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Private Tours of New York City

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Every private tour is exclusive to your party — your own expert guide, your own chauffeured vehicle, and an itinerary paced entirely around you.

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Choose your Perfect Private Tour of NYC

From chauffeured city tours and iconic landmarks to neighborhood discoveries and custom itineraries, our private NYC experiences are designed exclusively for your group. Choose the tour that best matches your interests and let our local experts handle the rest.

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The Classic: One-Day Best of New York Private Tour

4 - 6 Hours
•
All group sizes

Discover the icons that define New York on this private, chauffeured tour of Manhattan's must-see landmarks — from Central Park and Times Square to the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, and Statue of Liberty views. Follow our expertly crafted route or build your own, with a dedicated licensed guide and seamless hotel pickup and drop-off.

Private chauffeured vehicles
Fully custom or pre-arrange routes
Dedicated licensed tour guide
Seamless pickup & drop-off
Starting
$749
per Vehicle

The BBQ: Best of Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens Private Tour

6 - 7 Hours
•
All group sizes

See the real New York that most visitors never reach. This private tour ventures beyond Manhattan into Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens — Yankee Stadium, the Joker Stairs, Arthur Avenue, DUMBO, and more. Taste your way through authentic neighborhoods and capture unforgettable photo stops, all in a chauffeured SUV with door-to-door pickup and drop-off.

Private chauffeured vehicles
Fully custom or pre-arrange routes
Dedicated licensed tour guide
Seamless pickup & drop-off
Starting
$999
per Vehicle
Why private

Why Book a Private NYC Tour?

New York moves fast, and a private NYC tour lets you move through it on your own terms. Travel in a luxury vehicle with a professional guide and a dedicated driver, follow an itinerary built around what you actually want to see, and skip the logistics entirely — no schedules, no strangers, no subway maps.

A private NYC tour gives you:

Private Chauffeur and Dedicated Guide

Hotel Pickup and Drop-Off

Itinerary Built Around Your Interests

See More of NYC in One Day

Luxury Fleet for Your Comfort

VIP From Start to Finish

From family sightseeing days to VIP city experiences, every private tour is shaped entirely around your group.

The vehicles

Our fleet & group sizes

Every vehicle is late-model, luxury, and driven by a professional chauffeur — choose the size that fits your party.

Luxury SUV

Seats up to 5 guests

A full-size premium SUV — the perfect private ride for couples, families and small groups who want comfort and flexibility.

Executive Sprinter

Seats up to 11 guests

Room for eleven without a second car. Ideal for multi-generational families, friends travelling as one group, and corporate days where the conversation shouldn't be interrupted by logistics.

Executive Minibus

Seats up to 22  guests

When the whole group is coming. Twenty-two seats means no convoy, no splitting up, and no one waiting at the kerb for the second vehicle to catch up.

Choose your tour

Which private NYC tour is right for you?

We run two chauffeured private tours in NYC: a Manhattan day and an outer-boroughs day. Both come with your own licensed guide, a separate professional driver, and a vehicle sized to your group — a luxury SUV for up to 5, a Sprinter for up to 11, a minibus for up to 22. They suit different trips, and neither is the wrong choice; the table below is here to save you from booking the right tour on the wrong day.

The Classic: One-Day Best of New York Private Tour

Best for
First visit; short on time; families with kids or older relatives; anyone who wants the icons
How you travel
Private SUV tour of New York with a dedicated guide and a separate driver
time needed
4 hours (half-day) or 6 hours (full-day)
group size
Up to 5 in an SUV, 11 in a Sprinter, 22 in a minibus
What you'll see
Central Park, Times Square, Empire State Building, Grand Central, 9/11 Memorial, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty views, SoHo, Chinatown
pickup
Any NYC hotel, airport or cruise terminal

The BBQ: Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens

Best for
Second visit; food lovers; travelers who've "done" Manhattan; photographers
How you travel
Private SUV with dedicated guide and separate driver
time needed
6 hours, or 7 hours with Coney Island
group size
Up to 5 in an SUV, 11 in a Sprinter, 22 in a minibus
What you'll see
Yankee Stadium, Arthur Avenue, the Unisphere, Bushwick street art, Williamsburg, DUMBO, Coney Island (7-hr)
pickup
Any NYC hotel, airport or cruise terminal

Both, on two days

Best for
Second visit; food lovers; travelers who've "done" Manhattan; photographers
How you travel
Same vehicle class both days; we coordinate the routes so nothing overlaps
time needed
One day each, not the same day
group size
Up to 5 in an SUV, 11 in a Sprinter, 22 in a minibus
What you'll see
Manhattan's icons on day one; the boroughs' food, street art and waterfronts on day two
pickup
Any NYC hotel, airport or cruise terminal

If it's your first time in New York, take the Classic

This is the private tour of New York City that most first-time visitors book, and for good reason: it covers the landmarks people fly here to see, in one day, without a subway map. If you're arriving in the morning and leaving the next day, the 4-hour half-day option was built for exactly that.

If you've seen Manhattan, take the BBQ

The outer boroughs are where New York actually lives, and they are hard to reach on your own. The BBQ is a private sightseeing tour of New York that trades skyline views for cannoli on Arthur Avenue, the Unisphere in Queens, and the street art of Bushwick. Guests who've been to the city before tell us this is the day they remember.

If you have the days, do both

It's the combination of private tours of NYC we run most often for guests staying three days or more: the Classic on day one to get oriented, the BBQ later once you know what you want more of. Book both at once and we'll coordinate the routes so nothing repeats.

Why private

How much does a private tour of New York City cost?

Our private tours of New York City start at $749 per vehicle for a 4-hour Manhattan tour and $999 per vehicle for the full-day or outer-boroughs tours. The price is per vehicle, not per person, and it includes your licensed guide, your professional driver, the vehicle, and hotel pickup and drop-off. Food, attraction tickets and gratuities are extra.

How that compares with other ways to see the city

Our half-day bus tour is $68 per person and covers Midtown and Lower Manhattan with a group of up to 34 people, on a fixed route and a fixed clock. Doing the same route yourself means subway fares, two or three surge-priced rideshares between neighborhoods, and a day that ends with half the list unseen. A private car tour of New York City for five people at $150 each costs about twice the bus seat, covers more ground, leaves when you want, and comes with a guide who is only talking to you. For a family of four or five, the per-person gap between a private NYC tour and a group bus tour is smaller than most people expect.

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tour guides

Meet the guides behind our private tours

Searching for a personal tour guide in New York City usually turns up two things: marketplaces where you pick a stranger from a list, and companies where the guide is also the driver. We do it differently. Every one of our private guided tours of New York City comes with a licensed New York City tour guide who rides with you and a separate professional driver who handles the roads — so the person telling you the story of the Grand Central Terminal isn't also looking for parking. These are some of the guides you'll meet.

Jared S.

NYC Tour Guide since 2012
"This was by far the BEST tour! The tour guide, Jared was exceptional in friendliness, customer service and knowledge"
TripAdvisor Review

Tom O.

NYC Tour Guide since 2006
"Tom, a NY original, gave us a profound impression about what NY means."
TripAdvisor Review

Garrett S.

NYC Tour Guide since 2007
"Garrett gave us such a wonderful experience and had so so so much incredible knowledge and passion!"
TripAdvisor Review

Fred P.

NYC Tour Guide since 2008
"Amazing day with Fred and Sam. We got to see all of the items on our list and enjoyed all of the knowledge!
TripAdvisor Review

Jim Q.

NYC Tour Guide since 2021
"Ronnie was our driver and Jim Quin was our tour guide. Such a beautiful and satisfying tour."
TripAdvisor Review
Where we go

Popular stops on our private tours of NYC

Every landmark below is a regular stop on one of our private sightseeing tours of New York. Follow the pre-arranged route and you'll see most of them in a day; build your own and you can start from any of them. Each link opens our guide to that landmark — the history, the best photo angle, and which tour gets you there.

Want something that isn't here — a film location, a family address, a neighborhood you've read about? Tell us at checkout. Private tours in New York are the one format where the answer is almost always yes.

Reviews

What guests say about our private tours

Verified five-star reviews across our two chauffeured tours — here are a few from guests who booked private tours in New York with us this year.

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