The friends of the Cabildo take their profits and use it to purchase items necessary for the Cabildo, so the tours money goes to a very good cause. Robie (sp?) was our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable about the French Quarter and very detailed, you can tell he takes great pride in his city. The guides are all volunteers here, so it is shocking at the quality level that they deliver. We walked a decent section of the quarter. He showed us the details of the buildings, talked about plagues, fires and a lot of the history on how New Orleans came to be.