Shop Second-Hand + Vintage Fashion in New York City in New York City booking from $88.00

Shop Second-Hand + Vintage Fashion in New York City

Overview

For TEEN shopping, please see ZTrend's teen tours, created for TEENS

Experience 2.5 - 3 hrs of guided second-hand shopping in New York City with a shopping expert! New York is a fashion forward city, known for its stellar vintage shopping, but with so many great stores, it's easy to miss the city's best.

After a friendly café meet-up, your guide leads you to to 4+ different second-hand shops, with time to try on, and sends you off with a store map so you can keep shopping like a local.

• Shop unique vintage + resale fashion (size 0 - 10) at bargain prices
• Spend up to 20-30 minutes at each location with a personal shopper
• Enjoy your guide's personal attention on this tour, capped at 6 shoppers
• Each guest receives a complimentary mapped listing with more than 30 stores
• Hassle free meet-up location in Manhattan
• You get my ‘keen eye’ when shopping with me
• This shopping tour is available as a private option with flexible dates & start times

City: New York City

Thu 26 Dec

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What's Included

You will receive a print out of my exclusive mapped guide, revealing an additional 40+ of my favorite shops around NYC to explore on your own -- an excellent shopping resource. My map will ensure that you continue to discover wonderful second-hand shops throughout your stay.

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 17 years | no infants - teen tours are avaialble upon request.
All guests are able to stand and walk a distance without difficulty.

What To Expect

ZTrend

Together, we will visit 5+ shops for women's fun fashion and accessories, and at one point we’ll either hop a bus across town or maybe even travel into Brooklyn to visit some more of my favorite shops. Please bring your NYC Metro card loaded with two rides - we may only use one. Your shopping experience will last 3.5 - 4 hours (including 30 minutes cafe time). We’ll walk approximately 1.5 miles and spend 20 min at each location. Restrooms are available at the meeting location, one in-between, and another at the end. - Wear comfy shoes & clothes to easily change in & out of - Eat before - Bring your metro card - Semi-private groups include up to 6 shoppers

Eataly

Our meeting spot: New York City’s iconic Eataly. A vibrant marketplace featuring everything Italian! Arrive early before our tour for delicious Italian coffee, meal, dessert or even an adult beverage!

Flatiron Building

Pass by the Flatiron Building built in 1902, designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham.

Flatiron District

We will walk through the Flatiron District of New York City on our way to our first shop of fabulous finds in Chelsea.

Madison Square Park

We may walk through New York’s beautiful Madison Square Park where the original Madison Square Garden once stood in 1879 at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

William Jenkins Worth Monument

The Worth Monument was designed by James Goodwin Batterson, who founded Travelers Insurance Company, and was also involved in the design and construction of the United States Capitol and Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., as well as the New York State Capitol in Albany.

Western Union Building

1884 Western Union Building - 186 Fifth Avenue is one of more than 130 branch building locations throughout New York City: Western Union Telegraph Company completed the first transcontinental telegraph line--the wires fabricated in iron--on October 24, 1861. Two days later the Government ceased operation of the Pony Express service

Tin Pan Alley

Tin Pan Alley was a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City which dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues where George Gershwin began his career as a song plugger (sight reader) in New York’s Tin Pan Alley.

Williamsburg

Depending upon the groups desire we may venture out to charming Williamsburg, Brooklyn where we can shop several stores for unique finds.

Greenwich Village

We will walk through the Greenwich Village known for the beatniks and artists in the 1960s where we will visit a couple of stores.

East Village

Depending upon the groups desire we may venture over to the East Village know for it's 1980s punk rock scene and alternative live music in the 1990s.

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Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (84)

Roam4416960475

Aug 2019

Incredible, productive and super fun morning with Suzanne! Appreciated the overview Suzanne provided before we hit the street. Suzanne did a great job assessing our group of 3 during that time—great intuition and insight! Along with providing us with an amazing guide including close to 80 potential stops, Suzanne figured out where to take us during our opening orientation. Appreciated that we moved quickly between stops but that Suzanna adjusted to allow for the right amount of shopping time at each stop based on our interests. We picked this activity specifically for our teenage daughter who was over the moon with her finds. Her big brother came along just because, but found some retro items that he was thrilled with. Suzanne tuned in to everyone and made the morning extra special.

ma031012

Aug 2019

From beginning to end our experience was fantastic! Meeting up was super easy and everyone was very friendly and welcoming. Suzanne was fabulous and we would definitely consider spending more time with her on our next trip. The tour was very well thought out and each store we visited was explained so we knew what to expect before going in. The stores were also great and had lots of variety and great pieces (great prices as well!!) highly recommend for anyone who is an experienced thrift store shopper or someone who has never step foot in a second hand store. No matter you’re level of experience, Suzanne will make sure you are well informed!

Response from Host

Aug 2019

It makes me happy to know that you had and enjoyable time shopping with me. I have been in love with shopping from the time I can remember (5 years old)... I love to shop New York's specialty SoHo boutiques, second-hand shops, and our amazing sample sales! New York is the only place you can get this kind of shopping. Please keep my card, and look me up on your next visit to New York City.

princesstina

Jul 2019

Suzanna was very fun but spent a lot of time talking in the beginning, time that could have been used shopping. My cousin was with me and had different interests than myself and Suzanna and she felt like her feelings were ignored. You have to be ready to “hunt” for items and be serious about buckling down and shopping this is not for a casual shopper but one who is ready to put in the time and hard work to find that hidden gem.

Response from Host

Jul 2019

You are correct that this shopping day is for women who love second-hand clothing and enjoys the search. Depending upon the group size, I will work with people to help them find things, as I did for you. I found you quite adorable and fun to be around and could have spent the entire day shopping with you but we had to cut it short because of your cousin. The guided shopping day is 3 hours of shopping and 30 minutes of cafe time, totaling 3 1/2 hours. I always spend 20 - 30 minutes at the cafe to discuss the complimentary shopping guide to additional second-hand shops that I give to everyone, as well as to understand their shopping interests. Your cousin never expressed any interests during our meeting. From the time we met at the cafe until the time we departed your cousin engaged in such ungracious abusive behavior towards me. I can’t think of a time that I had been treated so poorly by anyone. She snapped at me in the cafe; never told me what she was interested in shopping for; was extremely dismissive to me at all times - on three occasions she had walked away from me while I was talking to her; not once did she have anything nice to say to me during our time together; I never saw her shopping in any of the stores; she was extremely bossy: twice she had ‘told’ me to go wait on line (once for the dressing room and once for the cashier) and she got very angry when I didn’t comply with her demands. Waiting on lines is not my roll. When I shop with a few persons I pull things for them to help them find things. It’s something I enjoy doing. As a favor to you in this particular store, because the dressing room lines can get long, and you were the only one shopping, and you had more than the number of items allowed into the room at one time, I offered to get on the line once you were inside the dressing room. This way you we could speed up you trying on clothing. While I was pulling clothing for you, you had asked me to help your cousin shop for 80s clothing for an upcoming 80s party. When I finally found your cousin, she was texting on her phone sitting in a corner of the store. I showed her the clothing I had pulled for her she made a face (the same face she was making to me all day) and said ‘no’. I asked her if she would like to try something on and she told me that she didn’t want to try on anything and as long as you were having fun she was fine. I felt we could have had a fabulous time without your cousin.

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