Ghostly Tours in History

I won’t spoil it for you, but I will say that this is a really great tour. In conjunction with Halloween festivities, this was just loads of fun in Old Town.
Our guide, who was this scottish lady, was just absolutely adorable. She was literally a fountain of information about Old Town San Diego. If we were still there, I am pretty sure that she would still be talking. As she said… talking is free! :)
We had a fairly large group of macabre fans that were walking through the various historical buildings that were open.
Just make sure that you put on some walking shoes when participating in this tour as it is a long walk around Old Town. You won’t really notice the length of time it takes, but your feet may complain a bit by the time 2 hours go by.
It is definitely worth the price we paid to join in on the fun!

Old town walking tour for two people. Amazing value! Percival totally dressed and acted the part. I would ask for him again. Whaley house, followed by walk around the block with historical details told in story telling fashion. Finished at the graveyard. Just amazing. Very memorable and an amazing value.

The «Haunted Limo Tour» offered by Ghostly Tours in History is just FANTASTIC and easily one of the best tours available anywhere in San Diego County.
Last Friday, 7/​10, was our 4^th Haunted Limo Tour and it’s something I continue to do as a unique experience to entertain guests who visit us when out of town. This tour, like several previously, was lead by the Owner, Lenore.
Lenore puts on a memorable show and her «supernatural’ knowledge of the area is incredible. Her stories, anecdotes, observations and just overall demeanor make the trip truly a one-​of-​a-​kind-​experience and she makes sure to «tailor» the trip when she sees that participants have done the tour in the past.
For $ 65 a person, buyers of the «Ghostly Limo Tour» start off in Old Town with a guided tour of the Whaley House, the most Haunted House in America. From there, we hop in a limo for a 3-​hour tour of local attractions with a «preternatural» bent. These stops have included the Star of India, The Horton Grand in the Gaslamp, the Del Coronado Hotel, the Del Santo Cemetary and many other local «hauntings.»
Lenore and all of the staff at Ghostly Limo make sure the limo is FULLY stocked with the best in beer, wine, liquor and mixers to make the trip truly memorable. Even better, if you let them know in advance you have any «special» requests, they may be able to stock something specific (thanks again for the Captain Morgan’s!).
Probably my favorite part of the tour though is the ability to «extend» the tour a little if we want to enjoy the experience a little longer. This does require an extra fee but when you are having as good a time on these tours as we’ve had, it’s a fee WELL worth the cost.
In conclusion, this tour has my highest recommendation! If you are either a local looking for a unique experience to entertain your own family, or want to find a memorable way to entertain out-​of-​town guests, this is the trip for you!

I am sad to say that this ghost tour was very disappointing. We have been on a few different similar tours in other states and this fell flat. We went to the Old Town one and I will not say if our guide was a male or female because I don’t want to get them in trouble but it was really not good. :-/
We went to the Whalley House, which was a very cool old house but I would say jut get the evening tour there since we used their tour guides inside the home anyway. It was interesting to see and a little spooky but nothing very scary and the stories of the families aren’t particularly scary.
After the house all we did was walk around a well-​lit and bustling town, which does not add to the mystique or scariness of the tour. The tour guide told us some rambling stories and showed us an old church and we walked around for over an hour with no real «ghost stories.» We looked at an old store front in Old Town that was well-​lit and we were told the priest that lived there helped native american children get educated… what? That is not scary at all!
We finally went to the old graveyard and even that was not frightening at all. Maybe it was our tour-​guides poor story telling and hard-​to-​follow stories or the fact that it is a bustling downtown area but overall it was a very disappointing $ 50 spent. :-(

This is by far the best ghost tour in San Diego. All the tour guides are very informative and give an extremely detailed tour with even a touch of some comic relief. They all dress the part and take on their own characters. I highly suggest the limo package ! From the Whaley House to the Gaslamp, The Haunted Hotel Del and then the Old Town graveyard with cocktails and refreshments at every turn. I’ve done this tour numerous times and it never gets old.

Such a fun tour that included both a lot of great history and spooky stories. Our tour guide was a great story teller and very charismatic. Would highly recommend!

Amazing tour would highly recommend, you get to got behind the scenes of some gaslamp properties, our guide was hilarious, HW, would try and get him if possible, didn’t see any ghosts, but learned a lot about downtowns history that I never knew.

Took the Gaslamp Tour Thursday evening at 7:30 with H.W. Small group, loved being right downtown amid the bustle and hearing the fascinating stories of buildings and people who lived in another era. H.W. is an excellent guide, entertaining and knowledgeable, who clearly is enthusiastic about the history of San Diego. We entered many of the buildings which are current places of business and experienced first-​hand the locale of many of the stories H.W. told. Loved the tour, would definitely recommend it and H.W., would do the tour again!

A super nice lady from the company just informed me that my living social will not expire! Thank goodness, for some reason I looked at the dates wrong. I can’t wait to try this out and I will most definetly be updating my review once I get to experience this! Super excited!

Damon was fabulous! Intelligent, funny, and an overall awesome guide. He totally looked the part, also. I have done a similar tour, and was pleasantly surprised to hear new facts and details I hadn’t heard before. Thanks for a fun and informative time!

We did the gaslamp 9:30pm walking tour on a Friday night. Our tour guide H.W. had me cracking up all night! I really reallyyy enjoyed his sense of humor and he was very entertaining. I’ve lived in San Diego pretty much my whole life and I got to see parts of Downtown I didn’t even know existed. I recommend it especially with the Groupon we used which was 2 people for $ 19 dollars! It makes a great date night if you and your partner want to try something different :)
I think we payed for a 60 minute tour, but it ended up being a 90 minute tour somehow, so it was well worth it! H.W. he jokingly picks on people so be prepared if it’s you.

Well, I have to admit that I never thought my survey postcard card would even get read much less responded to. I received a very nice letter of apology with a full refund from Historic Tours of America, Inc. They also included 2 vouchers to try them out again at perhaps another location, city or event, which we will certainly do now that I know they really care about their customers. Excellent customer service! Thank you!
Christine H.

Our guide, H.W., was great! He was so kind and funny and did a great job of taking us around. The tour isn’t scary as in a ghost grabbing you or anything intense like that. But it does give you a great brief tour of downtown San Diego history. You hear great creepy stories and some awesome, yet corny jokes along the way. It was so much fun! I would definitely recommend it for someone who just wants a fun event for an evening while in town!

You get **rushed** in and out of the «most haunted house» in the US, the Whaley House… the rest of the tour gets minimalized by the surrounding noise of downtown SD. The speaker drones on about historical events and locations. Overall was just not happy with the quality. Would love to get my money back if I could.
THERE IS NOTHING «GHOSTLY» ABOUT THIS TOUR AT ALL!!!

We did the gas lamp walking tour Saturday night. Our guide was H. W, and he seriously made the whole tour.
He was very knowledgable, but also funny and entertaining.
We usually make a point to try to do one of these tours in every city we go to, just because it’s a fun way to get to know a little of the city’s history. I would recommend this tour to anyone that just wants to do something different– you don’t have to be a «believer».

Had a nice 60 minute downtown tour with H.W., whom apparently is one of the best guides. Learned quite a bit and even found myself wanting to go to the natural history museum on a hunt for some artifacts mentioned. I will be doing some of their other tours in the future.

We purchased the 90 minute Gaslamp tour from Groupon and it was totally worth it. We started out at Wyatt Earps original saloon and progressed to multiple buildings within the Gaslamp that I had never even noticed before.
Our tour guide was H.W. and he MADE the whole tour. We’ve done a few of these ghost walks before and a good guide is key, H.W. delivered. He knew great history about the area and stories to share along with a great sense of humor. At one point we walked through the Ghiradelli shop presumably to learn about hauntings right… Nope, just a loop to get the free chocolate they hand out! Haha, it was awesome.
This tour was so much fun. We learned a lot about local history and some stories and legends about hauntings. I highly recommend it.

My friends and I (late 20s) took the 90min Gaslamp walking ghost tour via Groupon and had a great time! Our tour guide H.W. was dressed in period costume and he played the part pretty well. Brought us to a building that the Ghost Adventures trio from the Travel Channel were going to do a lockdown in about a month and it was super creepy! My friend was taking videos with his phone and got a definite moving orb!
Even if you’re not really a believer, the tour was definitely worth the price we got on groupon and it was interesting hearing some of the history of the Gaslamp.
Bring your voice recorders, cameras and video cams!

I don’t write many Unilocal reviews, but our experience last night with Ghostly Tours in Old Town was fantastic. Our guide’s name was Percivus (?) and he was funny and informative. The tour of the Whaley House was awesome no matter if you are a believer or skeptic of the «other side».
If you have just moved to SD or have been living here for a while, this tour is worth it. You will walk away with greater appreciation for San Diego’s History and it’s phantom friends. Definitely worth it!

Went on this tour out of a special request and gift for the boyfriend. First of all, we were late! We got to the Coyote Café about 10 – 15 minutes and we thought they had left since we didn’t see anyone, so we decided to get something to eat in the area. We get call from the company, nicely asking if we were still going to participate, we said yes and they politely waited for us!!! How awesome is that!!! We started off the tour at the Whaley House — f’ing creepy — and upon leaving the doorsteps, we were greeted by our tour guide and a limo! The limo ride was smooth and the drinks in the limo were complementary. We drove to Downtown, learned haunted history about the Stingaree DISTRICT — not the club, the Grand Horton Hotel, and the Horton Theater. Jumped back in our ride and rode down to the Hotel Del, then back up to Old Town to see the oldest graveyard in SD.
Overall the tour, the experience, the customer service, the history was all amazing and I learned a lot. The boyfriend was heavily satisfied and I’m glad he liked it. The price of the tour is a tad much, but it’s not dreadful. I highly recommend this to anyone who interested in history, creepy stuff or if you’re bored.
Oh! Our tour guide Magnus was amazing! He was very informative, friendly, entertaining, and he never broke out of character. Even with all the drunks passing by us in downtown, he never broke — SUPER!