Tour guide in Hartford Bernie W.

I've been showing sights and sharing stories with travelers for over twenty years. Conducting tours is an elegantly appropriate capstone to an eventful career in marketing and advertising, during which I learned that the very definition of marketing is telling engaging stories about the products being promoted. On tour, stories -- about what we're doing and the locations we're visiting -- are what add life and color to travel. They are what make touring different from merely trudging from place to place. I love to tell those tales; when my wife says I talk too much, I remind her that people pay to hear me talk. For me, the sites on the itinerary are cues to explore and explain who did what at each stop, and why they did it. I go beyond "what you learned in school, " adding fascinating, often obscure anecdotes and facts that broaden my visitors' understanding and appreciation of what they're seeing. Drawing on a deep knowledge of the rich yet not widely known history of Hartford -- political, commercial, and cultural -- I deliver an expertly crafted touring experience tailored to the interests of my guests. A senior level marketing executive in my "first life, " I understand the importance of giving my customer what he or she wants. I'm comfortable modifying the plan, and taking my guests where they want to go. And I know that travel is inherently stressful, even when it's a vacation, so I do what's necessary to smooth the occasional rough spots. American English is my native (and only) language. Having traveled broadly and lived in several areas of the US, east and west, I'm always amazed and often amused by the variety of regional speech patterns I hear. My tours of Hartford involve riding in hired vehicles with professional drivers. A modest amount of walking enables us to fully savor the character of the spots at which we stop. I adjust the extent of walking to suit my guests' preferences. 23 years of guiding experience none