Ghost Tour In Savannah

Some stories were told in a clear, coherent way that created intrigue. The guide told other stories in a way that failed to capture interest and there were some inaccuracies and mispronunciations. We can excuse her mispronunciation of Mobile, Alabama since she is from Maryland. However, any ghost tour guide worth her salt should be able to pronounce “haint blue.” Many ghost stories were just “fun facts” about Savannah that seemed to be overly focused on the film industry in Savannah, especially the Forest Gump movie. The group didn’t give much positive feedback to these stories, but the guide kept telling them despite an obvious lack of interest. A few couples and families broke off from the tour early on. The tour guide seemed to rush through her speeches, but somehow the tour took about 40 minutes longer than expected. After every “photo op” the tour guide repeatedly asked if anyone got any orbs and explained (again) what orbs in photos are. Other tour groups seemed higher energy sms more engaged. The worst part of the tour for me was the white-washed bon sauvage narrative about Native Americans and the tone-deaf racist comments. The tour guide mentioned that the slaves were obviously necessary to clean such large houses and that the slave owner at the Lafayette house wasn’t “one of the nice slave owners.” I think this attempt at sarcasm was insensitive and should have been avoided. Nobody needs to hear a white blonde woman suggest there is such thing as a “nice” slave owner. I would also suggest the tour guide educate herself on the Gullah Geechee culture if she wishes to reference it in the tour. Her explanation of who the Gullah Geechee people was haphazard and offensive at best.

There was no character to the tour. It was basically just a retelling of supposed haunting phenomenon without much passion in the telling of why the ghosts are. I know ghosts are supposed to throw things around the room, etc... Help me connect with the lore not the manifestations

Worst tour ever. Left half-way through because the presenter was unbearable. Reading from her phone. Nervous. Inauthentic. Disorganized. Painful. Was it her first time giving a tour? There were also WAY TOO many people in the group- there were at least 40 people on the tour- although, I'm sure there were much fewer by the end. (by the way, there is a pandemic and it was impossible to social distance). It was difficult to hear her. Which ultimately may have been a blessing. What a swindle.

Hazel was awesome ! Love that Aries energy!

The tour was WAY WAY WAY overbooked at 76 people. We had to wait around for fifteen minutes while they called in more guides, and the entire thing wound up being only about an hour long. The guide was heavy on history, but there was NONE of anything remotely scary or spine tingling, and my teens were bored stiff. My wife and I found it interesting, because we're more about the history side, and were disappointed by the short time spent and apparent unpreparedness. I'm sorry to have to leave a review like this, but we're only in town for a short while and chose your tour after way too much research - and were ultimately disappointed.

First off, we got in the wrong group by mistake. The guide decided to tell us by announcing, very loudly, that this was a paid tour not a freebie. We can walk around for free, he will loose his license. We realize he was talking us us. I told him we did pay. He continued to holler at us. We realize our mistake and walked away. Then, we found the tour we paid for. It was supposed to be 1 1/2 hours long. The first 40 minutes, we had only walked a block and a half. Very boring. We left that group too. $81 spent to be yelled at and bored.

We did not go on the tour due to Covid19. We are awaiting a refund. Please advise how to proceed