Free NYC walking tours
Aug 4th, 2012 | 07:29 AM
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Free NYC walking tours
This may have been posted before, if so, sorry. I took one of the Free tours by Foot and found it informative and enjoyable.
http://gonyc.about.com/od/toursbr/tp...king-Tours.htm
karen
http://gonyc.about.com/od/toursbr/tp...king-Tours.htm
karen
Aug 4th, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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Just for the record Karen -- all of the other tours on that list ARE free. The tour guides are either volunteers or paid by the neighborhoods that sponsor the tours. Free tours by foot reads as follows:
The guides on these tours work exclusively for tips, so keep that in mind and tip appropriately if you are happy with your experience. They recommend tipping $10/person for their 2-hour tours and $25/person for the 6-hour tour.
The walk I will be doing on Saturday before the GTG will be free for a few reasons
1) Summer Streets is Free (I will post about today's walk tomorrow)
2) I'm looking forward to meeting the people I don't know from this board and give people a sense of why tours of Central Park are worthwhile.....The docent free tours are great but visitors have to find their way to the start and they are focused on specific sections without giving people a real sense of how and why the Park really works .... and why people's preconceived movie notions don't match today's reality and because it will be fun!
3) I am looking for some feedback. The kinds of public and semi private tours I want to do aren't really being done.
4) If you are around Times Square at 7am on Thursday the 9th I'm doing one again there.
5) I do do step on bus, subway and walking tours for groups and I have some private clients but I want to create a different model that could be private or could be opened to a small group.
So enjoy my "free" tours while they last. When I am ready to post prices I will and they won't be advertised on this forum. My blog will continue to have useful answers to questions that are often posted here. Right now my website is a mere splash page (it has been an unusual year since leaving HOHO bus land) but finishing it is becoming a priority....
So KRNS read the fine print before you take a free tour.
The guides on these tours work exclusively for tips, so keep that in mind and tip appropriately if you are happy with your experience. They recommend tipping $10/person for their 2-hour tours and $25/person for the 6-hour tour.
The walk I will be doing on Saturday before the GTG will be free for a few reasons
1) Summer Streets is Free (I will post about today's walk tomorrow)
2) I'm looking forward to meeting the people I don't know from this board and give people a sense of why tours of Central Park are worthwhile.....The docent free tours are great but visitors have to find their way to the start and they are focused on specific sections without giving people a real sense of how and why the Park really works .... and why people's preconceived movie notions don't match today's reality and because it will be fun!
3) I am looking for some feedback. The kinds of public and semi private tours I want to do aren't really being done.
4) If you are around Times Square at 7am on Thursday the 9th I'm doing one again there.
5) I do do step on bus, subway and walking tours for groups and I have some private clients but I want to create a different model that could be private or could be opened to a small group.
So enjoy my "free" tours while they last. When I am ready to post prices I will and they won't be advertised on this forum. My blog will continue to have useful answers to questions that are often posted here. Right now my website is a mere splash page (it has been an unusual year since leaving HOHO bus land) but finishing it is becoming a priority....
So KRNS read the fine print before you take a free tour.
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Aug 4th, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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SueNYC...
You didn't get that I was pulling your leg!
Husband and I were trying to come up with humorous responses to your unusual comment so I typed them as we thought of them.
See you Sat; probably won't be in early enough to join your walking tour, we'll have our puppy with us anyway. She'll be getting groomed and spend some time at doggie daycare near the restaurant during the GTG. We have no doggie parks around here and I wanted to bring her to the city anyway to have fun in the doggie parks I've seen in Central Park so we're killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
Karen
You didn't get that I was pulling your leg!
Husband and I were trying to come up with humorous responses to your unusual comment so I typed them as we thought of them.
See you Sat; probably won't be in early enough to join your walking tour, we'll have our puppy with us anyway. She'll be getting groomed and spend some time at doggie daycare near the restaurant during the GTG. We have no doggie parks around here and I wanted to bring her to the city anyway to have fun in the doggie parks I've seen in Central Park so we're killing 2 birds with 1 stone.
Karen
Aug 5th, 2012 | 05:57 AM
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KRNS: Thanks for posting that link--great info to have.
On a side note, I was surprised to see on your profile that you're in Lackawaxen, PA, since I think of that area as primarily a summer camp location. Have you always lived there?
On a side note, I was surprised to see on your profile that you're in Lackawaxen, PA, since I think of that area as primarily a summer camp location. Have you always lived there?
Aug 5th, 2012 | 06:31 AM
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Judy24,
You are welcome for the link, I am planning on going on more tours.
As far as living in Lackawaxen, I grew up in the Bronx, raised my family in NJ, and retired here in 2007.
We live in a mountain community but at the bottom of the mt, bordering the Delaware River, is a summer camp that you may be thinking of.
Lackawaxen is noted for the Zane Grey House and the Roebling Bridge, Roebling being the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge. Other than that, and bears, deer, and turkeys, there's not much else.
Karen
You are welcome for the link, I am planning on going on more tours.
As far as living in Lackawaxen, I grew up in the Bronx, raised my family in NJ, and retired here in 2007.
We live in a mountain community but at the bottom of the mt, bordering the Delaware River, is a summer camp that you may be thinking of.
Lackawaxen is noted for the Zane Grey House and the Roebling Bridge, Roebling being the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge. Other than that, and bears, deer, and turkeys, there's not much else.
Karen
Aug 5th, 2012 | 06:58 AM
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KRNS: I like your sense of humor!
I have fond memories of the Lackawaxen area as a child. Of course we called it "Lack-of-Action" and the Roebling Bridge was known as the "Matzoh Bridge." It's now been reinforced, but it used to be as fragile as a matzoh, and we'd pray we'd make it safely to the other side. I also remember the Zane Grey Inn. And the White House. Have also lived in NJ & the Bronx, so small world and all that.
Hope you're enjoying living in that area.
I have fond memories of the Lackawaxen area as a child. Of course we called it "Lack-of-Action" and the Roebling Bridge was known as the "Matzoh Bridge." It's now been reinforced, but it used to be as fragile as a matzoh, and we'd pray we'd make it safely to the other side. I also remember the Zane Grey Inn. And the White House. Have also lived in NJ & the Bronx, so small world and all that.
Hope you're enjoying living in that area.
Aug 5th, 2012 | 07:15 AM
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My guide was from Big Apple Greeters - and he didn't want a tip but asked that I send in a donation to his group office - which I did. http://www.bigapplegreeter.org/
He was a native of the Big Apple, a very nice and friendly type - and he showed me around Greenwich Village - and he was rightfully proud of his city.
He was a native of the Big Apple, a very nice and friendly type - and he showed me around Greenwich Village - and he was rightfully proud of his city.
Aug 5th, 2012 | 10:55 AM
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Too bad your not here early KRNS because dogs are allowed off leash before 9 am in Central Park. The scene on the great lawn is pretty amazing. All of the owners know each others dogs but none of them know each others names. If you stay over you can enjoy off leash time Sunday morning.
Big Apple Greeter is a great volunteer organization. When I worked in a real office all week long I volunteered with them for at least 10 years. It makes me crazy on another forum when people refer to the greeter that took them around as a BAG. Thanks Tomsd for at least using the human word guide!
Big Apple Greeter is a great volunteer organization. When I worked in a real office all week long I volunteered with them for at least 10 years. It makes me crazy on another forum when people refer to the greeter that took them around as a BAG. Thanks Tomsd for at least using the human word guide!
