I am certified by the Guides Association of NYC!   Their first class.  Ten weeks.

Thank you, fellow GANYC members for volunteering and putting this course together and leading it.

New York Magical Tour Moments are when, on neighborhood tours, people are conversant, welcoming and sharing hosts to my guests.

These moments most happen in Harlem, the Lower East Side, the World Trade Center, Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Brooklyn Heights.

If you have been on my Lower East Side tours, you may well have met Schmuel Gluck, the suit salesman of Orchard Street, #62 to be precise, International Men's Clothiers.

We walk by there and Shmuel schmoozes with us, then we are inside his deco era shop and he's fitting us into suits.  My tour risks derailment!

On Monday, me and my guests emerge in the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic South Side of Williamsburg, and who is the first person I see?  Schmuel!  

He told us about his 36 grandchildren, and handed out business cards.

Here are the comments:

Great!  Saw everything we wanted.  Very knowledgeable.  So fun, kids loved it.

We customized the tour to make sure we saw the dinosaur mummy, lots of other dinosaurs, sea life. I showed them something special to me, a fossil that I found when I was seven that I sent to the Museum of Natural History.

I worked in sights from the movie, Night at the Museum, such as Dum Dum, the Easter Island head; Dexter, the Capuchin Monkey; the Ostrich. 

I also got us special access into the hands on lab for kids.

Currently, I'm developing a tour about the links between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park.

A colleague wrote:

It is a delight to benefit from your expertise as a [NYC] tour guide.  You are such a tribute to our profession.

Reviews like this mean so much to me.

Thank you!  I admire you as well, a respected colleague and member of the industry.

From an adult and student group tour operator who sends groups to New York City, based in the West, serving the Plains states, too:

Dear Jared,

Thank you so much for guiding our groups this year.  We truly appreciate you and your skills.  You do an amazing job.

Here's the Email:

Hi Jared,

Just want to say thank you for a wonderful tour of the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) on December 23rd. 

My daughter and I really enjoyed the experience! When we head back to NYC …we are going book another tour with you.  

[I'm] spreading the good word of your talent! 

Happy New Year!

J, Florida.

And here is a review she left about me:

Private Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City | 5 Stars

Great tour ... what a wonderful way to bypass lines, start enjoying the museum immediately with your own knowledgeable guide. 

Jared focused on our interests and educated us on the art we were passionate about. A loved the ease in which we moved around the museum and the personal touch from our guide. The only way to see this incredible museum! 

It is that time of year...

Santa the NYC Tour  -  The real history of Santa Claus' birth in NYC!

As seen in the New York Times last year

Santa’s a New Yorker. You Got a Problem With That?

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/nyregion/santa-claus-nyc-tour.html