| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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This was Wonderful |
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Sun, Jun 8 11:00 AM |
AnnElla |
Female |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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This was an absolutely wonderful tour. The tour guide was attentive, very informative and made the experience very special. The itinerary was wonderful and we really enjoyed it. |
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Great City tour |
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Sun, Jun 8 11:00 AM |
htlien |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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We enjoyed seeing the city on foot and getting to know the neighborhoods and the local businesses better. I wish we could have had more time to spend buying products from the shops because it is very difficult to go back to the stores after the tour was over. Our guide was great! Very helpful and informative. Hope you add other tours of different neighborhoods so we can do it all over again. |
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Thanks! |
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Sat, Jun 7 12:30 PM |
dmcklveen |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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The tourguide was great! Loved seeing the different neighborhoods. Should include more history info. |
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Good |
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Sat, Jun 7 12:30 PM |
LuzMontes |
Male |
Under 20 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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The tour was good. All the places we visited were worth visiting again. |
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Worth doing |
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Sat, Jun 7 12:00 PM |
MauriStott |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
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The tour was very nice, and the tour guide was great -- very energetic and knowledgeable. We had a lot of fun, even though we were walking about 4 hours in 80 degree heat! I did learn a lot and felt like the tour showed us new places we wouldn't have found otherwise, and we know more for future visits. The tour is definitely worth doing, with a few side notes:
I would recommend a light lunch or good breakfast beforehand, because you don't really eat enough to span the afternoon and you will be hungry if you have skipped lunch.
Also, there is no shopping on the tour -- we were leaving the next morning, so we didn't have extra time, and it was very frustrating to reach the end and either have to pay cabs to get back to the shops or retrace an hour or so of walking to go back and buy the products. It cost a little over $20 in cab fares to get back to the shops we wanted to buy from and then back to our hotels, which kind of canceled out the benefit of the coupons they offer. The way around that would seem to be scheduling smaller groups with some built-in shopping time, even ten minutes extra, in each shop. What would be even better would be is an arrangement with Chicago free Trolley system to meet people at the end and bring them back, or maybe stop at shops...
The tour is worth doing, just be prepared, depending on the length of your stay, to have to pay or walk more to go back and shop, and eat something or bring a little snack in your purse. Also recommend to do morning or when it's cooler... |
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Great Tour |
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Sat, Jun 7 11:30 AM |
amyjoy |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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Emily, our tour guide, was fantastic. Enjoyed all but one tasting, but even that one was OK...just not as great as the others. After the tour, went back to four of the tasting locations to shop. |
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Fun, tasty, educational, different |
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Sat, Jun 7 11:30 AM |
jillyjonesy |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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Loved our tour guide! Learned about Chicago restaurants, some history, and architecture. Food was excellent: loved the oil/vinegar stop, spices, ethel's chocolates, and authentic pizza! All members of our group enjoyed the tour: we also liked that all food was vegetarian, and pretty healthy. |
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great tour, lots of walking |
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Sat, Jun 7 11:30 AM |
merriew |
Unspecified |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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The tour was awesome. The tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly. We saw neighborhoods in Chicago that I'm sure we wouldn't have seen had we not taken the tour. We went back to some of the stops on the tour to purchase things. The only minor drawback was the walking felt more like 5 miles. |
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Great tour, well worth doing |
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Sat, Jun 7 11:30 AM |
GillSh |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Our guide was very knowledgable about the architecture, neighborhoods and the stores/cafes that we visited. If we were to suggest any changes it would be that maybe the last 2 stops were dropped because of the long walk to get to them although the pizza was great! |
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Outstanding way to see Chicago! |
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Sat, Jun 7 11:00 AM |
dheinz |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
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What a wonderful afternoon and delightful way to see and taste Chicago! I highly recommend it and I'm looking forward to taking many more out ot town guests on the tour! |
