We booked the tour with the Market St Old South Carriage tours. This was a complete waste of money. We were shown repeatedly what a “single style” home looked like because apparently our tour guide had very little else to offer. This tour took us through neighborhoods, most of them rundown, for an hour and twice we circled the Old Market and he said the exact same thing each time. He mentioned no less than 5 times that there are 180 churches. We saw zero main attractions of Charleston. Not Rainbow Row, not the pineapple fountain, not The Battery. My fault for booking this particular tour? Who knows. However, it doesn’t mention this in the company’s description of the tour. I just do not want others to waste their money. Final note, our tour guide was a “totally laidback dude” that had been in Charleston for 1 year. He couldn’t keep the characters straight in the nonsense stories he told, and on more than one occasion repeated a story. He did mention that they don’t get to choose the route, that the route is determined by the CH tourism department and varies with every group. Do not know if this is fact.
Одговор домаћина
Aug 2022
Hello, I am so sorry that you did find the tour to your satisfaction. However yes indeed all carriage companies have their route chosen for them by the cities lottery based system at the city gate as to spread the carriages out throughout the historic district. For instance you mentioned Rainbow Row, that is in a zone 1, and obviously you got a different zone. The good part is you can do multiple tours and get a complete different experience! Please reach out to me so I can offer you another tour at no charge. Thank you for choosing Old South Carriage Co.
Scott B.
Guest Relations Manager
843-723-9712