We took the hop on hop off tour so we could see the city at our pace. Boarded at the train station visitor center just after 9:00am on a Friday. We got off at a couple of the early stops and were able to get back on quickly when ready. The buses were about 15 minutes apart. Got back off at stop 7 and had lunch. We tried to get back on after lunch and two busses came by; first was full; second took some folks waiting in front of us and then was full. So we walked to stop 8 at ABERCORN, not Habersham like the map from the tour company says. Toured that area on our own for about 20 minutes and still had not seen a bus. In short, we walked on our own to City Market, then up River St and finally stopped at Stop 10 to reboard. Waited close to 30 minutes with 10 others waiting for Old Savannah. Old Towne tours had buses stopping every 5 minutes during that time.
My suggestion: if you take this tour, stay on the bus for one full rotation and hear the whole presentation. Then hop on/off at your leisure. The characters who boarded were OK but not great enough to make this tour better than one that didn’t make me waste time waiting on full buses. After we booked online, I found $5 off coupons at the GA Welcome Center, so look for coupons before booking if you decide to choose this company.
They did have free parking at Montgomery St but it was super hard to find because it’s at an old Bank America building and still branded everywhere as a bank unless you come in from exactly the right direction and see the placard on the street with the Old Savannah name.