Why travel with us?
Why take a guided tour when you could explore on your own?
Fair question! On a guided tour, you get a curated itinerary so you make the most of your time. You hear fascinating stories and insider tips for what to do next on your trip. And you discover things you wouldn’t find on your own. All while chatting with a local, just like you have a friend in town.
So you’ll say we’re biased, but here’s our pro travel advice — go for the guided tour!
Now why our guided tours? That’s the easy part. We could tell you how awesome our guides are, how our tours regularly win awards, or how our team delivers next-level customer service. But we’ll let our 50,000 five-star reviews do the talking.
Over 50,000 actually… We must be doing something right!
Top-rated tours in the world’s best cities
Our awards
Best Tour on Two Feet
#1 Global Cultural Experience
Best Day Tours and Excursions
Travelers' Choice Award
Snapshots from our tours
My wife and I enjoyed the walking tour with Charlie, our ghostly guide! It's a great way to see parts of the city while listening to haunting tales of yore!
November 2024
This tour was a highlight of our trip! We got super lucky and had Zayneb as our guide and she is amazing — so knowledgeable, fun, told us lots of stories and history.
July 2024
Besides being a knowledgeable tour guide, Linda adeptly entertained! Such great stories to accompany the tour! She shared great culinary secrets of the area!
October 2024
Excellent guide. Really interesting and we saw a whole new side to the city we didn’t expect. Definitely worth doing.
April 2024
Joseph was amazing. He made us feel welcome and the tour was exciting. He definitely kept our kiddos engaged throughout the tour and knew his history about the Statue of Liberty.
July 2024
Great tour and insight into the history of parts of downtown San Diego. If you enjoy classic architecture of the early 20th century this is a phenomenal tour.
December 2022
This was by far my favorite part of our visit to CA. Matt had so many interesting facts and stories to tell about the area that I actually wished for more traffic so we would have more time on the bus traveling!
July 2024
This tour is a must, especially if you are new to San Antonio. Mary, our tour guide, was amazing! She was so upbeat and went over and beyond to give my niece suggestions on other venues to see. We met amazing people in our group along the way.
October 2023
Larinda was entertaining and showed us the hidden nuggets around Fremont Street. Great tour. Do it early in your stay so you can go see things she recommends.
September 2024
No one could have been provided a better introduction to the city than Gregory! He was extremely flexible in adapting the itinerary to our requests and took wonderful pictures. This is a tour we won't forget!
July 2024
Worth every penny! A great experience that I highly recommend. Gina was our tour guide and she was fantastic. We had a great time learning more about the history of the city and stopping along the way to sample some wonderful food!
November 2023
Thank you, Anastasia, for guiding me around in the neighborhood of Montmartre, unveiling secrets and facts I didn't know about!
July 2024
Such a nice tour! Amazing time with Eric Williams who really made this tour unforgettable! History, humour, joy, really nice food recommendations… everything was there!
August 2019
We had an amazing time on this tour! Our tour guide Peter was both entertaining and informative. He presented just the right balance of facts and figures on the one side and anecdotes and funny insider stories on the other side.
July 2024
Our guide (Dina) was a local Parisian, and so was able to provide both historical and modern perspective in excellent English. We also appreciated that she was able to tell us about Paris in general. We enjoyed our tour and would recommend!
March 2023
Javier was a great guide. I learned so much about the artists at the Prado. I highly recommend the skip the line Prado tour
September 2024
I learned a great deal from this tour and saw such vibrant art and architecture. Our tour guide Albert was knowledgeable and kind.
July 2024
Our tour of the 9/11 memorial site and museum with Rob was wonderful. Hearing the events of 9/11 from someone who was there … was educational and inspirational. ExperienceFirst was also incredibly helpful in booking our tour and customer service was great.
December 2023
Meet our guides
Our guides are the heart of who we are. They’re locals with a passion for telling stories, and they know their cities inside and out. You might walk Wall Street with a trader, tour Hollywood with an actor, or climb the Eiffel Tower with a lifelong Parisian.
When you tour with us, we show you our city like a friend. That means a warm welcome, personal attention throughout the tour, and, of course, help snapping photos so you can take the memory home.
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Hear from our founder, Andrew
It all started in 2009 when our founder, Andrew Luan, was casually asked by a visiting friend for a tour of Wall Street, where he used to work. That was the aha moment.
Andrew realized that crowds of tourists came here every day without any way to discover the area beyond looking at a few landmarks. No one was telling the real story of Wall Street, especially the financial crisis that brought the global economy to its knees.
So he decided to do something about it. That same year, he launched our Wall Street tours, led by Wall Street insiders. Guests enjoyed getting to know a corner of New York from an expert, so next we created Broadway tours led by actors and industry pros. Then came Ground Zero tours, led by New Yorkers with a personal connection to the day.
From there, we continued creating more travel experiences led by more local guides, each with a passion for the city they call home. The rest, as they say, is history.
Today, we’re proud to offer travelers a choice of over 100 tours in cities across Europe and the U.S. More than 15 years later, our company’s mission remains founded on the same core values: exceeding expectations, embracing change and growth, having a positive, can-do attitude, and creating smiles.
These values are at the core of everything we do, and they empower us to focus on our ultimate goal: helping travelers make the most of their visit.
Our mission?
To help you make the most of your visit
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