Great experience! Mahalo
Absolutely worth every cent. Take time in Kailua- go to Buzz’s steak house and also take your time in Haleiwa- tons of shrimp trucks after you get through the tourist part. The directions were really clear and easy to follow.
Amazing App!!!!
We were told about this app by a taxi driver in Oahu!! It was so great!! We had our very own tour guide!! I’ll definitely be looking on it for our next vacation!!!
Highly recommended
I don’t typically write an actual review for an app, so the fact that I’m doing that means a lot! This app was perfect. We considered taking a circle tour of Oahu while on vacation. At several hundred dollars a person, we opted to rent a car and tour the island ourselves. Randomly, I came across this app and can say that I’m glad I did. It is incredibly accurate and makes traveling safe and comfortable from your own car. The ONLY thing I’d recommend is that there be a function to control the guidance volumeZ every time the narrator spoke, I had to turn the volume up in the car, and then back down once he was done. But even with that, I still give it 5 stars without hesitation!
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Oahu
Great tour guide. We had such a great time while driving around the island and using the app. We had fun and learned at the same same time. It was like Sheldon Coppers fun with flags. The information supplied was great for the whole family. It gave side tours if you had time and kept up with location. I would recommend this app as it was recommended to us.
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Great tour!
The tour was great. Worked perfectly, I only got off track in a couple places, but I would blame that on the Honolulu traffic. Some of the recommended stops are places I never would have come up with on my own. Honestly the only fault I see is in the name... I know you’ve built a brand, but it’s hard to recommend to friends when the name includes a word many see as a slur.
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Oahu tour
Absolutely fantastic! Cannot recommend it enough. We came to love the narrator so much we gave him a name! Directions were far better than GPS. Thanks for helping us make our Hawaiian vacation so pleasurable. Will use this guide at other locations.
The best vacation $ you will spend.
My entire family absolutely loved this app. We toured Oahu clockwise and loved so much we did half again in reverse. My daughters looked up the narrator and “talked” to him during our tour. This is the best $8 you will spend.
Fantastic find
This app is awesome, would highly recommend commentary is fantastic
Great Guide
We were researching options for circle island tours of Oahu, but struggled with only getting 10-15 minutes at any stop. So we decided to rent an car and I started looking for self directed suggested tours and GypsyGuide popped up. We decided to go out on a limb and try it! Was the best money we spent ! The commentary was wonderful, funny and informative. We got to see places that not even our friend whom had lived in the island for 3 months knew about. The directions were easy to follow. Great tour , would highly recommend !!
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Best Friend to Travel With!!!!
We first heard about GyPSy Guide when we went from Banff to Jasoer. We found it incredibly informative and entertaining. So on our first trip to Hawaii, I got the island package and first used it on Kauai. I really can’t say enough superlative words about the app. It was obvious on the road to Jasper how it worked because there was only one road, but it worked just as beautifully with choices. “Fred” helped us choose where to go, gave us lots of information about the history, culture, geology, and flora/fauna and weather. It tells you what is a must see and what to do or pass up depending on time. He speaks with humor and has a good voice. I like how he reminds of previous stories and continues them at various points. It was great for our 2 days on Oahu and then the 7 days on the Big Island. “Fred” even did a great job of explaining not only what to see in Volcano National Park and how to use our limited time wisely, but also about the important geology, history and biology related to the park.
I seriously will purchase every single one available for every road trip or vacation we do from now on!!!!
I seriously will purchase every single one available for every road trip or vacation we do from now on!!!!
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Best “Private” Tour Guide
We had a time box, so we picked only the stops that most interested us. We loved being able to discover great new things, and skip what we wanted. We even took our own stops and detours along the route and the guide caught up as soon as we returned to the route. Super high quality.
Fantastic app
Very easy to follow and instructions were very clear. Best tour done so far and this was our third time in Hawaii
Worth way more than low cost!
I live on Oahu for work. Despite the many guides and services available to tell you what the island features are, nothing beats the flexibility of a self guided tour. This app goes beyond that, and offers a friendly companion who knows exactly what you need along your visit. The history narrations are priceless and can send you down great explorations of the different topics relevant to the island. My wife and I often do the hop on hop off tours to get the history and find out what’s available locally in given area. Well, having this app is like owning your very own private tour. We love it!!
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Referral fee?
Can I get a referral fee code? I tell everyone who comes to Hawaii that these apps are a must have, and of course they all find out that I’m absolutely right. But seriously . . . I’ll take a code or something. 🤙🏽
What a guru guide. What a voice
A friend suggested this app. A trusted friend. So we bought the app and hired a car *.
The app worked like a dream from the moment we launched it. It felt like guide was in the car with us all the way. Never intruding, always guiding. And with easy options.
The slight increase in seriousness of tone when advising in critical driving decisions was most helpful - especially at this was my first day ever driving in America, and on the wrong side of the road **.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
(Do it over 2 days If you can)
*We are from Australia and using our “.au”‘domain suffix, we were able to book a much cheaper car hire rate than booking locally or in store (thanks Dollar Guy for this advise)
**in Australia we drive on the other side of the road.
Do it.
Simon
The app worked like a dream from the moment we launched it. It felt like guide was in the car with us all the way. Never intruding, always guiding. And with easy options.
The slight increase in seriousness of tone when advising in critical driving decisions was most helpful - especially at this was my first day ever driving in America, and on the wrong side of the road **.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
(Do it over 2 days If you can)
*We are from Australia and using our “.au”‘domain suffix, we were able to book a much cheaper car hire rate than booking locally or in store (thanks Dollar Guy for this advise)
**in Australia we drive on the other side of the road.
Do it.
Simon
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Great App!
Very informative. The narrator guides you through turns just as Maps would. We love the narratives about the history of Hawaii as you drive the route. Also like that it doesn’t try to constantly speak and leaves gaps in the commentary. Just note that it doesn’t guide you to get to the route, only once you’re on it. Use Maps to get to any point on the route then you’re good. The only negative is the huge difference in volume between the narrator and the music interludes. We constantly had to adjust volume until giving up and stopping the music. No big deal.
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Very enjoyable app. Well worth the cost.
This app made the drive around Oahu so much more interesting. Many insights. Points out sights you wouldn’t know. Gave history, geology, culture. A must.
Definitely Recommend
Excellent for driving around the island. No need for cell service, works excellent in airplane mode, We haven’t tried other apps so we can’t compare it to others, but would say spend the money on the app, rent a car, and tour the island at your own pace.
Loved it
This is better than paying 149.00 for a bus ride
Amazing App for newbies to Hawaii
I used this app to drive around Oahu and Big Island on my Hawaii trip last week. Really awesome app, it gives you information and directions based on where you are at on island. I get how the app works, but it still felt like I had a real time personal tour guide. On Oahu this was all I needed; I thought I’d do the $100+ bus trip, but much happier I used this app with a rental car (less rushed, stop at areas I wanted to) . I used it on Big Island as well , but only on days I drove from Kona to Volcano Park and to Hilo. I did do a $100 big island bus tour, but that was because I didn’t want to drive entire circle myself.
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