School Tour Booking Information

Thank you for your inquiry about a school tour with SF City Guides. We offer some of our most popular tours for school students and groups from fourth grade through high school: Chinatown, Gold Rush City, 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, and Mission Murals.

All school tours are 1 hour and content is adjusted for younger audiences.

The cost is $5 per child and chaperones are free.
You must provide a non-refundable deposit for a minimum of ten young people and two adults, ($50) which is due when you receive the confirmation email. The balance is due before the tour is given, and can be paid by credit card or check sent to our office.
If no deposit money is received within two weeks’ time of confirmation it is assumed that you no longer want a tour and your tour is cancelled.
You must provide one adult for every eight students, with a minimum of two adults for small groups of less than eight.

To schedule a tour or request additional information, please complete and submit the form at the bottom of this page.

Please note: You will be notified within 10 business days, from the date of your initial emailed tour request as to whether City Guides can fulfill your request. To be clear, all City Guides are volunteers therefore there is a small chance that we will not be able to fulfill your request, even after an exhaustive search for guides.

City Guides Cancellation Policy:

1) If the requestor cancels the tour, the deposit is forfeited.

2) If in an emergency a guide cannot do the tour, the requestor will be contacted and the tour can be rescheduled or the deposit will be refunded.

3) If there is heavy rain or other unforeseen events, the guide will call the requestor and reschedule or the deposit will be refunded.

4) If the guide is willing to do the tour and the requestor is not, the deposit is forfeited.

We thank you for your interest in our tours.

Penny Bradshaw,

CG School Tour Volunteer Coordinator

Booking or Request for Information: Complete and Submit This Form

I want to book a tour. (Please complete ALL the information requested below. The "Questions/Comments" area is optional.)
I would like more information first. (Please complete as much of the form below as you can and describe the additional information needed in the "Questions/Comments" area.)

Tour desired (see above)
Preferred date and time (four to six weeks lead time is suggested)
Name of school
Approximate number of students + chaperones
Grade level(s) of students taking tour
Contact person: first name: last name: phone: email:
Cell phone number of an adult who will be accompanying the students on the tour
Questions/comments

If you are submitting a booking request, we will try to accommodate your preferences. As soon as we have confirmed a guide(s) we will email you a confirmation. If you are requesting further information, we will try to respond within the next few days. In either case, be sure to click the "Submit" button below.