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GANYC Events and Public Meetings

Our monthly meetings are open to the public and take place in venues across the five boroughs. GANYC members are also welcome to exclusive site visits and FAM (Familiarization) tours offered by fellow guides. GANYC guides offer FAM tours to their peers to receive invaluable feedback and to practice new tours.

GANYC Opposes New Measures for Visitors from Visa Waiver Eligible Countries

The Guides Association of New York City stands in strong opposition to proposed federal regulations that would require visitors entering the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to disclose extensive personal information, potentially imposing significant new barriers to travel.

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Any licensed NYC tour guide is eligible for GANYC membership! Join us at our next monthly meeting and learn the benefits of being a GANYC Guide.

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Jacqueline Chance
You can say I am a typical New Yorker! I was born outside of the U.S, have lived in New York metropolitan area most of my life, and speak more than just one language! Are you looking for a licensed professional NY tour guide who speaks English and fluent Mandarin and Taiwanese, and understands…
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New York is a story worth telling painted on a window New York is a Story... Nina Mende
Group of people walking on the Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY Coney Island FAM tour
Canal Street looking downtown Canal Street looking downtown Emma Guest-Consales
Magnet in SoHo Magnet and cast-iron detail in SoHo Ed Perlmutter
Boat Ride to Dead Horse Bay
ESB Empire State Building and Macy's Ayinde Stevens
Group of people standing together NYC Rat Tour Marc Landman
Giant pink pigeon foot Dinosaur Deborah Blau
January 2020 Meeting at the N-Y Historical Society
Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall Ayinde Stevens
Grant's Tomb General Grant National Memorial, Harlem George Tonkin
People in front of a mural in Spanish Harlem NYC Spanish Harlem tour Leigh Hallingby