First of all, Mike was 10 minutes late for a 2-he tour. I had to call him to make sure he was coming. Secondly, we booked and paid for a private tour ‘only you and your group’. We chose this very purposefully. It is our preference. Imagine our surprise when the reason he was late was that he was picking up 2 more people. To be clear, the other couple were lovely. But not the point. Private does not include another couple. The tour itself was fine. I did not need to hear about the parties that he attends and how much they cost. We wanted the history. Not the present day. Then at the end of the tour, Mike puts the 4 of us in his vehicle in the heat of the day (not turned on), while he talks to someone. If you are looking for someone who name drops, talks about the prestigious parties and how much they cost, stops what he is saying and talks to other people outside the not-so-private tour, Mike is your guy. We book private tours all over the world when we travel. We love the personalization and are happy to pay extra. This was not at all what we ordered, messaged about and paid for. We are very disappointed.
Obviously I'm very disappointed to see this revie. That said, everything included in my offering was included in this tour. As this person said the tour was "fine". It's important to understand that in my tour, amongst many other things I speak about what it's like to live here today and today we have some wonderful and generous people that raise money by entertaining. Much of this is done to support our preservation movement They do magnificent work and it's surprising to me that someone would be offended by hearing about it. Also, as a 25 year resident of this neighborhood I run into friends and neighbors during my tour and it would be considered rude to not acknowledge them as we pass. Again, it's surprising to me that someone would find that offensive. Finally, this is a beautiful wonderful city and it's my mission to help everyone understand how special it is. If anyone is unhappy with my tour for any reason I would absolutely support a refund.
Byron was punctual and his equipment was in excellent shape. Byron’s knowledge of volcano’s and the park were fascinating! Riding Fat Tire e-bikes was an awesome experience and took a lot of the work out of biking thru changing elevations and made the adventure a lot more fun! Would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn and experience the park in nature. It rained torrentially and we got soaked but, gotta say we still had fun!
Todd! You and Julie were troopers! We did have a rainy day! But still had fun! Thanks for making my experience so meaningful! You are both amazing people and I hope our paths cross again soon!
We had a great time with Julia! Her tour was fun, lively, informative and we really felt the benefit of being shown round Central Park by a local.
Thank you, Elly! It was a pleasure spending the morning with you both. I am honored you included me in your New York City itinerary. All the best! Julia
We are the 3rd timer in Oahu and this time we wanted to do something outside of Waikiki. Patrick perfectly made our dream come true, including finishing up my personal small errands on the way. He's truely flexible with relaxing mood, regardless of the fact that we squeezed sudden several different requests into itinerary just 2 days before the tour date. He attended us in a professional way with big smile, and gave us good inspiration with genre-less world topics in his luxury van all through the driveway. We learned USA from a new point of view. We can promise most of kids travelers won't get car sick in his car like our kids (who often feel like vomiting in an ordinary car. They actually had naps and naps peacefully thanks to his gentle and safe drive, also thaks to high spec of his car) . We felt aloha sprit from the way he is. It sums up "High recommendation for any future traveler to Oahu". He can take you everywhere with background episode, local gourmet stops, and photo shooting spots !
Mahalo for your great review Namie! Pleasure meeting your Ohana and I look forward seeing you guys in the near future! Next time we go on the Local Grinds FOOD tour! Enjoy the rest of your stay !! Aloha!
With a real local of your choice
Just contact your favorite local
So no group tours with strangers