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Tour Buses: a bus tour with linguistic problems
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  • By Gard on October 13, 2004
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    We like to take bus tours of different cities that we go to. We normally make this one of our first activities so that we can get to know the city a little bit. But this time we took the tour after we had stayed in the city a few days. We walked over to the Empire State Building to catch this bus tour and we went for the downtown loop with a company called Gray Line tours. The tickets cost us 37$ per person and you can hop on and of as the bus goes around the downtown area. We got a seat on the top floor of the double decker bus after a few minutes and we were ready to get some in depth information about New York. But we were a bit disappointed. The first guide that we had didn’t speak English that well and we had trouble understanding what she said. On other buses it was hard to hear the guide at all. I was hoping to get something back for the 37$ but the guides did not give us that much information that we hadn’t already read in our guidebook. Well, the bus tour that we took went to places like Greenwich Village, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, past Wall Street and the Financial District, Battery Park, South Street Seaport, Times Square etc. If you are going to take it, take it when you first come to NYC.

    Make sure to get on a bus that has seats on the top floor so that you can enjoy the view while you travel…remember to put some sunscreen on so that you don’t get fried in the sun…and hold on to your hats…the branches along the route can get pretty close :-)

    Get a guide book, prepare your trip and use the subway to travel around town

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    Tour Buses: I think it's still a good idea
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  • Updated By TempNomad on January 6, 2004
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    The double-decker buses are worth the price, in my humble opinion, IF it's not raining. It's hop-on/hop-off and they can be quite informative. You can choose from several different "loops" and you really will see the REAL NYC from above. You'll get some people shaking their heads, and some teenagers (or like-minded folks) heckling a bit, but it's a great way to see a lot of the city with some information. I haven't done a tour yet, but I'm planning on going some time!

    Take notes and return to places you liked. Of course, you MUST take the Brooklyn loop and check out Fulton Ferry Landing. See my Brooklyn pages for shots of the views!

    In pleasant weather, walk a lot, too! That's the best way to see the city...walking and stopping to rest at a bar/cafe.

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    Tour Buses: Double Decker Disaster
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  • By D_Shannon on September 9, 2004
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    They say the best way to see Manhattan is to take the Greyhound Double Decker hop on, hop off bus. That's probably because you'll spend a lot of time walking around trying to find the bloody thing. So many streets get closed due to film productions, parades, riots, you name it, that the stops are often rerouted - and good luck finding out about that. We got so hopping mad we actually wrote a letter of complaint - and would have gotten a refund if we'd kept our receipts and ticket stubs. For the full story, check out my travelogues.

    When you buy your tickets, ask about any rerouting that might affect you. Make sure you keep your receipts and ticket stubs. If possible, buy your tickets from a hotel conceige - then at least you've got someone to complain to when it all goes wrong.

    Just walk! Manhattan is divided into sections, and the sections themselves are actually pretty small. Take a taxi - or the subway - to the section you want to explore and do the rest on foot.

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    Tour Buses: Bus Tours...
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  • Updated By maddcurlee on June 8, 2007
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  • 1. Only good for crowded areas. 2. Not worth using for the WHOLE trip. Also do not buy jewelry on the streets or in the shops in Midtown that look like a Radio Shack or Crazy Eddie's for jewelry. Your wasting your money.

    1. Use buses for the main tourist areas like Time Square(the mecca), Grand central, herald square and Lower manhattan (ground zero). 2. limit yourself to bus tours that are only half a day. preferably schedule the Times Square tour during the evening hours so you can see all the lights. save the other one for during the day.

    1. Anything below 20th street should be visitied by foot. Well worth it.


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    Tour Buses: See buildings they film for TV
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  • By fullcirclea on March 24, 2005
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    Fun tour but not good value $30 per person http://www.nytix.com/GuidedTours/TVLocationTours/Sceneontv/centralparkmovie.html

    See the Cosby house , Coyote Ugly, Friends Coffe Shop and the building Monica Lewinsky lives in!

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    Tour Buses: Dirty, smelly, poor service..............but cheap
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  • By wamaker on April 27, 2005
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  • I took the Eastern bus NYC-Washington and back and the bus STANK (? sewage). The driver talked on his cell phone all the way and he spoke NO ENGLISH. BEWARE.

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    Tour Buses: NEVER take the tour buses
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  • By pablod1 on March 10, 2003
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  • Everyone sees these buses in news or on tv but to truely experience NY you have to WALK with the people and navigating through traffic and other people!

    If you do get on these buses do a little research on prices and areas that they cover. If you go the NYC website you will find legit and honest companies.

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    Tour Buses: Which Tour Bus?
  • By Kelly-Ann on February 3, 2004
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  • I found that there was a number of different tour bus company's and as you can imagine they all have different prices. If you go in a group most will give you a discount. The tours are hop on hop off and are a good way of getting about but make sure you know the difference between uptown and downtown. This is were we got stumped as we kept getting on the same one so never actually got to the place we wanted most of the time. Make sure you say to the guide were you want to go and they should tell you if you are on the right bus. In my opinion I don't think this company had another bus, but that's just my opinion, so make sure you check where they go before you buy any tickets.

    I think this is the best way to get around but you just have to be careful of cheaper company's and make sure you know exactly what parts of th city they travel to.

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    Tour Buses: Actually
  • By douguk on March 14, 2008
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  • I quite enjoyed the double decker buses. There are a few companeis so you have to look for the good one. I believe they are the blue buses from this website http://www.citysightsny.com

    stay with the blue buses!

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    Tour Buses: Tours not friendly with foreigners
  • By Silvi07a on June 13, 2007
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  • The only good thing about NY pop-in/pop-out tour busses is the frequency and the stops. Guides are only English spoken and they do not show special consideration to foreign visitors. Even when my English hearing comprehension is fair, I missed most of the explanations. I spent too much time on top of the bus for nothing.

    I recomend to chose the best stops for visiting places located on the extremes of Manhattan and have always on hand touristic brochures and a good travel guide!

    Walk very much (from East Side to West Side) and take a taxi when needed.


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