Tour Guys Toronto

We did the Downtown Toronto Tour: «Power, Politics, & The PATH». The tour guide was very energetic, did a great job keeping us moving from space to space, and had interesting stories about each place. I feel like the majority of the tour focused on the banks — which was cool, but I would have liked more time walking in The Path, and hearing more about Canadian political issues.
Because these tours are free, however, they don’t limit the size of the groups, and as a result, our group of 30+ people was way too many for him to manage or organize. Half the time we couldn’t even hear what story he was trying to tell, and I feel like we missed out because so much time was spent herding us from spot to spot.
Also — afterwards we looked up some of the ‘facts’ we were told because they sounded so outrageous. For example, while yes, it’s true that the 14,000 windows of the Royal Bank towers are coated with a layer of 24-​karat gold — they are worth about $ 70 per window, not the astronomical sum of millions each like we were told! Also, when doing research afterwards on BCE Place Galleria and Heritage Square, I could find nothing that mentions it supports three skyscrapers like we were told. Nor could I find anything about replacing the floor regularly due to cracking from all the weight on it. I’m not saying that it isn’t true — just that I can’t find any article that confirms it.
So, long story short — I was drawn in by the great reviews, and it’s an easy walking tour to take, but next time I would rather spend money on a tour where the group size was limited, and the guide gave more accurate descriptions versus just trying to tell a good tale.

A friend of mine had heard about the Tour Guys from the hotel in Vancouver. I looked them up online to see if they provided tours in Toronto. I communicated with them via email to set up a two hour tour for our group of eight. I confirmed with them if they could meet in our hotel and they indicated it would not be a problem. I confirmed with them the day before. We met in our hotel and our tour guide Jason, took us on a fabulous two hour tour with lots of insight into Toronto and it’s architecture. We would highly recommend the Tour Guys and Jason. Thank you for a great tour.

I loved the tour, the guy was very knowledgeable and he made it fun with some personal stories.

My wife and I signed up for two walking tours. As our luck would have it there was a marathon going on that day and one of the tour guides actually reached out ahead of time to make sure we allowed extra time to get there which was really appreciated. I’d recommend this for folks to help get their bearings in town and to give some context to any other adventures you have in town.
In the morning Neil took us on the Downtown Toronto tour. It was a great tour with historical and modern information about the city. He kept the group together even as we had to negotiate around the marathon and the spectators.
In the afternoon, we did the Dark History tour with Natalie. She was able to re-​route our tour to work around the road closures for the marathon. Her stops included interesting history for places you would otherwise walk past and miss out on their significance.
Both of our guides were very willing to answer our questions about Toronto and help us with getting to restaurants and other points of interest after the tour. You’ll get the most out of these if you do them at the beginning of your visit, but they are still worth doing if you have been in town for a while already.

Me and my brother completed our 4^th annual ghost tour with Tour Guys on October 16^th, 2015 with Stephen (who was our tour guide in 2012 and 2015) …he is awesome btw. This company is amazing, and the guides always bring a refreshing degree of animation, liveliness, and passion into what they do, and that is why I highly recommend Tour Guys! Also, they tend to have Groupons available for a short time every October so make sure to stock up and invite the whole squad.

I did the dark history tour of Toronto with Neil. I always like to do a walking tour of a city to get the know it better. This is actually my first walking tour in North America!
I was stuck in a little traffic and emailed my guide Neil. He emailed me back and even gave me directions on where they would be if I arrived late and also gave me his cell number so I could call him to find out where they were.
Neil was a really great guide who had an extensive history of doing tours in South America so he was experienced. You could tell that he was a history buff and he had an almost uncanny enthusiasm to him which shown through every story he told.
I won’t spoil the tour for you, but I learned a lot of stuff about Toronto that I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t gone on this tour. There’s quite a «dark history» involving prostitutes and murderers in this clean and friendly city Toronto!
Will definitely try and do some of the other tours… the beer tour looked fun =p
Cheers!

On a recent business trip, I took the «Dark History Tour», as this was the only tour that would fit into my schedule. Although it had it’s «dark» stories, it was very interesting to learn little know facts about places I had seen and visited while exploring Toronto on my own on previous trips. Our tour guide, Chris, was very knowledgeable, willingly answered all questions, and provided us with a very fascinating and informative tour.

Arrived in T-​town in hopes for some reasonable options to get an overall feel of the city. So many attractions felt like tourist traps and then I remembered I did Free Tours By Foot in New Orleans back in January. I went to their site, which redirected me to Tour Guys Toronto. Needless to say, I (again) made the right decision.
Our guide Laurel was so sweet, informative, and prideful in the best way about her city. Took us through the most important landmarks, patiently telling us facts and even personalized some of the sites with her own experiences. First tour ended at the Brewery for a free tasting, which is the GENIUS idea (other tours better notes — and no, I’m not a habitual drunk). Gave her $ 25 for two tours because she did such a fantastic job. Highly recommend for everyone. You won’t regret it.

Amazing, informative, and very kind tour guide. I love taking walking tours wherever I go and Tour Guys was one of the best!

Booked a free tour. Professional and funny tour guide. Has a pleasant time.
I will join for other tours in the future.

Went on two tours with Jackie. The Downtown/​financial district/​path history one and the dark side of Toronto one. Jackie was great and very informative. She had a lot of good energy. The downtown tour was pretty interesting, the dark history of Toronto one not so much. Guess Toronto’s history just isn’t that dark or gory. Other than that we had a great time. I wish I knew about the graffiti one beforehand, seems like a better choice. Maybe next time I’m in town.

Went on their graffiti tour. Our tour guide Jason kept the tour upbeat with his anecdotes. I found his tour super informative and interesting and would recommend it to anybody interested in learning a little about street art! I thought this was a nice, unconventional way to learn about Toronto’s history.

Beer makes history better!
Awesome tour! Booked a surprise tour for my boyfriends birthday and had a killer time. Discovered new watering holes for future with friends, samples some tasty treats and met a really cool beer geek, Jason. Don’t be on the fence about this one — just book it. You’ll love the unique Toronto facts and the sweet samples! Incredible job, will def be booking another.
Ps, don’t let the winter discourage you! Didn’t phase us

i highly recommend their free walking tours! my family went on two tours in one day with these guys — the one that takes you to the sports arenas and cn tower, and the one that walks along the riverfront.
both tours were free and super informative. the tour guides really know their stuff. the one we had in the morning had a lot of energy and definitely gave us a good tour. in the evening, we had jason, who i think is one of the owners of the company. he was really great, calmer, just as informative, and his passion was genuine and really showed. we were with a family who had a baby and he was really patient with them as they were going on and off the tour when she was fussy. he also extended the tour by a half hour so he could show us more stuff, but told us that of course we were free to leave. it was just a great entertaining tour with a really great tour guide.
the tour is free, but tips are appreciated, which our first tour guide mentioned, and our second didn’t (preferred this as it was less awkward, but i’m a waitress so i get that it probably needs to be said). if we’re back in toronto, we do plan on checking out more of their tours — they have a lot of paid ones that look super interesting too!