Sydney Greeters
Free Walk with a Local
Discover Sydney through a free walk with a Local
Sydney has plenty to offer with its beautiful harbour and lively atmosphere. One of the best ways to really get a feel for the city is by experiencing it away from the tourist trail. Why not join one of our Sydney Greeters who can show you around their city? You‘ll go on your own personalised walk with a local exploring backstreets and learning more about life in Sydney than you would from a tourist guidebook. Whatever your interests – top restaurants or cheap-eats in hidden laneways, a walk of discovery in the picturesque Royal Botanic Garden or stunning views of the harbour from surrounding suburbs – our volunteers can help. A Sydney Greeter will offer pointers on where to go, how to get there, fascinating and unique history, award winning architecture and at the same time share amusing anecdotes about the city that only a Sydney-sider would know. You have heard about the friendliness of Australians – it’s all true! You will have a warm welcome waiting for you when you arrive.
Click here to request your greet
Remember: A Greet means meeting a local resident to walk around town with you as new friends. The first step will be to talk to the Greeter about the details of your personalized tour. It's not about taking part in a standardized tour, but about exploring the city with an expert volunteer .
Maximum six people!
Our core value #2 reads "Greeters welcome individuals and may serve small groups of up to six people."
The reason is that each Greet should be an opportunity to talk to each other and that seems impossible in bigger groups.
Also important: we do not mingle people from different requests but serve only you (and your friends).
Meet a local volunteer
Our core value #1 reads "Greeters are volunteers, a friendly face for those visiting a city."
It's true: Our Greeters love their city or town and they are proud to share this with guests.
How could you better discover the most interesting spots of a place?
Free service, no tipping
Our core value #3 reads "Meeting a Greeter is free of charge."
We do not follow a "give what you think is ok (but please give)" strategy. Greeters honestly do not like any tipping because what they give comes from their heart not because of any tipping expectation.
If you would like to support the Greeters as a whole you are welcome to donate to the International Greeter Association here.
Submit Feedback here after your Greet
Karen was top notch fantastic!!!! We would have never found the things she showed us or known the significance of the things we seen if it wasn’t for her. She made our trip! She found things that interested us and focussed on those things as well as her regular tour. She even went out of her way to meet us at our hotel. We are so appreciative for her time, energy and thoughtfulness!!!!
Our Greeter, Lyn, was prompt and very friendly on arrival. We’ve used greeters in other Countries, and you just never quite know how the day will go; you could get a History buff who talks until your eyes glaze over or you’d like to put an ice pick in your ear, or you might possibly get that one Greeter that is very rigid with their schedule and everything must move along at a precise time, but our day with Lynn was a lovely combination of information and ease, history and hilarity!
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