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A highly personable and totally customizable approach to touring the greatest city on earth. Our expert tour guides can even take guests to the lesser known and more obscure parts of the Big Apple. We provide specialty custom tours such as food tours, night tours, and architecture tours
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1beesha
4 contributions
Amazing!
Oct 2022 • Family
This was my first time to New York. I wanted the best experience possible. When I say it was worth every single dollar I sent I am not lying. It was custom, it was fantastic and I could not have asked for anything more. The tour hit my bucket list items and many more. Sheldon’s vast knowledge was priceless. I highly recommend.
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written October 22, 2022
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John B
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Kyle in Central Park
Oct 2021 • Couples
We enjoyed our 2 hours with Kyle walking through Central Park. He fed us fascinating historical information of the Park and the city. His manner was relaxed and friendly. Thanks Kyle, a highlight of our visit to NYC.
Written October 30, 2021
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j b
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I can recommend the Brooklyn bridge/DUMBO tour!
Aug 2021 • Solo
Renee was an excellent guide. You can ask her anything and she will know the answer. I can recommend the Brooklyn bridge/DUMBO tour of lower Brooklyn. There is both fascinating history and a chance to see improvements in the community. Very cool neighborhood. Thanks again Renee.
Written September 18, 2021
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8 contributions
Great tour
Sep 2021 • Couples
We traveled today with Josef to brooklyn bridge, brooklyn hights and dumbo.
It was a wonderful tour.
We enjoy Josef experience and knowledge. Three very interesting hours.
I hope we can do a lot of free tours by foot in the future.
Written September 23, 2021
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dennis570
Auckland, New Zealand35 contributions
Sheldon Lapidus is a man at the top of his game - he's brilliant!!!
Jun 2019 • Friends
I'm a travel coordinator and have taken tours around the world for some years now. In nearly every major city I employ a local guide to assist and this time I used Sheldon Lapidus to show us New York city. Without fear of contradiction, this was the best day tour by far I have ever had the privilege of being on. Sheldon's encyclopaedic knowledge, his passion for his city and his entertaining delivery style meant that this was a day non-one on my tour group will ever forget. We saw everything we needed to see and quite sinply it was outstanding. THANKS!!!
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written June 6, 2019
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Steve K
Surprise, AZ3 contributions
Made the whole trip
May 2019 • Family
Visited NY last week myself, my wife and son for his HS Graduation gift and found and booked this tour with Sheldon a couple of months back. I was apprehensive at first just due to the cost of the tour with only 3 of of us participating, but I can say without hesitation it was money well spent and would do it again in a heartbeat. Sheldon was very reachable prior to our arrival and took time to answer our questions and to help us make the most of our visit to NY. The driver/tour guide format made getting around easy and really gave us a chance to see and learn about the city, which made it super informative and fun. We all enjoyed it and believe it was the highlight of the trip. I think you’d be hard pressed to find any tours that would even come close to this experience. Thanks Sheldon!!!
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written May 27, 2019
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cari-me-away
Brooklyn, NY85 contributions
Multi-generational tour - Annie was tremendous!
Apr 2019 • Family
Sheldon did a wonderful job appointing the very patient and extremely informative Annie to our tour in April. We were a group of 7, ranging in ages from 22-87 and we all had different speeds, interests, and familiarity with New York City. Annie exhibited tremendous patience with all of us as she toured us around NY. Her knowledge of the City and passion for it had us all absorbed in the information she gave during our 4 hour tour. I can't express our appreciation enough for the memories she helped us create that day!

Sheldon is a true professional! Upon conclusion of our tour, he called to follow up and be sure that we had a wonderful experience. Prior to the tour, he called me to let me know who would be conducting the tour and reconfirm all the details. I will definitely use them again and he piqued my interest when he mentioned the fabulous Brooklyn tour they do - next time!
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written May 14, 2019
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Sheri M
Ardsley, NY284 contributions
Beyond AMAZING! New York in a whole new perspective! Sheldon is the BEST
Apr 2021
We just finished a memory filled tour with Sheldon. From the first email, to the sad goodbye, the experience exceeded my expectations. We brought friends from out of town, and acted like tourists! What fun!!!! The driver G made us feel super safe....and the super sized Mercedes Van was extra comfortable! I can not give enough praise to Sheldon for stuffing our tour with so many facts, interesting stories and photo opportunities. We saw more than I thought humanly possible!!! We can not wait to go again. Book with confidence and remember life is a one way street, so enjoy all you can. THIS WILL NOT DISAPPOINT!
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written April 3, 2021
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BelleT705
Adelaide, Australia50 contributions
Who are you gonna call - Sheldon for a Ghostbusters Tour of New York
From the first email to Sheldon was I impressed with the service.
We did a Ghostbusters Movie Site Tour during UN week, so a crazy busy time.
However, it was so well planned, that it did not impact our day.
Our guide, Chris was great, very knowledgeable not only about Ghostbusters, also New York movie locations and New York generally. He was great with a very excited 10 year old.
Our driver was incredible, we felt safe and made sure we got as close as possible to the sights.
It was worth every cent.
We will use this service again next time we are in New York
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written January 26, 2020
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Darren D
5 contributions
Outstanding Original tour
Dec 2019
Our Family thoroughly enjoyed our Tour on Christmas Day with Sheldon our tour guide. The knowledge and passion along with his New York Humor were what we wanted for our first day in this City. This tour is a must if you have not been to the City and they will customize it to what you want to see.
Review of: Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
Written December 31, 2019
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