| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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fun and interesting
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| Thu, Mar 6, 08 9:30 PM |
naomabolt |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We were expecting to see ghosts but we learned some history, local legends, and some funny jokes! I would certainly recommend this tour to friends. |
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Absolutely Loved the Tour and Tour Guide
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| Wed, Mar 5, 08 7:30 PM |
dish1838 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My mother and I enjoyed this tour tremendously. We give it a 10 out of 10! Our tour guide, Ian (hopefully I spelled correctly) was very impressive with his knowledge and enthusiasm. He took his time as he led us through the beautiful streets of Charleston. My biggest fear when booking this tour online was that we would get a guide who just shared information you could read from a book. The opposite happened. He really seemed to have an appreciation for the history and stories that he shared. There was only two of us on the tour and instead of rushing through it he took his time and explained everything thoroughly. Enjoyed the tour very much. Thank you to Ian who made this tour very enjoyable. Please remind him there were two questions we needed the answers to when we come back in June for another tour! Thanks again, Bennie and Trish. |
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Excellent history overview of Charleston!
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| Mon, Mar 3, 08 9:30 PM |
majorrd |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| It was amazing to hear all of the stories and history of Charleston, and to think, it was only a couple of hours. We could have spent all day with our tour guide and would have still wanted more time. This is a great way to get a lively and enthusiastic history lesson and to remind you to not forget about America's great history. |
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It was okay
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| Sun, Mar 2, 08 7:30 PM |
AteshStahl |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We did the ghost tour while vacationing. My kids were really excited about it, but I think they were a little disappointed. It was more about history and short on ghosts. I think it was a good walking tour, but I wouldn't pay that much money again for it. The tour guide was nice, but not much of a conversationalist. It could have been a bit more interactive. Thank you. |
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Just Not Worth the Money in Comparison to Others
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| Fri, Feb 29, 08 9:30 PM |
pretear |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I've been on a few ghost tours so I know to what expect from them but I was seriously disappointed with this ghost tour. I sat down with about 8 brochures before I picked the one for this tour. I picked this one because it didn't make any silly promises about ghost sightings, it said there would be a grave yard and a dungeon, and over all, the brochure looked really professional as opposed to the others that had lame ghost images, neon letters, and silly font. Additionally, it was 'endorsed' by the likes of CNN, Times, Travel Channel, etc. and it was based on a book. Seemed like the most legitimate choice, it was also the priciest - every other tour offered a discount and had lower ticket prices to begin with.
The tour was a complete disappointment. The tour guide was nice but it just wasn't interesting. I did enjoy the historical facts he shared with us (albeit that some were incorrect) but the scary factor was nil. While I knew that this tour was based on a book, I definitely didn't think the book would be a part of the tour. We kept stopping to look at images in the book or xeroxes of images - patently not scary. We didn't go inside the cemetery which was really irritating especially after the group behind us from another tour company was unlocking the gate to go inside just as we were walking away. We also didn't even discuss the dungeon, other groups get to go inside I realize the exclusive right to see these places on tours is sold to tour companies but if you're not providing that service your tour should be cheaper than the ones that are - at the very least, the tour company shouldn't be misrepresenting the content of the tour on the brochure.
Probably the most annoying aspect of the tour is that it all ended on a really busy street at peak bar hopping time. So guess what happens, the group gets heckled by drunk ignorant college kids. As if that couldn't have been foreseen. It's no secret that people look down on tourists for doing cheesy touristy things, like ghost tours, so ending the tour on one of the busiest streets in Charleston is just plain stupid.
No one in my group of 4 was happy with the tour. I was mercilessly made fun of for the rest of the night for having chosen it. Ultimately, making fun of the tour was more fun than the tour itself.
With all that said, the other person in my group that wrote a review about the whole experience and got a threatening email from the guide of our tour saying that he would sue him for libel. Which is ridiculous, of course. I suspect he didn't realize that ours was a group consisting mostly of law students.
Just stay away. |
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Great leader
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| Sun, Feb 17, 08 9:30 PM |
bbunny1940 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our great tour guide had some visual aides of pictures which were very helpful. But what I would suggest is instead of xerox copies (taken from the author's book, I presume), it would be great if you could give each tour guide *good* copies of actual 8 X 10 (or whatever size) pictures to show. With xerox copies, it just looks cheap.
I think that would improve your tour immeasurably, because the use of even the xerox pics were extremely effective.
You can print copies of pictures fairly cheaply nowadays. |
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Great detail to history
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| Sat, Feb 16, 08 9:30 PM |
seagle58 |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| My wife and I have lived in Charleston, SC for almost 10 years now and have been on many other types of tours through the years. We always wanted to go on a Ghost Tour and never did for various reasons. Finally we did. We both learned many new things because we thought we knew it all. We love Charleston, SC and the history of Charleston, SC. If we did not live here and took the tour of this type would most likely have learned all there is to know. We highly recommend this tour and plan to take another one. |
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This was not a tour based on ghosts!
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| Sat, Jan 12, 08 9:30 PM |
mredwine |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The Ghosts of Charleston tour was not at all what we expected. It was an excellant source of information for the history buff, but we thought that we were paying for a more ghostly, spookier look into the Town of Charleston. We were disappointed that there was very little ghost tales and haunting sites. If you are looking for the more historical side of this tour, then this would be just right for the history buff. I think that calling it the Ghost of Charleston is very misleading. We wanted SPOOKY.... |
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Ian was great!
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| Sat, Dec 8, 07 5:00 PM |
laureljeanne |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our guide was really into it! He didn't seem to pack in alot about ghostly things but had a ton of little trivia points about Charleston and historical items that we really enjoyed. I would reccomend the tour and the guide (Ian) to others! |
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Loved it!!!
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| Sat, Nov 24, 07 9:30 PM |
cprice0129 |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Other |
| My Mother was in town for the Thanksgiving holiday from Florida and wanted to go on a ghost tour downtown. I've lived here for a few years and had never gone on one myself. A friend of mine went to college with the brother of the author of the book used in the tour so it was recommended. Ian our guide was very knowledgeable about local history, funny, and enthusiastic. It was a pretty cold night but that made no difference. He shared lots of local history, as well as items from the book and I would definitly recommend this tour, and our guide, to anyone looking for something to do or a ghost tour to go on in Charleston.
Thanks!!! |
