I am fully licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs since 1998. I have been a member of the Guides Association of New York City (GANYC) since 2001 and have held the position of President and other board positions during the 14 years I served on the board.
I was the lead guide for New York City Vacation Packages (NYCVP) from January 2002 until June of 2020. With NYCVP I created and had been giving The Original Historic Lower Manhattan walking tour at least twice weekly. This tour includes the site of The World Trade Center (also referred to as “Ground Zero“). Since I first gave this tour in January of 2002, I can honestly say that I’ve been doing the tour of the World Trade Center/Ground Zero longer than any other guide. As a result I have been given some media coverage. I was featured on CNN on March 3, 2002 in a segment called “Tragedy and Tourism” and was featured in The London Times, September 6, 2003 in the article titled “Why We’re Drawn To The Roots of Terror” and New York newspaper, The Villager on July 17, 2002, “Walking Tour Offers the Sights and Sorrows of Ground Zero.”
In addition to giving tours with NYCVP, I was also in charge of the hiring, scheduling and managing the guides, and designing the content of the tours for all of their tours and events. This resulted in NYCVP Walking Tours having been given Trip Advisor’s “2013 Certificate of Excellence.”
I started my career with New York Apple Tours, the first double-decker tour bus company in New York City
For Contiki Holidays, which is a worldwide travel company that is exclusively for 18 to 35 year old travelers, I was the sole tour manager for “The Big Apple Explorer.“ This is a three day guided tour of New York from September 1998 through September 2003
In addition to this, I also held the position of New York City Student Convention Manager for UK Connections, of England, a division of Student Travel Services, which was the largest student travel company in the UK. In this capacity I coordinated the activities of the students as well as given tours and presentations about New York City. I held this position from January 2001 until December 2010
I have also been working as a free lance, step-on guide for over 70 different travel companies from around the world since 1999. These companies include 1st Choice Educational Tours, Aberdak, Academy, AFC Vacations, AIC 360, All About Group Travel, Allied T Pro, Americabound Tours, American Cruise Lines, American Travel Group, American Vacation Tours, Armascan, Artist Travel Consultants, Big Onion, Blue Grass Tours, Blue Ribbon Events, Breakaway, Brigg’s, Burke Christian Tours, Capitol Music Tours, Come Together, Consortium Tours of North America, CornerSun Destination Mgmt., Cover NY, Crosswell, DeNure Tours, Dragaud Sojourns, Educational Tours, EF Smithsonian, Ellison Travel & Tours, EPN Tours, Explore New York, First Incentive Tours, Free Tours by Foot, Good News Travels, Group Travel Consultants, Gulliver’s Travels, Hanover Holidays, High Quality Tours, Hospitality Committee for the United Nations, ICC Events, Intercruises, In the Know Tours, Kitt Garrett, Landmark Tours, L.E.A.D.S., Leisure World, Levy’s Unique New York, Maximum Tours, MdT, Mid Atlantic Receptive Services, MJ Tours, National Defense University, NYC Group Tours, People 2 People, PRA, Purpose Driven Tours, Raglin Associates, Rent–A-New Yorker, RMP, Seawind, Shackman and Associates, Small Journeys, Sonshine, Sports Leisure Vacations, Steffan Group, Stewart Transportation Solutions, Straight A Tours, Student Travel Group, Tour America, Tourco, The Travel Group, Travel & Tour Odyssey, Travel Scene Echuca, Tours 4 Students, The Upper Class, UC The Source, UK Connections, UniTravel, US Gateways, WineDineNY, World Cultural Tours, Yankee Line and more.
I also have extensive experience in the area of “incentive” or corporate travel groups. For example I have done numerous “meet and greets” at all of the area airports and railway stations.
In addition to this I have worked part time for over 20 years in New York City hotels such as The Grand Hyatt, The Waldorf=Astoria and The Millenium Hilton.
I holds the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. This is a degree in theater. I am a former actor so my tours are not only informative but very entertaining as well!