London Walks Reviews Summary

Guide Performance

Pros:

• "Adam had a captivating presence and a genuine passion for storytelling."
• "Simon was clearly enthusiastic, talked clearly and lots of visits to places."
• "The guides are incredibly generous with their knowledge, animated, and literary."
• "Andy was very pleasant and entertaining to listen to, and presented historically accurate information."
• "Sarah was wonderful, started the tour on time and was helpful to non-English speakers."
• "Simon was unbelievably knowledgeable and made the walk so interesting."
• "Richard W. is so knowledgeable and shares his wisdom abundantly."
• "Peter, our guide, was very entertaining, witty, extremely informative."
• "Matthew, the guide for the Unknown East End walk, was amazing. Fascinating and fun."

Cons:

• "Awful experience on Jack the Ripper walk - she gave long dialogues in same place, awful presentation."
• "Simon the tour guide took offence at me calling the office to make sure I was in the right place."
• "The guide was not helpful with the issue nor enthusiastic during the Beatles walking tour."
• "The tour I got time around was adequate but nothing great."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "At £15, it is easily the cheapest way to spend 2 hours awake in London."
• "Instructions about the meeting place was very clear and easy to meet up with Simon."
• "Worth twice the price. I will continue to book walking tours with London walks."
• "Unbelievable value for money. Incredible guides. Insight, humour, knowledge, wit."

Cons:

• "Not worth the €15 at all. Very upsetting."

Overall Experience

Pros:

• "London Walks has been one of my favourite activities to do since moving here."
• "Absolutely fun and highly interesting tour with a lot of information."
• "We are just back from a London Walks tour to the Cotswolds and Oxford University town… it was superb!"
• "I have had several walks with them over the years. The latest, last week, was a small group Ripper-walk with Richard W."
• "We took 3 tours with London Tours – and will definitely take more on our next trip to London."

Cons:

• "Disappointed. I was visiting London and made a reservation for a Beatles walking tour weeks beforehand and when I arrived I was told they had no record of my reservation."
• "DISAPPOINTING: I had taken the Jack the Ripper tour twenty years ago and found it fascinating. The tour I got time around was adequate but nothing great."