| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age [v] |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great way to get an overview of NY City
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| Tue, Oct 13 9:00 AM |
mattpease |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This tour is a great way to get a handle on NY City and understand the layout, some of it's history and to be better prepared to enjoy this great city. |
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In New York for 5 days -2 couples
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| Thu, Oct 8 9:00 AM |
Raymondfrank |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We chose to do this tour on the first day, so that as we were driving around and being told different things, we thought we could make a note or two, and find our own way back there later on.
Steve our tour guide, was excellent and really knew his stuff, and was very informative. He made it come alive.
We did go back to Greenwich Village and Little Italy to eat and found it very easy to get around, but wouldn't of known about it, if we had not gone on the tour with Steve.
Highly recommend the tour you learn a lot and see a lot!
Raymond |
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Insufficient area covered
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| Fri, Sep 25 9:00 AM |
bgriffith |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Over 6 hours and did not even see the financial district nor go into the Bronx. The Hop on and off tours cover more area in less time. Tour guide did not provide any more valuable information than a much cheaper tour. |
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Fantastic Tour
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| Sat, Sep 12 9:00 AM |
mcfalls |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I took this tour last year and loved it so much that we brought my brother andd his wife and took it again last week. We saw the entire city and learned facts that we would never learn otherwise. Steve is very personable and accomodating and full of wonderful knowledge of NYC. It is well worth the time and money |
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Great Way to See NYC
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| Tue, Sep 1 9:00 AM |
emmwhy |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Steve, the King of NYC, provides a first class tour. Informative and entertaining. I would highly recommend this tour for an overview of the city. Then pick the parts of town you would like to return to. |
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second time tour for me
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| Mon, Jul 20 9:00 AM |
tupchurch |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| i took this same tour in 2005 with my granddaughter. my husband and I brought our friends to new york and I chose to take them on this same tour. our tour guide for this trip was the same one, stephen Duer, that i had in 2005. He presents the info in a fun way and the tour is packed with history. It is a great way to see the different areas of manhattan. Therer are plenty of stops along the way where you can get out for a bit and stretch your legs while still learning about what you are seeing. I highly recommend this tour. it is a small group of people ,so you get to meet people from all over and interact with them for a few hours in a city unknown to you all. |
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Wonderful tour!
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| Thu, Jun 25 9:00 AM |
Goloskov |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We were very pleased with our tour. We were able to see all of NY in a short period of time and for first time visitors, this was important. Our tour guide/driver, Steve, was very knowledgeable, very interesting and very helpful. We would certainly go on this tour again and would recommend it to everyone. |
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Enjoyed it very much
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| Mon, Jun 22 9:00 AM |
debbikramer |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| WE both enjoyed our tour of the city. We especailly liked that it showed us where we might want to go back to on another day of our trip. The stops we made were very good.
We would higher reccommend it to anyone.
Would like to try other tours if we go back again. |
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Fun - Long on Downtown, Short on Uptown
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| Fri, Jun 19 9:00 AM |
cafazenb |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Only 2 very minimal negatives (underline the minimal aspect):
1) Pinpointing the location where we would be picked up was not perfect (Hilton Hotel) - there are 4 corners, could have been any one of them. Did not know where to stand exactly to NOT miss the bus/shuttle, nor did we know what type of vehicle we were looking for so we were a little anxious about it. Luckily, we chose the right corner and once Steve arrived we were easily spotted and invited to board the bus!
2) Expected that the before lunch and after lunch tours would be similar in length so that we would see downtown before lunch and uptown after lunch. Trip was actually more like 2/3 downtown and 1/3 upper mid-town and only a short drive thru lower uptown. Appreciate what we did see, but time was a factor in seeing all we would have liked to see.
Steve was great. Very entertaining and was able to keep everyone moving in spite of time constraints. Nice cohesive group - pretty much everyone on the same page in turns of what their expectations were and what they enjoyed seeing and doing. I was worried that 6 1/5 hours was a long time to be on a tour, but the time moved quickly and there was no lag time or boredom along the way.
We thought it was money well spent and would definitely recommend it to others and do it again ourselves if/when we return to New York. Thanks Steve!!! |
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This Tour will be one of your Best NYC Memories
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| Thu, Jun 18 9:00 AM |
mama1mama |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I searched diligently for a tour before my first visit to NYC in mid June. On this web site, I read a single sparse negative comment which I negated given the hundreds of positive ones, so I booked this tour knowing that even with a forecast of inclement weather it would be comfortable.
It was over and above and beyond what I could have anticipated and hoped for. It was the highlight of my first and short visit to NYC!
Steve is “The Whole Package Tour Guide” - skill, knowledge, ability, insight, patience, perception, energy, personality, professional, answers to questions, and tips and recommendations … all of this in abundance! Steve added so much more ie: tid bits of information and trivia and facts that were so interesting that I wanted to be sure to remember - so I took notes!!!!
Our group, with a fairly wide age spread, interacted easily and quickly with Steve's lead and there was at least one individual onboard that was referred by another repeat customer.
I can’t imagine a hop on / hop off nor a double decker tour listening to a commercial narration through a microphone after having taken this tour.
A Suggestion: Steve …. if you were to simply tape yourself on a few of your tours, you would have the makings to print a booklet full of information and fun and good to know facts that reflect your personality and knowledge that your guests would be happy to purchase at the end of the tour as a souvenir. Best Wishes for continued success!
... A. M. in Georgia |
