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GyPSy Guide

215 Banff Ave. | Sundance Mall, Banff, Banff National Park, Alberta T1L 1B4, Canada
403 760 8200
Ranked #3 of 16 tours in Banff
4.5 of 5 stars 89 Reviews
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Owner description: For an innovative way to enhance your road trip, consider renting a GyPSy Guide. It's a small device that you plug into your car or RV stereo and it...... more » Owner description: For an innovative way to enhance your road trip, consider renting a GyPSy Guide. It's a small device that you plug into your car or RV stereo and it automatically plays commentary on the best things to see and do as they come into view. A team of professional tour guides has filled GyPSy Guide with stories, facts, tips and advice to make sure you don’t miss any of the best attractions and sightseeing. The audio is recorded by real people and plays as you drive, just like listening to the radio. « less
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Sugar Land, Texas
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17 reviews 17 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 21, 2012
2
people found this review helpful

I don't know what we would have done without this gizmo. Definitely would have missed a lot of incredible sights. We rented a car for our first trip to the Canadian Rockies and picked up the Gypsy Guide GPS in Banff. Used it all the way to Jasper and back. It was like having a personal guide. Sure you can... More

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queensland australia
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 17, 2011
2
people found this review helpful

This was absolutely worth every cent and maybe more! The narration on this navigation device was informative beyond belief. We surely would have driven past many places without any real interest, but when "gypsy" informed us on the history of the areas, it made our trip so much better. We could have easily driven along roads and not paid particular... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed October 7, 2011
3
people found this review helpful

My wife & I used this from Vancouver on our road trip via Whistler, Jasper, Banff and back to Vancouver. We both found the information and guidance presented added real value to the trip - just like having a local guide sitting in the car telling you all the background, history & insights into everything you saw. It suggested places... More

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Alberta
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed October 6, 2011
2
people found this review helpful

The target audience for the GPS-based automated tour guides is a vehicle-based traveller in unfamiliar territory. Banff, and the Canadian Rockies are very familiar territory for me, so I'm bringing a different perspective to this review. I've spent a lot of time in the Canadian Rockies since my first visit in 1956, am a senior editor for the Canadian Mountain... More

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Senior Reviewer
8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 30, 2011

Just like having your own tour guide. We were amazed at the great job the tour guides did and with humor. Fantastic!! More

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Peterborough, United Kingdom
2 reviews
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 8, 2011
4
people found this review helpful

This was a great bit of kit easy to set up and full of little bits of infirmation about the area. We hired our unit from Discover Banff Tours Lucy in the topur ofice was very good at running us through how to set it up and explained how it worked, she was very good at explaining that it would... More

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San Francisco, California
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18 reviews 18 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed September 6, 2011
3
people found this review helpful

This was a very expensive toy to have on our trip, and it was a luxury that my husband and I argue about to this day whether it was worth having on our trip. I got the Gypsy Guide because of all the glowing remarks we saw on TripAdvisor. My husband was rather surprised when he heard I had splurged... More

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Toronto, Canada
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35 reviews 35 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
33 helpful votes 33 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 3, 2011
2
people found this review helpful

Picked it up in banff, enjoyed thru Rockies, kelowna, Victoria and dropped it off in Vancouver. pIckup was fast, quick tutorial and off you go, drop off was fast tto. It was like having a local guide in the back seat. 8, 11 and 13 year old definitely learned alot about Canada's history and geography. Can't imagine either of us... More

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San Gwann, Malta
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6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed September 2, 2011

Excellent device. Keeps you informed on all that's around yopu, giving options of where to go from your location. More

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Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed August 31, 2011
2
people found this review helpful

This is a GPS controlled device we rented and fastens on the windshield like a GPS. It works as a travel guide and gave us a conducted tour of Edmonton, Calgary, Jasper to Banff, and all of BC. It was like having a tour guide in the car with us. As we drove along it would tell us about all... More

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