Segway tour guide Jay Arr
I’m Jay Arr, a Bohemian, a Bostoinian, a huge Art Enthusaist, Writer/Poet, an Entertainer, & Tour Guide. I give Segway tours and Walking tours of various locations through out the City of Boston. I love Boston! I think this is a brick by brick city, and every brick has a story. I know a couple of these stories and I’m always looking to learn more. I was born in Boston, but I grew up in Orlando, FL. I began giving tours in the late 90’s for Walt Disney World. Working for Disney was an amazing experience. For the first two weeks they dragged me around the park, they made me ride all rides ,they taught me “a chunk” of the history, and they showed me, first hand, the meaning of “Good Customer Service”. After the tragedy of September 11th, 2001 the tourism and entertainment industry in Orlando suffered a great decline and i was forced to return to Boston for economic reasons. Since I moved back to Boston I’ve lived, loved, lost, and lived again. In this time, I was lucky enough to play an extra “Orderly # 4″ in the Martin Scorsese/Leonardo DiCaprio film Shutter Island. I’m a big movie “nut”! I will fast forward my story to about two years ago, when i answered a craigslist add looking for tour guide entertainers. I’d never road a Segway before I got the job, but since I got the job, I try to ride everyday that I can. I’m what they call, a Seqway Enthusiast. Every time I visit a new city I take the Segway tour. I think it’s the best way to see a city. I recommend the Segway tours in Newport, RI & Portsmouth, NH. I also recommend the the tour Boston By Segway gives, but that recommendation is biased, for it’s the first place to get me up on a Segway. It’s so fun!, I describe the feeling as flying on the ground.
In Sept of 2012 I also began giving walking tours, for Urban Adventures, a walking/adventure tour company, I was connected with, through by Boston By Segway. I love giving tours! I find it fun it and exciting, meeting different types of people, from all different parts of the world, who came to Boston to go on an adventure. Sometimes that’s with me. I’m very proud to be part of the Bostontourguide.org. This website is what Boston tourism needs. It’s a place to share information, learn fun facts, learn about new fun things, like The New Boston Tea Party Museum, and master “our” trade. I’m always looking for ways to improve my tours, I’m also always looking for ways to improve our guests tourism experiences. The more our tour guide community can do for our guests, the better. This will improve the amount of repeat visitors, who will have great stories and will tell others about their “Wicked Awesome Boston Adventures!” These types of results, will keep us working in our trade, (Entertainment), and also rub our success in the faces of those who say, “When are you going to get a real job?”
Boston by Segway is the main Segway tour in Boston. They provide one- and two- hour tours led by “adventure captains” like Jay Arr. As their website says, “Adventure Captains narrate the tour via an Audio device which allows you to listen in hands free and enjoy the sights at the same time.” Their phone number is (866) 611-9838. Boston by Segway operates from March 1st to December 15th.
Urban Adventures, a walking/adventure company also operates March 1st to Dec 15th. There phone number is also (866) 611-9383
Both companies are located in the North End (Little Italiy) at the corner of Hanover and Commercial St)
-In addition to the jobs Jay Arr describes above, he has also volunteered to contribute as a new writer to bostontourguide.org. Stay tuned for his upcoming articles.