New York City Custom Private Tour: Explore NYC with your Personal Local Guide
5.0
7 Ratings
New York
Experience the best of New York City with a personalized private tour led by a knowledgeable local guide. Explore iconic attractions and hidden gems, tailored to your interests and pace.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Brooklyn Bridge - Your itinerary will be personalised to you
  • Central Park - Your itinerary will be personalised to you
  • Broadway - Your itinerary will be personalised to you
What's Included
  • Personalized walking experience
  • Optional meet-up at your accommodation
  • Flexible tour duration from 3 to 8 hours
  • Private tour with a Local Host
  • Transport suggestions provided by host
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Any tickets into attractions
  • Gratuities
  • Transportation to/from meeting point
  • Public/private transportation during the tour
Additional Information

Experience New York like a local with a knowledgeable friend who resides in the city. Pair up with a New York native who matches your interests, personality, and more, allowing you to explore and experience all the things you desire at your own pace. Whether you want to keep your outing spontaneous or carefully planned, the tour is entirely personalized. This allows you to gain a deep understanding of the city through its residents. You’ll be able to visit both the popular tourist attractions as well as the unknown spots favoured by locals.

We carefully select local hosts based on their diverse interests, backgrounds, and age groups. The common factor among all of them is their love for NYC and their friendly, knowledgeable personalities. Once you book, we ask you to fill out a questionnaire to enable us to match you with a suitable host. The host will not only tailor your experience to your preferences but also help you explore and comprehend what makes NYC unique through its vibrant culture and people.

  • Fully personalized for additional requirements like tickets, transportation (food and drinks arranged for an additional cost)
  • Private groups are normally no larger than 6 people (if group is larger, please make this known so that arrangements can be made)
  • Please provide phone number at checkout
  • Representative will contact you within 24 hours to learn about your preferences and interests
Location
George Washington Statue
Union Square East
Upon booking your meeting point can be arranged (e.g. your hotel/accommodation), however this MUST be confirmed and agreed by the experience planners in advance.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Charleswq4034ub
Oct 2, 2022
Bucket List !! - Mindy Cohen was a fabulous guide. Very knowledgeable, humorous, and patient (at times I’m sure she felt as though she was herding cats!). There is no way we could have seen all the wonderful sites of New York City on our own. Thank you!, Chuck and Ann W., and our service dog, Sammy.
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Gmr
Feb 22, 2020
Walking the highline. - Was sure to include the places we wanted to see as well as a few secret places. Humored us where we wanted to eat even their was out of the way.
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Rosemary
Sep 30, 2019
New York City Private and Pertsonalised Walking Experience. - I loved evey minute of The Walk. The Lady was Great and The Lady took me to want I wanted to see. Enjoyed and The Lady was Just Great and enjoyed her Company. Rosie.
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Wendy
Jul 22, 2019
Great experience with Nicole! - My best friend and I booked a 3 hour walking tour of NYC while in town for a girls weekend. Nicole was FANTASTIC! She met us at our hotel, took us to the places we wanted to see and much more. We really loved that she took us to the High Line and Hudson Yards - two places we never would’ve thought of. Everything she told us was helpful for the rest of our trip. The best part though was that she kept in touch with us via email for the rest of our weekend. She gave us great recommendations for restaurants, neighborhoods, bars, and shopping. We got along really well with her; City Unscripted did a great job with the match. Everything she told us was reiterated on other tours we took so she def gave us accurate info and advice. Would 100% use this company in the future for other tours and cities!
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Margie150
Jul 22, 2018
Two 1/2 days walking around New York - Ross was generous with his time, had a good knowledge of New York, was flexible around our long list of sights to see and provided us with knowledge of the Subway system which we really appreciated. I would recommend City Unscripted to friends and family when looking for a walking tour of New York. This tour was good value for money spent.
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Melodie
Apr 10, 2018
Best part of our trip! - Greg was a great tour guide, not only does he love his city, he knows it like the back of his hand! He showed us all the different areas of NYC, explained what to do in each area i.e where to eat/drink and what to do there. He also took us away from all the tourist areas and showed us places we would have never gone to on our own which was great - we got the real new yorker experience! Greg provided us with some great facts and history about the city and showed us some of the city’s hidden gems. He is a big foodie likes us so was able to give us lots of recommendations for markets and restaurants which we loved! He also gave us some good tips and apps to download for the subway, restaurants, taxis etc. which were helpful for the rest of our trip. We had a great time with Greg, he is very easy to get along with and clearly has a passion for his city – we would gladly recommend him!
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Safaritj
Feb 12, 2018
Book Now ! - I have just returned to the UK from a 2 week business trip to the States. Starting in San Francisco then on to Chicago and finally New York. The 1st two destinations my feet didn't touch the ground but I found myself with a bit of spare time in New York. I've never been before and I was travelling alone and, because we are just opening a new office in NY, I had no work colleagues to meet up with either. I thought it would be a good idea to find a local tour guide as I found myself with a completely free Sunday. I Google'd (as you do) and City Unscripted came up. With little hope of getting anything (it was Saturday afternoon) I emailed the contact. I received a very quick response. They were very honest in saying that it was very late notice but they would see if any of the NY guides were available. I was very fortunate to then receive confirmation that Denise was available for a 3 hour walking tour on the Sunday. A few questions are asked about you and what you would like to see and do and also your preferences. I was very clear that I wanted to do an architecture tour (I love art deco and was really keen to see all the 1920's and 1930's buildings in the city). Denise was amazing as this is a passion of hers as well. She took me on an amazing walking tour of the best buildings, most of which I would never have thought to visit without her inside knowledge. We did some of the absolute musts such as Grand Central Station and the Chrysler Building but she also showed me some total gems. The Fred French building was, I think, my favourite and a must see if you love Art Deco buildings. Denise's knowledge was fantastic. She helped me to understand so much more about this amazing city. We were too late to get into the Library but I returned the following day and that, too, was a great treat. Whilst walking to a meeting I also got to see the iconic Flat Iron Building. Having the tour with Denise gave me the confidence to have a wander around on my own. Despite some great tips on how to navigate the grid system I still kept turning right instead of left but my sense of direction has always been appalling! To sum up, this was a brilliant way to see NY and I would definitely recommend City Unscripted based on my personal experience.
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