About Us
Provide unique Tours, mobile with some walking throughout the Historic area of Annapolis, MD
Recommendations Received (9)
"I attended Annapolis for a conference and had the opportunity to take a tour with Annapolis Urban..."
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"I attended Annapolis for a conference and had the opportunity to take a tour with Annapolis Urban Adventures. It was so much fun riding around on the electric cart with the guide and a handful of other visitors and see the sights. I can't imagine following a costumed guide on foot (like other tours in the city) would be more fun than this. Highly recommended!"
"A very easy way to get around Annapolis, and super friendly folks!"
Products & Services
Using our all electric eCruiser vehicles, we will stage a food tour in a way not previously done in Annapolis by leaving one Central area/market an...
For the first time Tours will be offered in Annapolis, using an ALL electric vehicle that holds up to 5 passengers AND will have doors, windows and...
A private, walking tour that visits 1/2 dozen preselected merchants who will greet our guests, show them their business and offer tastings and samp...
Recommendations Given (38)
"Hi Jsaon: As I write this, Judy and I are in Florida for a week trying to be 'retired' but I am..."
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"Hi Jsaon: As I write this, Judy and I are in Florida for a week trying to be 'retired' but I am already looking at the area, North of Ft Myers, to bring down some electric carts and having a go at biz down here. It is 80 degrees here."
"We briefly met, once, at a Visitors Center meeting and my sense is that were on the same page as..."
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"We briefly met, once, at a Visitors Center meeting and my sense is that were on the same page as to providing a good local, timely, reasonable service. "
Recent Activity
Nothing frustrates the gossipers more than when the recipient of their crap pays absolutely NO attention to them. It sort of separates the men/women from the boys/girls. I can say that as I am of the age where these things simply don't matter. If you do your job well, enjoy what you are doing and...
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Nothing frustrates the gossipers more than when the recipient of their crap pays absolutely NO attention to them. It sort of separates the men/women from the boys/girls. I can say that as I am of the age where these things simply don't matter. If you do your job well, enjoy what you are doing and keep your personal life just that---personal, who needs to worry. If you don't enjoy what you are doing or the gossip is interfering with your ability to perform your duties or work, go find another another place to work. Life is simply to short to worry about matters like this. Good luck!
Sorry for the situation. What a bummer! When you own a small business, in many ways you are like a shark. You keep moving forward by learning to decrease unnecessary spending, continue to open doors via sales/marketing and if you stop, you die. I don't think it prudent to have an 'employee' or...
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Sorry for the situation. What a bummer! When you own a small business, in many ways you are like a shark. You keep moving forward by learning to decrease unnecessary spending, continue to open doors via sales/marketing and if you stop, you die. I don't think it prudent to have an 'employee' or independent contractor simply run the business to handle past clients or whomever walks through the door. Is it time to consider having a 'Partner' or someone capable of taking the ball and running with it. The original owner can still be involved, when the time is right, and perhaps have a sale or lease agreement with the new person so that the two of them can take the business to the next level when/if the time is right. That new person should have some 'skin in the game' as well. Otherwise bad things can happen and the original owner won't be in a position to do much about reversing a bad trend. With Vet's and Furloughed Gov't workers abound, there has to be someone with real talent and empathy to move the ball forward and would be excited about the opportunity.
Besides the 'Cease and Desist' approach, which I believe makes a lot of sense, you can also Copywrite your printed material and a violation of that brings consequences to the offender. One 'trick' that works when a longer ad or copy is involved so that the 'trick' is not easily caught, is to take...
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Besides the 'Cease and Desist' approach, which I believe makes a lot of sense, you can also Copywrite your printed material and a violation of that brings consequences to the offender. One 'trick' that works when a longer ad or copy is involved so that the 'trick' is not easily caught, is to take a work and purposefully misspell it. Nothing big, just take and i and an e and reverse their position. It is easy to miss such a word and if your copy shows up elsewhere, containing the 'trick' you have grounds for legal action.
I may have missed an understanding of the suggested category's, but to me Marketing is all about how you handle and what you post on Social Media. It may NOT be true about all industry's, but in the Tour biz, Social Media rules. It is such a daily hassle to try and keep up, but the bottom line is...
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I may have missed an understanding of the suggested category's, but to me Marketing is all about how you handle and what you post on Social Media. It may NOT be true about all industry's, but in the Tour biz, Social Media rules. It is such a daily hassle to try and keep up, but the bottom line is not only having content worth reading, but the new movement is now towards video. As an example, regarding a tour it is certainly old school to post something about a particular tour and possibly even include some reviews (a must if you have them). Today, however, folks seem to like a very SHORT video. It gives the traveler a sense of what you are about and what they'll be seeing/learning and that makes a big difference. I am presently NOT big on the instant contact whereby a guest sees something and wants to book it right on the spot and start a tour. We are not a biz with a published depart time, other than what we post as daily start times on the Internet, as we are not a train, a bus, etc that can depart at will. Having said that, the use of Video is still the most effect new means of drawing attention and therefore business to us.
We are a tour company so the potential of working with others is amazing. We deal with hotel chains, local restaurants, AirBnB, BnB's, corporations that come to town for government purposes (we're located in the state capital of Maryland), wedding planners, travel planners, etc. As they say the...
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We are a tour company so the potential of working with others is amazing. We deal with hotel chains, local restaurants, AirBnB, BnB's, corporations that come to town for government purposes (we're located in the state capital of Maryland), wedding planners, travel planners, etc. As they say the world is or can be your oyster.
Based on the number of responses to your question, I think the issue has been covered quite well. We all believe we provide great service, integrity, etc, so the question from a practical point of view is how do you keep past customers/clients coming back? With might and right on your side, fair...
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Based on the number of responses to your question, I think the issue has been covered quite well. We all believe we provide great service, integrity, etc, so the question from a practical point of view is how do you keep past customers/clients coming back? With might and right on your side, fair pricing, etc, we find that it is critical to keep your name and company in front of your past customer/client/guest. The trick is to NOT be intrusive, meaning you beat them down with newsletters, texts, etc. We try to alert that target market about something 'new' we are doing, such as a new tour in our case, or highlight something quite newsy and work that into your message. It does not need to be long so just a quick note or offer or time of year special/review, etc. It could very well spur interest in doing something they had not previously considered.
Since we are a Tour company, that also offers Special Events Transportation using our fleet of ALL electric, 5 passenger, street legal vehicles, we get paid prior to the event. As they say, 'no tickey, no washy' so we get our Tour fee in full, prior to the tour or a 50% deposit for the special...
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Since we are a Tour company, that also offers Special Events Transportation using our fleet of ALL electric, 5 passenger, street legal vehicles, we get paid prior to the event. As they say, 'no tickey, no washy' so we get our Tour fee in full, prior to the tour or a 50% deposit for the special stuff, such as weddings, corporate events, etc and the balance a week prior to that event. The last thing a travel planner, wedding planner, etc wants to have happen is to lose their transportation arrangements just before the event. Works for us!
We're in the Tour and Special Events Transportation biz. That puts us in a different category as we offer a 'service' rather than those selling an item. We require, therefore, either a 50% deposit when our invoice is accepted and the balance due 1-2 weeks prior to performing our service. We make...
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We're in the Tour and Special Events Transportation biz. That puts us in a different category as we offer a 'service' rather than those selling an item. We require, therefore, either a 50% deposit when our invoice is accepted and the balance due 1-2 weeks prior to performing our service. We make it VERY clear, no ticky, no washy. They pay us as agreed or we do not serve their wedding or corporate event. With long time clients, we alter this policy as we have great working relationships, earned by a history of working together, and allow payment AFTER the event as long as it is paid in a reasonable period of time. Works for our type of biz.
Since we are NOT a travel agency, rather a Tour company, I can't answer the question with authority. I will say, however, that we hire folks, who work as Independent Contractors (we've looked into the legal definitions and believe we are totally within our rights to use that system) that are...
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Since we are NOT a travel agency, rather a Tour company, I can't answer the question with authority. I will say, however, that we hire folks, who work as Independent Contractors (we've looked into the legal definitions and believe we are totally within our rights to use that system) that are either semi retired, fully retired or out of work actors. We do NOT hire millenials. Works great for us.
Hi: If you are touring with us, Urban Eventours/Annapolis Urban Adventures, we have full insurance for those who ride on our ALL electric, street legal electric buggies. Hope that answers your questions and concerns.
George
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Hi: If you are touring with us, Urban Eventours/Annapolis Urban Adventures, we have full insurance for those who ride on our ALL electric, street legal electric buggies. Hope that answers your questions and concerns.
George
