Los Angeles Travel Tips

Don't Go Somewhere Without a Sweater - A nice cool breeze throughout the day will keep you going. Our Mediterranean climate is why Los Angeles residents live here. To get this good of weather year round, one would have to go to Greece. At night, the breeze starts to turn even cooler and you would be remiss not to have a sweater on your waist. Also, the higher the elevations you go on any of the 43 hills of Los Angeles the cooler it tends to get. As well as, the fog could come in at any point and reduce the temperature by 15 degrees within the hour.

Talk to your Hotel Concierge - Los Angeles hotel concierges are a great resource for information. They can give you information about restaurants, Los Angeles tours, clubs and nightlife. However, some hotels in Los Angeles use third-party concierges that are not directly hired by the hotel. In these situations they may have other motivations in hopes that you may visit a timeshare presentations or whatever. If knowing this beforehand is important to you, be sure to ask your hotel concierge if they are affilatied with another third-party outsource company. Check out this recent WSJ article about this subject.

Items to Bring - For the non-tour times in Los Angeles be sure to bring the following: street map, muni map, quarters for parking meters, Kleenex, Sunglasses, A sweater, a notepad to jot down various traveller recommendations from our Tour Guides.

The September/October Factor! - Unexpectedly, in Los Angeles September and October are our 2 warmest months of
the year. While one would think that July and August are the best weather months to visit Los Angeles, it's actuall in late
Fall. Something to think about when booking your Los Angeles vacation.

OUR COMPETITION: Did you know...

•They use large group motor coach buses - used by our competitors. These buses tend to hold up to
50+ people per tour and the double deckers tend to hold even more people. We believe smaller group tours make
for better tours. We find that the people sitting in the back of these larger motor coaches don't get the opportunity
to ask questions or feel apart of the group because they are too far from everything.

• Their driver is also your Tour Guide – this practice is less personal, and offers no face-to-face interaction.
A driver guide is wired into the bus PA system and they talk while they drive with their back to you.

• Our competition offers more driving then they do stopping and getting out of the tour bus.
On the other hand, our Los Angeles City tours makes 9 tour stops with many out-of-the-shuttle walks.

• Their Tour Guide does not get out of the bus - On competitive tours where a driver guide is used, very often they
can't leave the bus during the stops to show you different landmarks and points of interest.

• Double Decker Buses – They stack two decks on top of one another to double the capacity, which can make the
tours less personal. The passengers sitting up in the upper deck have very little interaction with the Tour Guide.

• Free hotel pickup has many hotel stops – Like those airport vans, our competitors stop at many different hotels
and valet areas before taking you to your final destination/tour launch. Thus, by the time you get ready to start the tour, you’re already ready to get out of the van. We recommend saving your vacation time and just taking a taxi or walking
to the tour pickup spot.