Washington D.C. After-Dark Guided Tour

The tour guide was filling in, and while we did get to see everything we expected to see it seemed a bit unorganized and some of the comments of the driver were very negative toward our current president which I did not appreciate. I expected a more professional and well put together tour for how much money i spent for 4 people to get this tour.

Leroy was our tour guide - he was professional, knowledgeable, passionate about the historical significance and very kind in general. I would suggest this type of tour and Leroy! Thanks for such a comprehensive tour. Washington, DC at night is spectacular! Karen Pinson

I've been on lots of tours during my travels and this has to be one of the worse. Only 5 people on the tour - couple from New Zealand and three women from Georgia. Tour driver was Bobby. It began with him being cordial and laughing but once he found out we were Republicans he said no more politics but yet he made lots of political remarks that were not appreciated. Also, his mouth was rather in appropriate with off color jokes. He never bothered to get out of the van - would drive up to a monument and one of the GA. ladies had to open the door and close it extremely hard. She forgot one time and he called her back to the bus to "do the job he had 'assigned' her. I did not have a list of the tour stops for us but, I think we may have been cut short of one or two. It was a very cold night, so he never got off the bus except to go to the men's room. The lady from New Zealand asked if we were not going to the White House - he rudely said, "We just left it, it was where the Big Tree was with the little ones around it." We never road by the front of it and from the back you could not see the White House. Since it was a long walk from where he parked, she had elected to stay on the bus and only get off at the monuments in which she was interested. Unfortunately, she never saw the White House. We did not see the Korean monument, he simply stopped and said 20 minutes ( I think that was the time) for Lincoln and Korean but he said it was dark down at the Korean and there were large rats - so no one went. Never mentioned the Vietnam Monument was close by. At the MLK, he put them out - and said there is the entrance. The man from NZ and one of the women had no idea the MLK Monument was on the OTHER SIDE of the large rocks. They came back saying, it was sure a strange monument. Didn't even have MLK out there - just the big rocks. Of course, we laughed but they were disappointed. I had been to DC several times so I did not get out due to the cold weather and my slow walking. However, the lady from NZ said at one point, as Bobby went to the Men's Room - that she thought he had a big problem. She was extremely disappointed that she did not see the WH nor did she understand very much he was talking about - just rattled off numbers as one should have already known the history. The two ladies who had never been to DC said they enjoyed the monuments they got to see but not so much the guide - However, from one who has had several DC tours - I tolerated the ride around a small part of DC but only got off two times - that was at the State Capitol & the WW II Monument. - I felt the tour was pretty much a waste of time and money. While waiting on them at the Lincoln Monument, Bobby's wife called. He told her he would be home shortly. So, I was aware the tour was ending soon. The NZ Couple had gotten on at one hotel and was left at the Grand Hyatt at the end of the tour to get back to their hotel any way they could. She said they had trouble booking the tour, as well, and she tried to get her husband not to go but, he wanted to see Washington. I feel it was a poor representation of DC Tours - she (NZ lady) commented one time about how other tour bus guides were getting off and going with their customers - where as, our group was left to find their own way around once they stepped off the bus. This comment was not in front of Bobby. The gentleman at the Grand Hyatt had recommended this tour to us. The two ladies who were wanting to see Washington voiced their concerns to him the next morning. They thought it did not represent the quality of tour it should have, coming from the Grand Hyatt. And, I agreed with them although I did not have time to let the gentleman know I was unhappy, as well.

I had a great time seeing the monuments. I felt our tour guide was very inappropriate with his comments and jokes. Bobby started off with a very sexist joke about my breast. Then he pushed his political views on us even after he new what ours were. I did not pay to be insulted or to continually hear about how bad our president was and to hear very inappropriate sexist jokes. Another issues I have is that a person on our van asked him to drive by the White house and he refused. I believe when we pay for a tour this should have been honored. I did go back to the concierge at our hotel to tell him about our experience. Hope that you will address this with Bobby.

The tour was very informational. The monument sand memorials we visited were beautiful and very much part of history. However, the driver named Bobby was very disappointing Not because he was not knowledgeable, but because he told jokes that were very inappropriate, he made sexist remarks, and very political. I would not recommend this tour with Bobby to anyone.

Our guide, Leroy, was very knowledgable about the area and landmarks visited. He was pleasant and cheerful.

Leroy was an excellent host and guide. I learned so much from him and I can tell he really cares about DC and its history.