to work at keeping people engaged and involved, otherwise it becomes boring. I think this tour might be great with a more enthuiastic leader. |
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If you love history and interesting facts |
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Sun, Oct 7, 07 8:00 PM |
zannamc1 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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I recently moved to the Charleston area and my best friend came to visit. We both love history and interesting facts. Our guide was very informed and educated on the topics. |
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Thrilling tour but lacked structure |
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Sun, Oct 7, 07 8:00 PM |
isquared |
Male |
20-29 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
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Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and it was thrilling to walk around the city at night and hear the stories he had to tell. Some of the descriptions on the website of "what you will hear" weren't covered at all but it was obvious that the information could be gotten by a little prodding (i.e. ask questions!). If you like an interactive tour that has you darting around in alleyways at night this is a good one. |
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A Very informative and fun tour |
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Sat, Sep 22, 07 10:00 PM |
wolfehouston |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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Well worth them charge |
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Insight into 'Old Charleston' |
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Thu, Sep 13, 07 8:00 PM |
BillDaniel |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Susan as our guide. She was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and answered our many questions with wit and an obvious flair for fun. We visit Charleston every couple of years, but this is the first time we've taken this particular tour. It's on our list for our next visit as an after dinner walk and a fun time spent with new acquaintances! |
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informative |
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Fri, Sep 7, 07 10:00 PM |
chaznat |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
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Very well presented with historical facts. Guide could have spoken just a little slower and provided information as the group walked from one point of interest to the next. Overall a good tour. |
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Extremely disappointed and very dissatisfied. |
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Thu, Sep 6, 07 8:00 PM |
bbscott |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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We would not recommend this tour to anyone! With the thought that we were going to do a walking tour and go to several buildings in Charleston and have the tour guide tell stories/tales about what took place in each of these buildings and/or areas, we were flabbergasted that what we mostly did was stand on corners, underneath street lights, and against buildings and were told stories that had nothing to do with where we were standing. And every single story for 1.5 hours was about prostitution. Didn't hear about debauchery, murders, etc. Just prostitution and millions of references about how well endowed King Charles II was. The four of us were extremely bored and couldn't wait for Eli to stop talking and get the tour over with. |
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Great Time! |
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Sun, Sep 2, 07 8:00 PM |
leahbeckham |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
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We're locals but had friends visiting from out of town. We wanted to take them on a tour where they could see the city as well as learn some history. All of us really loved this tour and our guide was VERY knowledgeable about Charleston's history! We had a great time and we would highly recommend this to anyone!!! |
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I almost wish I tape recorded it! |
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Sat, Sep 1, 07 8:00 PM |
steveward12 |
Unspecified |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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My wife and I really enjoyed the tour. Our only thing against it was the guide spoke fairly quickly. There were stories that you may have need more background on or history reminders that he was a few sentences into before you could process what was being said. His volume was a little low too. But he spoke fairly long on most topics and I think there was enough repetition to get the gist of what was missed. He came across as very knowledgable and really respecting history in general and in particular to his city. On some other tours you may take you get some overlapping stories that other guides tell you, but his stories were often side stories others never mentioned on topica or just topics that others wouldn't hit on. I'm not good at remembering dates and details given to me as fast as they were in the tour and I feel I'd appreciate things more had I heard them again. Our Guide was Lane, I believe, if he's yours he is very good. As usual its best to stick close to him so you may hear side stories from othe rpeoples questions en route to different locations or just to hear more detail when he speaks. We thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend. |
