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Speaks Spanish. Step-on guide. |
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Professional tour guide
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Denise
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from an “oil town” to a “space center city” and her love for Houston has
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Houston she works as a tour director/escort on motorcoach tours throughout
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States and Canada. Denise can show you
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| Melissa
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281-342-2660 - home |
melissa@gonetotexastours.com |
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rumors and you can really get a
feel for the area that you are visiting.
The growth of this area is an |
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of
birding, gardening, touring Texas and Houston. Bettye's favorite part of touring Houston,
Harris and |
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surrounding counties is
exploring the rich and surprising history of the African American influence. |
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Degree in Math & a Masters in Education from Indiana University. He taught in Indiana public |
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schools before entering
the computer field specializing in Information Services. Retired, he now conducts |
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tours of Houston,
concentrating on the downtown area. He
specializes in the tunnel system plus Ghost |
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Walks & Holiday
Lights tours. He also is a bus docent
for the annual Museum Day tour event.
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teaches math &
computer science at local institutions.
Jerry can show you and educational and enjoyable |
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time as your walking or
your step-on tour guide. |
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Treasurer |
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281-497-3417 |
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Houston resident for 31
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over 10 years including
chairman of Ambassador Comm. 2 years. |
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GHCVB part-time in
tourist info section in late '90s.
Worked |
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produced annual church road rallies for 17 |
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years. Docent for museum free day buses. Well-aquainted |
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usual and unusual area attractions.
Experienced with senior |
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citizen needs, especially those with
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Lynn Trelles Gaines |
Director-At-Large |
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281-320-9897 - home |
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Specializing in Texas
history, with emphasis on Sam Houston and the battle for Texas independence. |
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| Melissa
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281-342-2660 - home |
meldix77@hotmail.com |
The
history of the area is an important part tours I conduct. Enhance that
history with some local |
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feel for the area that you are visiting.
The growth of this area is an |
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exciting approach also.
Everywhere you turn, there is something new!
Antiquing Tours are also a treat. |
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Looking for really fine
items? Houston has them to offer.
Or do you want to "get dirty" and hunt |
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for a bargain? Keep in mind that Houston is definitely a
shopping "Mecca." I will be
glad to customize |
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a tour just for
you. Educated at the University of
Texas with a concentration in commercial interior |
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design,
I became interested in historic preservation in the early 1960s when it was a
new concept. I |
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focus
on historical Texas with a keen interest in the home life of our early
settlers. My tour training |
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Harris County Heritage Society Docent Training Program. That relationship |
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fostered
service as a docent, employment as a staff docent and ,finally, a position on
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responsibility
to plan and coordinate tours for The Society.
Let me help make your time in Houston one to |
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enjoy and remember
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| Andrew
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713-864-3875 - home |
anelgro@earthlink.net |
Andrew is a local artist. He
works full time for the Houston Museum of Fine Art. He is a |
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Subject and he specializes in tours of local art projects and sculptures as
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visitors. |
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| Michael
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281-474-1225 |
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Specializing in sports
related, historic, downtown tunnel system, step-on and/or city-wide
excursions. |
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713-859-7384 - cell |
mrk1807@houston.rr.com |
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possesses a great deal of fun and factual information about many of Houston's
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history. Mike has conducted hundreds of tours. He has an intimate knowledge of Houston
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it" and watched it grow first hand.
36 years of residency gives Mike that experience. Mike will |
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you not only with facts & figures, but with tales & stories about the
offbeat, the arcane, |
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the delightful. Mike is a past president of the
Professional Tour Guide Association of Houston. |
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Lara |
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281-999-0497 |
changing_faces@sbcglobal.net |
Speaks Spanish fluently |
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| Sandra
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713-222-9255 - office |
tourhouston@aol.com |
Owner,
Discover Houston Tours. Expertise:
Research, design & conduct guided walking tours |
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713-921-1510 - fax |
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specializing in Downtown
Houston Tunnel System; Downtown Houston, and Houston history &
architecture; |
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step-on
guide for city tours; author, tour publications. |
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| Lucette
Rieger |
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713-960-1239 |
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the surrounding areas including NASA |
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and Galveston. She is fluent
in English, French, Turkish and speaks |
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members include Business Executives, Seniors, |
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Students, Employees who relocate to
Houston, Consuls and Consulate |
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Personnel. She loves showing
the sights of her home of more than 36 |
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years (Houston) to groups of any
size. Her tours are customized for |
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each group. Lucette is
certified by and is a founding member and past |
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Treasurer of the Professional Tour
Guide Association of Houston. |
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Smith |
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713-467-0966 |
dsmith25@houston.rr.com |
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281-481-4449 - home |
tdrussellsnow@ev1.net |
My main
job in the tourism industry is to do tours with and |
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713-823-4315 - cell |
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tourists by doing local tours (city), statewide tours (any |
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most commonly, tours by motorcoach of several |
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together. I am an independent tour director and |
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contract myself out to various
companies. |
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| Gary
E. White |
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281-890-7823 - home |
gwhite18@houston.rr.com |
Specializing in historic
military battlefields and cemetery tours |
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281-890-9522 - fax |
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| Jacqueline
Woike |
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281-493-2624 |
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Tour
Guide with over twenty years' experience providing a variety of tours in
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surrounding areas for
tour operators, corporations, conferences, conventions, private groups, |
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or individuals…all custom
designed with the clients' time, budget, and interest in mind. |
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| Michael
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713-320-3726 |
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native Houstonian with many worldwide travel experiences. I am in love with my city and enjoy
showing, |
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its many wonders to
others, locals or visitors. I delight in opening eyes to hidden treasures and
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people about Houston
history, architecture, prominent citizens, and folklore. Let me guide you or your |
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to unknown Houston. In addition to
English, Spanish and German spoken. Please visit my |
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| Sarah Bye |
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713-943-1669 - home |
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| Roberto
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832-868-8227 |
robehdz@sbcglobal.net |
International
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281-474-1225 - home |
sbeard1807@houston.rr.com |
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tmcneill@houston.rr.com |
ITMI Certified
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guide services, and event
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C. Nelson |
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281-387-8435 - Home |
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in Baytown, Texas (AKA Goose Creek, Texas). I have worked with The Heritage
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I grew up just across Burnet Bay from |
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Battlegrounds. (I also know Lynchburg
like the back of my hand.) I have
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extensively through the
GHCVB Visitor's Center greeting and informing visitors to our fair city of
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historical, commercial
and educational entities available here. I was raised in a Humble Oil
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am into customer service and I enjoy those folks who like to find the path
not often taken. I can take |
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and I can get you back. Carpe Diem et Vade Mecom!!! |
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713-960-1239 |
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teacher. He is a born and raised Houstonian. John also has been a
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driver during his summers to include
on the road as well as local tours. He
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about Houston and can not only give
a great tour, but also drive the bus! |
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| Keith Rosen |
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713-592-0348 - home |
houstonhistory@aol.com |
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Owner is a professor and
researcher of history. |
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281-759-7853 - home |
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| Mary
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713-630-0010 |
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281-431-9245 |
larry@rice.edu |
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Houston Convention & Visitor's Bureau |
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713-437-5200 |
wchappell@ghcvb.org |
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