PhotoTrek Tours of New York City - Private Tours of NYC with a Professional Photographer (NYC, NY)

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	PhotoTrek Tours

Ratings Summary: Rating: 4.9

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	# of Reviews	Overall Rating	Positive Points	Negative Points	% Positive	Average Rating
Last 3 months	22	62	62	0	100%	4.9
Last 6 months	52	145	145	0	100%	4.9
Last 12 months	98	272	272	0	100%	4.9
All	368	1035	1036	1	100%	4.9

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	Overall Rating	% Positive	Average Rating
Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour	272	100%	4.9
Central Park & Uptown - Personal Photo Tour	0	0%	0.0
Best of Midtown Manhattan - Personal Photo Tour	0	0%	0.0
Tour of Downtown New York w/ Personal Photographer	0	0%	0.0

Date Attended [v]	Reviewer	Gender	Age	Where From?	Group Type?
Excellent Service Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Tue, Sep 11, 07 5:00 PM	AMcMullen	Male	20-29	International Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
I would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to see the best sights in New York and have photos to remember them by. Aidan, Ireland
What a great way to see New York !! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Tue, Sep 11, 07 2:00 PM	awalker	Male	40-49	International Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
We booked this at the last minute and we were so glad that we found it. We spent 2 memorable hours with Marc who is very knowledgable and enthusiatic about his home town. We got pictures of ourselves that we would never have otherwise been able to get, in locations that we might not have visited without Marc's guidance. The photos were great and the disc arrived at our hotel within 24 hours. Very impressed with the service. Although it had been raining, Marc had a 'plan B' so that we would not miss out, however we did not need this as the weather held. We would not hesitate to recommend this tour to anybody visiting NYC and we would definately consider taking another one of Marc's tours. We loved every minute of it !!
Something to remember! Central Park & Uptown - Personal Photo Tour
Mon, Sep 10, 07 8:00 AM	uknodnol	Male	20-29	International Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
If you are traveling to NYC I would recommend this tour as not only a great way to get your bearings in the city but also as a way to create memories of your trip. The tour guide is friendly, knowledgeable and informative and the pictures that are taken are of excellent quality. If like me and my other half you are going as a couple the tour is for you it removes the having to ask random strangers to take your photo and risk them legging it with your gear. All in all the experience is very positive and you will have something to remember your trip for ever. Kevin & Sharon
THIS IS A MUST DO . . . . Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Sat, Sep 8, 07 11:15 AM	4galsinNYC	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
My friends and I were in NY for the first time and our photo guide Mark could not have been more helpful and enjoyable. He knew what shots to take and where to go to get them. We had a blast. Even though an unpredicted rain came along, it did not dampen our adventure or our pictures - so we got wet, big deal. Make sure to book this for your first day in NY because Mark (while taking photos) showed us how to navigate the subway and we really got the lay of the land. Mark would take any picture we wanted, so let loose and get silly once in a while. You can't go wrong with this one - BOOK IT NOW !!!
Great tour Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Fri, Sep 7, 07 8:00 AM	mgriggs	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Group of Friends
Marc was a great tour guide and revised the tour to fit our needs. We booked ours on the last day there and had our pictures by 4:45 that day and they were really good. My only suggestion is to book him your first full day there rather than the last but book early because he does sell out.
Wonderful Memories Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Wed, Sep 5, 07 9:00 AM	Lecris	Female	20-29	International Tourist(s)	Other
Coming from Australia, never having been to the U.S. before, going on this tour was a wonderful way to see and learn how to get around New York. It was a fun-filled 3 hours covering so much that a tourist would never find on their own. The photos were wonderful! Marc was an excellent guide who taught us how to use the subway, recommended the best places to eat and what to expect in which area of the city. My sister and I highly recommend this tour to all NYC visitors!!
Great Tour and Photos! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Tue, Sep 4, 07 4:00 PM	msislen	Male	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
My wife and I took the three-hour tour because this was our first time to Manhattan and we wanted to get a feel for the entire city. We scheduled our PhotoTrek tour to start 30 minutes after arriving in town and immediately hit the streets to take photos. Our tour covered a lot of ground and the photographs turned out incredible. In fact, I would probably do it again if I ever went to New York, just to get more photographs. We have photos of Grand Central Station, Times Square, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Little Italy, Chinatown, the inside of a subway car. At first, we were completely confused with the subway system, but after our photo tour, we were riding the subways like the locals. If I had taken the photos myself, they wouldn't have had both my wife and I in the same photo, so it was great to have someone else snapping the pictures while we walked around and toured the city. At times it felt like we had paparazi following us around. Make sure you bring some good walking shoes because you will be moving the whole time. I wish I would have brought a few different shirts to provide some variety in the photos so that they all don't look like they were shot on the same day. I would leave purses, backpacks or handbags at the hotel room. They can become an extra hassle while posing for quick photos.
PhotoTrek is great and we highly recommend! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Sat, Sep 1, 07 3:15 PM	chocokide	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
On our first trip to NYC as a couple (Sept 1-5, 2007) we had the pleasure of booking PhotoTrek's services to meet us at our hotel within hours of arriving in the city. Marc was prompt and very professional in all of our dealings. In addition, Marc is the kind of person that I am sure will get along well with anyone and any size of group. We would like to thank Marc and the great service that he provides and the wonderful disc of photos that arrived to our hotel very quickly after our tour ended. Marc was wonderful and provided us with a sample itinerary of sites to take in before we arrived on September 1. We made a few changes keeping in mind our future trip activities and couldn't have been happier with the outcome. We visited so many places during our four hours together and had the opportunity to talk with Marc and learn more about the great city he get's to call home. We are both positive we could have never covered that much ground and seen so many sites by ourselves. The really neat thing was that now as we get to look over the photos of our tour with PhotoTrek we see things that we didn't even notice due to our awe of arriving just a few hours earlier in the city - the Chrysler building over our shoulder, ALL of the beautiful greenery in the park, the character of the Brooklyn Bridge or the way that we look so happy in NYC together as a couple. Even after our tour was over - We both found ourselves using tidbits of information that Marc had shared with us during our tour. We even purchased discount theater tickets for the Phantom of the Opera at the TKTS booth that Marc pointed out to us from the Brooklyn Bridge, we rode the subway all over town with the knowledge that we could easily make it back to Times Square and we were able to enjoy the rest of our trip and not have to worry about taking photos together because Marc took over 200 great photos of us during our 4 hours together!! I would recommend PhotoTrek to anyone! Even if it is your first trip, your second or tenth trip, I think you will get something great out of the tour and working with Marc.
Fantastic New York Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Fri, Aug 24, 07 10:45 AM	ken3740	Male	50-59	International Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
We would recomend anyone coming to new york to try out a photo trek tour. Not only have we got some great photos but our guide Marc made the tour interesting and pointed out areas that we would not have visited but for this tour. We now have some photos of new york that would have been impossible without this tour. Ten out of Ten
Great Tour, Great Photo's, Great Fun !!! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Sun, Aug 19, 07 8:00 AM	NeilMorris	Male	40-49	International Tourist(s)	Family With Children
Mark - we cannot thank you enough. Not only a personalised tour of the greatest city in the world , but a unique reminder of a fantastic family holiday. Anyone that can engage with my kids at 8.00am on a sunday morning deserves a medal - but from the moment that you met us at our hotel they were transformed. It certainly must be the best three hour tour of NY with a lifetime photo album thrown in for free ! Good luck with the business - you deserve your success.
What a Tour Central Park & Uptown - Personal Photo Tour
Fri, Aug 17, 07 8:00 AM	Bowens	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
I found the activity by chance when searching the internet for an attraction to celebrate my husband's birthday in NYC. The whole experience from purchasing the package to the actual tour was handled in a professional manner. We thoroughly enjoyed all the sights (i.e., Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Station, Central Park, Midtown, and Times Square. Our time with Mark was very enjoyable and comfortable. His personality was relaxing especially since it was our first time meeting him. He was willing to adjust the tour to what was to our liking. Although, we went with his recommendations which were right on track. After many trips to NYC, it was during our tour session that we experienced taking the subway and becoming more familiar with our surroundings. I would recommend this tour to any one looking to see the city and to commemorate the trip with photos. I just viewed the CD and was very pleased with the results. This is something we may do again when we return to New York.
A unique quick start guide to New York with photos Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Tue, Aug 14, 07 1:30 PM	MaryTowner	Female	50-59	International Tourist(s)	Family With Children
This was our first trip to New York, we had booked a 7 day stay and wanted to make the best use of our time there. As a mother and son family we had almost no photos of the two of us together, so when I came across Marc's photo tour of New York on the internet it seemed the ideal solution for us. The other things that appealed to us were, Marc being a Native New Yorker, the tour being walking and subway, (rather than a bus) and a degree of personalization. My 12 year old son Damie is an avid Spiderman fan and wanted to see some of the famous landmarks from the films. Marc arrived early and let us know he was in the lobby of our hotel (another plus point, being collected). We met a well-turned out and extremely personable Marc, who immediately went through the Spiderman locations he could build into the tour - we had opted for the 4 hour one. He also checked the New York landmarks we were most interested in e.g. Central Park as opposed to the Financial District, in our case. This enabled him to decide how much time and focus to place on each location. Neither my son or I are naturals when it comes to being photographed, but Marc's expertise and quickness with his camera meant that we never had to pose or hold a smile for more than a few seconds. As a result we now have a disc of 200 professional photographs which Marc delivered to our hotel the following day. I know my son wouldn't have been willing to be photographed like this if I was holding the camera. Marc was also very sensitive to my son's sensory difficulties, when Damie found Times Square a bit too much for him, Marc moved quickly on, but still managed to get some shots here. He was very open and easy to talk to and we both enjoyed our time with him. At the end of the tour my son and I really felt confident about exploring New York over the rest of the week on our own, including using the subways, which Marc gave us a lesson in. We also felt we had received a comprehensive view of the city, visiting places we may not have got round to ourselves. With the portfolio of photos to take home from Marc's tour, we were able to spend the rest of our week in New York sans camera doing our own thing, including revisiting some of the places Marc had shown us. This tour is unique and real value for money - I would recommend it to anyone visiting New York.
Recommended to everyone!! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Tue, Aug 14, 07 8:30 AM	ap6136	Female	20-29	International Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
My husband and I are from the UK, and only had two days to see New York City. Marc's tour was fantastic. I can't think of a better way to orientate yourself with the city, learn a bit about the city, work out how the subway works and get a CD full of wonderful photographs of the whole family. Marc was very friendly and relaxed, and adapted the tour to include a couple of things we specifically wanted to see. The CD of photographs arrived in the UK really quickly and we are so pleased with the photographs. I will be telling everyone I can about this tour!!!
What a GREAT tour! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Sun, Aug 12, 07 1:30 PM	rachapman	Female	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
Mark was absolutely wonderful. I used the Metro in DC for 10 years but was quite hesitant to go on the NY subway. Marks ability to show us what token to get, which train to get on, and how the routing worked was really informative and reassuring. I decided that morning in a change of itinerary - he was very flexible and accommodating. The pictures on the CD are absolutely fabulous and elicited many ou's and awe’s from family and friends. They gave my son and me many happy memories and a plan to return! I wish we could have had another day for another 3 hour tour!
Stop Reading & Start Making a Reservation! Best of New York - Personal Photo Tour
Thu, Aug 9, 07 8:00 AM	PicOlio	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
If you can't book it as the very 1st thing you do in NY; book it anyway!!! I wish we could've done this 1st on our trip but the tour was sold out on our 1st day (hence the reason u should stop reading and start booking so u don't miss out!) We took the tour on our 2nd day and our ONLY complaint was that we were not able to do it on our 1st day. Ok maybe we had two complaints; the second was that we couldn't just carry our tour guide along with us for the entire trip! He was FANTASTIC!! I had a couple of specific places I wanted to see that were nowhere near the 'actual tour sights' but our tour guide abliged w/o complaint and he made it work perfectly. He managed to ensure we saw some of the greatest sights all along the way of our 'detour' and all of the way back! We took the 3hr tour and I can't believe how much we packed into that tour! We saw more, laughed more, learned more and got more pics in that 3 hours than we did on our entire trip! If we saw something we wanted a pic by (that he normally would've walked past) we just pointed it out and snap snap we had the shots in addition to a wealth of information concerning the location. ANY questions we had were answered openly and with such knowledge! The shots themselves are FABULOUS! Plenty of close-ups, plenty of scenery shots surrounding us, and plenty of action shots (walking across streets, subways, climbing on the bridge etc). The rest of our personal trip photos (without the guide) has shots of JUST ME or JUST my boyfriend so having this tour's shots to mix in makes our photo album complete and a true joy to view again & again. I'm from a small town in Colorado where I have become spoiled with extremely friendly and personal service... this of course was not something I expected to receive in NYC; boy was I wrong! Our tour guide made me feel like I had never left my small town comforts the entire time we were with him! My fears of NYC were obliterated primarily because of this tour. By the time our tour was done my BF and I were ready to tackle anything NYC had to offer. We did a lot in NYC but nothing will stick in my mind like this tour. If not for this tour I doubt I would've felt like we 'did NY' but because of this tour our trip was complete and enabled us to return home with only the fondest of memories. WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU STILL READING THIS????? BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!! I only command this because I don't think anyone should have to visit NYC w/o this tour. YOU WONT REGRET IT! Sure it's a lil pricy if you compare it to some crowded and cheesy cruise ship or tour bus, but it's CHEAP when you consider the fact that you have one native New Yorker there to cater your needs and only your needs, who happens to be a professional photographer determined to send you home with a wealth of photo memories. You spent the money to get to NYC you may as well get your money's worth out of it and this tour is exactly how you will make up for the overpriced airfare & cabs!

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