I went on a tour a while back with John “Madman” Maverick as our guide, and it was fantastic! I highly recommend this company. They are locals, have thorough knowledge of the history, and are incredibly engaging story tellers. They are the real deal!
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I went on a tour a while back with John “Madman” Maverick as our guide, and it was fantastic! I highly recommend this company. They are locals, have thorough knowledge of the history, and are incredibly engaging story tellers. They are the real deal!
I’m finally writing a review after so much time to support this local business, after we got scammed by a competing business tonight. I hope this review helps prevent others from falling victim to imposters.
There are several other (non-local) ghost tour companies that pose as this company, use their name in seo and third party travel sites, or otherwise confuse customers enough that it is now a common scam. Unfortunately, my group got scammed tonight when an out-of-town family member thought they were booking the Original Austin Ghost Tours, but it ended up being a poser company (U.S. Ghost Adventures, we found out). The poser company gave a horribly lackluster tour. Like, it was so utterly awkward, I thought we were being pranked.
In reading the lowest reviews for the Original Austin Ghost Tours, it became clear this has happened to a lot of people — they thought they had booked with The Original Austin Ghost Tours, they had a horrible experience, and left a bad review thinking it was them. It is so unfair that this local business’ name is getting dragged because of shady competing companies.
Moral of the story is: don’t use third party travel sites to book tours. Make sure you only book directly through their own website (austinghosttours.com), and you will have a great time!