City Sightseeing New YorkReviews of citysightseeingnewyork.com

I found the tour loops way too long and the traffic in NY is unbelievable therefore it's a little unsuitable for those who want a quick glimpse of New York Also it is very difficult to do proper hop on hop off as the buses take long and most places are busy I did not like the aggressiveness of some tour operators in asking for tips

.What could be improved: 1. It is difficult to understand why, once you buy the tickets on the internet, you need to make a queue also to an office, where are printed the tickets. 2. The routes of the buses and of the cruise route are never crossing. 3. More clear indication of the stops would be necessary. 4. The persons working as guides on the buses are amateurs.

In my overall experience I'd say that it was ok, not excellent or great, there were good things but some others that didn't worked that well for example they provide you with a set of headphones for you to listen whatever the tour guide says, however this is the only cannel that Works, the channels they say that are available in other languages is not available. They don't make all the stops and sometime they get off route. I was expecting to get into the last bus that was heading uptown in NYC and they said that the last bus went out at 5 pm however I have waited since 4:30 and it never came by.

It was hit or miss because some of the tour guide speakers had such strong accents that the speaking through the microphone into the headphones was very hard to understand at times.

We bought a 48 hour pass for our recent trip to New York - it was a good way to get our bearings and start seeing where everything was. We did get stuck in a lot of traffic but, being New York, we expected that. Pros: Our first tour guide was absolutely hilarious. She really made the trip exciting and brought New York to life for us. Had every tour guide been at this level, we would have given the experience a much higher rating! The boat tour was also excellent and took us past some amazing views. Cons: My only real negative (other than the traffic) was that some of the tour guides weren't very good and it was pure luck as to who you got. One of our tour guides (an older gentleman) was actually quite offensive in some of his jokes. We like to think we've got a sense of humour but everyone on that bus felt very awkward. Another tour guide sat in the front seat and didn't say anything for most of the trip. They do push tips very hard and we felt quite pressured when we were getting off the bus. And they really do need to send more buses towards the end of the day - they get full pretty quickly. But overall the buses are in good condition and the routes are good for seeing a lot of New York that you wouldn't usually see.

We experience New York via bus and boat tours. The boat tour was fantastic and the bus tours were also very good - if not a little cold and wet. Could do with some part covered double deckers as other companies do. The tickets are a problem if you have more than one, as they give you reams and reams of paper tickets stapled to a pamphlet. This felt very out dated and was actually a problem for us to figure out what was what and when to use them. So much so that we even managed to lose 1 of the attraction tickets as we had to tear it off to give another portion up for the Empire State building. I would recommend City Sightseeing New York, but the company needs to update the ticketing system as it is not fit for purpose. Staff on the tours are superb as you would expect.

I purchased the tickets online and waited too long to pick it up at the main place and they did not have enough staff. The places where pick up or drop off were ok. Enjoyed the tours somewhat but you can explore the city by walking and taking public transport if you are an adventurous. If you have older folks and walking is not much of an option these type of tours are great for them, as it is a good option to see the highlights of the city. Also you need the 3 day pass to really enjoy all the routes. Missed some because of timing and the traffic in the city does not help much sometimes. :)

It is a great option to move around instead of walking thru some parts that are good to see but not worth to walk by and to move from one area to another. Also is great the night tour, the bad thing is the weather, be prepared for a low temperatures / cold wind. The part we did not like we're the tour guides, some of them you could not understand them, another one seems he hated his work as well as tourists and also a bad thing was that the audio did not work most of the time so the people that did not speak English did not understand what they were saying or knew what they were looking at.