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Recently, I embarked on a magical journey through the enchanting world of Harry Potter in Oxford, and what unfolded over the course of tour in Oxford.

25th May We were led by Matthew who I found to be very menacing and threatening. A free tour one normally expects to pay at end - but Matthew demanded we pay part way through the tour. When I said I would pay at the end of the tour - he said we could not continue unless we paid immediately. There was at least 60 people on our tour so too many people. He never counted people in the group. Other people on tour also found him aggressive. I discussed my experiences with one of the ticket agents at Weston library when buying tickets for a tour today - she asked me if the tour guide was Matthew - when I said yes - she said they had been complaining about Matthew for years and had tried to get council to remove him. So beware of tours led by Matthew

The tour was a scam. Matthew, the guide, demanded payment halfway through the tour, and presented as slightly threatening and aggressive while doing so. We didn't go inside a single building. A member of the tour was asked by M to use his own phone to call one of the colleges to find out when it was open. We decided that the college wouldn't respond to his number. A guide should know all these things at the start. We were informed that entry to any of the Harry Potter sites or the colleges was not included in the tour and was at our own expense. Misleading advertising at the very least. I was personally very upset because I had booked the tour and felt I had let my friends down. As to his knowledge, a couple of people mentioned they felt they couldn't trust it given his general attitude and behaviour. I would advise anyone to pay a bit more and use a proper tour company.

It's a scam. Don't waste your time and money. If you looking for a good tour just find a different one.This one will scam you and will take your money. This tour is not worth a penny. They force you to pay. The Tour guide name is Matthew but in reality he hardly speak in English. First of all he took 1 hour, half the time of the tour, just to talk about nonsense and jokes. It's not free and if it was it is not worth wasting your time. I am travel four hours to Oxford and theses scamers waisted my family's time for nothing.

What an absolute scam!!! Don’t pay anything for this tour. And yes! If you want to stay on the tour, you WILL have to pay! We were a group of three people and it’s not even that we refused to pay, we just didn’t want to pay his minimum (£7 per person) and he kicked us off the tour! So much for pay as you like! Here’s the deal: you start the tour on a side street and get handed a leaflet, which is nicely produced but poorly written and contradicts itself multiple times. There isn’t anything meaningful in the leaflet, it’s just a marketing tactic to make you think that the tour is affiliated with the university (it’s not), that you’ll see lots of sights that you can’t see just by walking around on your own (you won’t), and that the guide is an Oxford graduate (maybe he’s graduated from a university somewhere, but I’d bet it’s not Oxford!) At the start of the tour, Matthew, the guide, will speak for at least five minutes while giving you no actual information. He will then proceed to walk the group to the bridge of sighs, which is literally five minutes around the corner but he’ll somehow take half an hour to do this. He’ll point to buildings and tell you what they are, but it’s nothing you can’t find out from basic research on google. He also tells you lots of things are coming “in some time”. This is to make you think the tour is worth sticking with. He needs to convince you of this because he’s about to make you PAY for your FREE tour! After getting to the bridge of sighs and pointing to a tree that was in Harry Potter, which you can only see the top of and, seriously, is just a tree, he will give you a “six minute break” so you can visit the Turf Tavern (he doesn’t come with you, probably because they know he’s a scammer and won’t let him on their property!) He then makes his way around the group with his little card machine. Bear in mind this is only half way through the tour and he hasn’t really told you anything or shown you anything, just made lots of empty promises about what’s coming up! This was the point where we parted ways with his tour. Honestly, we’re so glad we didn’t end up paying him because I don’t believe it would have been worth it. I’m not convinced he is able to take his tours anywhere that you can’t visit on your own and his knowledge is debatable. He has a nice patter and some amusing jokes, but there’s no real substance. After we separated from the tour we wandered around ourselves. There’s plenty of information online about the history of the city and there are buildings you can go inside without a tour. I feel really sorry for the people that paid him. I don’t think they got a fair deal, even if all they paid was his minimum.

We had a supposedly FREE TOUR! but nothing is really free it's a scam do not believe the advert, FREE!! because this Tour guide Matthew was very forceful when it's comes to paying or so called donation and we wished we never booked this walk tour! Please be warned it's a scam!!!

Sandra Bingham gave us an excellent 2 hour walking tour of Oxford. She was very knowledgeable regarding architecture, colleges, dates and history. She made the tour all the more interesting by adding things which one would not find in guide books etc but which brought Oxford's past to life. We hope to go on another of her tours an thoroughly recommend her for her friendliness and professionalism.

An absolute scam. We reached the Bridge of Sighs and, after a short break, Mathew insisted on us paying. We left the tour having pointed out (pointlessly) that this was advertised as a free tour. Avoid at all costs.