Martha's Vineyard: GPS-Guided History Tour

Embark on a GPS-guided historical audio tour of Martha’s Vineyard, uncovering the island’s surprising history, from the Wampanoag tribe to the origin of the famous ‘gingerbread houses’.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Martha’s Vineyard Camp meeting Association (MVCMA) - Your tour of Martha’s Vineyard begins the quaint town of Vineyard Haven on the island’s north coast. Famous for its gorgeous coastline and historic towns, there’s so much to see on this beautiful island! Your tour will take you along the Vineyard’s eastern coast, where all the island’s top…
What's Included
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
  • Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
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What's Not Included
  • Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Additional Information

Get ready to visit one of the greatest vacation spots in the USA, a favorite among celebrities and even presidents! Martha’s Vineyard is home to stunning beaches and coastline, picturesque little towns, and plenty of fun—but this GPS-guided driving tour with walking portions will also dig beneath the beautiful surface and into the island’s surprising…

Location
The Steamship Authority Vineyard Haven Terminal
Water Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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G8523lpaliciaw
Oct 1, 2023
Love it - Loved it. It allowed us to stop and restart at our own pace. It was cool to be able to read and listen to what the guide was saying
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Tammy_b
Aug 27, 2024
Great When You Get It To Work... - This is the second time someone in my party purchased this; it's very difficult to follow. And when you're looking at the map, it will remove where my car is to show me a picture.
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Danielletw438hz
Dec 17, 2023
Okay - The island was beautiful, but hard to see much in December when a lot was closed. Would have been good to know this beforehand.
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Patrycja_l
Nov 10, 2023
Martha's Vineyard - This was not the first time for us to use an app with GPS gide but this one was really poorly designed.
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R9336eycolleenr
Sep 11, 2023
NOT AS GOOD AS I EXPECTED - This is not a bad gamble for $15 to give a try. Unfortunately, I gambled and lost. It was confusing to navigate. If you drove too fast between talking points, it cut off its current talking point and switched to the next point without finishing the current one. We did not find this a useful tool to tour the island.
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Jimbourdon1
Aug 29, 2023
Too bad - Very difficult to use. Could t get it to play on media in car. Didn’t use it at all because it kept fading in and out with cell phone coverage
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Compass5139
Oct 14, 2024
Outdated and not comprehensive - This tour was outdated. The tour wanted us to go the wrong way down several one way streets (assume they weren't always one way streets??). Also, the tour really only showed us Oak Bluffs and Edgartown... we wanted to see ALL of Martha's Vineyard, not just those two towns.
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Ellen_g
Jun 7, 2024
Unusable Audio Tour! - We travel quite often and have used many driving audio programs in the past. This one was impossible to use! We tried for over TWO hours to get "on track" and it was just not working correctly! We followed all the instructions, downloaded the app when we had internet connection, we began our tour at the designated spot and was still not able to use the application. Very frustrating!!! In the end, we wish we would have just hired a tour driver to take us around the island.
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Jounghyun_k
May 18, 2024
Terrible. Poorly made. - The designated starting location of the ferry is not accessible and we could not get the tour to sync up and start. Also, some of the stories are cut off or incompletely recorded.
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Brian
Dec 1, 2023
Paid my money but did not receive my guide - I booked this tour online the evening before we travelled with our car to Martha's Vineyard. During the process I was asked to pay, and did so. I then got a confirmation screen which confirmed my booking (it even said "HAPPY TRAVELS, YOU'VE BOOKED A GOOD ONE" and gave me a confirmation number). I took a screenshot of the confirmation. The confirmation said I would receive an email in an hour but it never came. It should have had all the details of how to access an app for our tour I never received any email. I checked all emails, including spam, social, promotions etc. But it never came. As we had booked to bring our car on the ferry to Marthas Vineyard we went ahead without any audioguide. We tried using the help system to no avail. My advice is to never book an audioguide from this company. (And if you are the owner of the company please do not reply to this review like you have fone with others who have complained, by saying the guide never expires and we can use it another time - that's no use. We only had a short period in this area. Also we certainly won't be relying on your system to try a different guide in another country). I want my money back please!
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From $15 (Per Vehicle)
up to 4 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).