| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Excellent All-round Tour
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| Sat, May 23 9:00 AM |
KBurchell |
Female |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This tour covered a lot of ground in its 7 hours, including a stop for lunch at the famous Katz's Deli. Got off the bus several times for photo shoots and to stretch. The tour guide was very entertaining and knowledgeable. His love of NYC came through in his tour, and his breadth of knowledge was apparent. He knew everyone's names from the start, which made everyone feel very much at home.
We especially enjoyed the tour through St. Paul's Chapel and the great view of Ground Zero, not to mention all the info regarding the future of this site. He was very adept at manoeuvring the bus through the NYC traffic, never missing a beat in his narration. He was humorous, thorough and good-natured. After the tour, we felt we had learned a lot about NYC and knew where we wanted to return to spend more time. Thanks to the guide, we were very comfortable getting around the streets and avenues. Thanks for a great tour! |
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wonderful,I would do this tour again.
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| Sat, May 16 9:00 AM |
kimhancock |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| There were four of us in our group, We had a great time. The King of New york was the best. I had been recommended this tour and glad I did it . You could not get a more personal tour than this one. I would do it again in a New York minute. |
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Good locations, poor guide
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| Thu, May 14 9:00 AM |
sandrarose |
Female |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Good trip in that it covered large number of main sights of Manhattan. However we did not enjoy the trip due to the personality, manner and lack of interpersonal skills of guide/driver. He never introduced himself by name. Unnervingly he frequently had both hands off the wheel whilst the vehicle was moving forward, one hand on the microphone, one waving in the air and head turned to one side to address us.
He preached/talked at us rather than to us, in long monologues, in an unnecessarily loud voice. He had an overbearing manner and made derogatory remarks about us being boring and useless.He insisted on giving us protracted accounts of his opinions, biased rather than balanced, eg that we should be moving on from the events of ground Zero and after all only 2,000= were actually killed there. He made no effort to coordinate what was a very small group. The notice at the front of the bus "Gratuities Welcome" was inappropriate. We did not heed this as we did not feel he deserved any. |
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Fantastic Time in New York
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| Mon, May 4 9:00 AM |
tarcoola |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Thank you for a wonderful tour. We not only enjoyed our day of touring New York City but learnt so much as well. It may have been the history of the city or just enjoying the wonderful sense of humor. We saw places and things that we would have easily missed if we had tried to see the city on our own. Thank you for a fanastic tour |
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30 minutes of fake purse shopping in Chinatown!?!
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| Thu, Apr 23 9:00 AM |
dfs85302 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I was glad because it was a tour of less than 10 people, any more than 15 would've been too much, I didn't hear what the guide was saying very well.
We stopped at some major sites. I would say we spent the most time at the World Financial Center viewing the former World Trade Center. The second thing we spent the most time doing was fake purse shopping in Chinatown. We spent about 30 minutes doing that. There were about 2 ladies (including the guide!) who stayed and did this, I just roamed around close by not knowing how much time they were going to be staying in this one store. That was a waste of time, considering we only spent 5 minutes TOTAL between the areas of Central Park, The FlatIron Building, and The Empire State Building. Oh yes, if you're a cupcake lover you'll enjoy Chelsea Square Market, we spent about a half hour in there as well cupcake shopping and brownie shopping. You don't get any close up views of the statue of liberty, we spent about 5 minutes, maybe less, viewing the distant statue, then left.
For $95, it wasn't worth it (especially if there was the maxiumum amount of guests of 35 people). If I had brought a partner along, I would have rather done a ONE on ONE tour with RealNewYorkTours.com (not affiliated), and you get to see alot more sights for $125pp and you get your very own tour guide. I guess this was ok for a first time visit to New York with limited time. |
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Great
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| Thu, Apr 16 9:00 AM |
kaypinkston |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Wonderful and excellent and enjoyable and informative day. Have been to NYC many times and am sorry I didn't do it before now. |
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Excellent
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| Tue, Apr 14 9:00 AM |
AnnLim |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| The best tour I have ever experienced. |
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WOW - Excellent value for money!
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| Mon, Apr 13 9:00 AM |
christinasel |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I decided to book this trip as it was a smaller bus and I hoped that it would be suitable for the elderly relatives travelling with us - it was more than suitable it was perfect.
Steve was an excellent guide with a never ending amount of knowledge and facts about New York. It was very enjoyable and at a pace that seemed to suit all of the people on the bus ( ages seemed to range from teenages up to 85 years)
I would highly recommend this tour |
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An intelligent way of discovering NY
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| Mon, Apr 13 9:00 AM |
jimcloos |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| While not new to NY, we did learn a lot during our 4.5 hour trip through midtown and downtown Manhattan. Our guide Stephen communicated his love for the city and did so in a humourous and informative way. Being a small group (12 people) in a minibus helped create a congenial atmosphere and allowed for interactivity; at one stage, we even got into a heated argument over the respective merits of Obama and Bush. We only had time for the morning trip, but next time we will definitely do the whole day tour. |
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AWESOME TOUR!
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| Sat, Apr 11 9:00 AM |
amyvanroekel |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My family went on the Marvelous Manhatten Bus Tour on Apr. 11, 2009. We absolutely loved it! Our guide, Steve, did a great job and was very informative. He talked non-stop all day long and showed us many sights! I would highly recommend this tour for all ages! |
