| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fantastic Organized Tour with Opinionated Comments
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| Sun, Oct 19, 08 9:00 AM |
sandy41 |
Male |
70+ |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We thoroughly enjoyed our fantastic tour with our host Steven at the wheel. Stevens supurb knowledge of New York City and the surrounds along with his humorous presentation was most enjoyable. From time to time Steven's opinions of none tour related items and of items of current events and/or political happenings were both outright funny and interesting. A full day of informative sight seeing and enjoyable conversation. Well worth the price of admission!
Michael Kilgore |
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Disappointed with change in bus
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| Sat, Oct 18, 08 9:00 AM |
Granim |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I booked this rather pricey tour for a fcouple reasons.
1. It was recommended by Zerve.
2. The type of bus.
I received excellent service up until my pick up. Shortly after booking I found out that the first pick up was at the Waldorf - so I asked to be picked up there so that we could have a chance at the first row of seats. This was all accomodated and confirmed via emails.
The actual experience: Not only were we NOT on the list for pick up at the Waldorf (as the tour guide indicated) there were other people on the bus ahead of us - so it was not the first stop and we had no chance of getting the front seats.
The bus was not the beautiful one described but rather a cramped mini-van which was difficult to manouver in and out of and as well, you could see very little. A coach would have been much better. But we were looking forward to the 'special' bus and it was not there.
The host indicated that he was a victim of the current economic troubles - and that's why his bus is gone. He said he'd make it up with the information he had to offer. Well at the price paid, we wanted both the information and the bus.
Interestingly at the end of the tour he told us that this mini van had 5 more days to go and that his new bus (the 'nice' style) would be in his hands at that point. So he lied to us at the beginning - suggesting that the economic climate was the reason is bus was gone.
Overall, disappointing - we should have been given ample notice to allow us to properly decide and take appropriate steps to research and book into another tour. |
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Great NYC toour!
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| Fri, Oct 17, 08 9:00 AM |
javiergacol |
Female |
50-59 |
Combination |
Individual |
| Small and personalized group. The tour guide was great! I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting NYC for the first time. |
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Awesome Tour
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| Fri, Oct 10, 08 9:00 AM |
Rdavis109 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The Guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. I would recommend anyone who visits New York to take this tour. |
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Great tour of Manhattan
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| Fri, Oct 3, 08 9:00 AM |
bvigness |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Steve was a great tour guide. He was very funny, entertaining, and also extremely knowledgable. If you're new to the city, or want to have a fun, more intimate tour, I definitley recommend this tour. |
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The Best City Tour
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| Tue, Sep 30, 08 9:00 AM |
McPhee |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I have just returned from a mini around the world holiday. We visited many cties and took numerous city tours. This tour with Steve was by far the best. Steve was such good fun and full of interesting information about his vibrant city. I wish I had a tape recorder to record all the information that he fed us. I would recommend this tour to anyone wanting to see New York. The Pastrami on Rye at Katz deli is something you must try for lunch in NY. |
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Absolutely the best
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| Tue, Sep 30, 08 9:00 AM |
mcfalls |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I enjoyed this tour and learned so much about NYC that we wouldn't have learned any other way. It gave us a great overview and a sense of what we wanted to go back and see at our leisure. Steve was wonderful and entertaining and so knowledgeable of the city. Personally,I wasn't impressed with Katz deli,only because it was so confusing and unorganized and of course we were there at the height of lunch hour. I only had a hotdog because that was the shortest line to maneuver through. However,my husband loved the place and raved about the pastrami. The tour was well worth the money and gave us a great memory of NYC. |
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A Must-Do In New York
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| Fri, Sep 26, 08 9:00 AM |
JenniReese |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| It was our first time traveling to the city, and we traditionally don't really like tours. We decided to do it, and it was one of the highlights of our trip. It was the perfect way to see a little of everything and learn all about the city when we first arrived. The rest of our trip was going back to all of our favorite sights we saw on the tour! Steve was an excellent, very informative tour guide. We loved it and highly recommend it if you're trying to decide whether to do a tour or not. It was small and intimate - much better than the double decker, oversized tours that you see! |
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Tour well worth it.
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| Tue, Sep 23, 08 9:00 AM |
missymoo |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The tour was well worth it for me travelling on my own to get my bearings, & to give me an overall 'picture' of New York City. It enabled me to feel more confident in venturing out on my own to more places. Good to meet others & the guide (Steve) was informative - a wealth of valuable knowledge. |
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Fun, entertaining, and informativeT
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| Sat, Sep 20, 08 9:00 AM |
NonnaH |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| This tour is a good introduction to the city. It helps you get your bearings and gives you the opportunity to decide what is of interest to you. Then you can go back and explore these areas in depth. Our guide, Steve, gave good advice so we could get to Ellis Island on our own. The deli stop for lunch was great! We were thankful for Steve's information beforehand on how the tickets and lines worked. We followed his suggestions on what to order and had a great lunch and experience. The morning went very quickly. |
