Segway Nation

We’ve lived in Austin for a couple months now. What better way to explore the city by a Segway?! As my husband states, «its hoverboard training.» It was a little chilly and breezy but we were having so much fun it didn’t matter! Greg was so awesome from the training sesh until over 2.5 hours later where he had to pry us off of those segways. Learned fun facts, restaurant ideas, and slalomed through the performance center pillars :) We will be taking my parents back to Segway Nation when they come visit us in April!

Don’t book this tour if you have a need to cancel. Their policy is to give 48 hours and I gave an email and voice mail 2x with no response! We ended up having to fit it in. This is a very misleading title. Haunted with only 2 weak stories. One story we went back to the hotel and they had no idea and about this story at the front desk. Call the haunted tour an evening Austin explore the town, NOT haunted as that was super weak.
When we arrived the welcome was so weak. No one even acknowledged us or welcomed us. No one looked at us until we asked if we were in the right place. I wanted to share my dilemma next with the cancellation response. She just said she was sorry but it is not her fault. Ok — can let the manager know or owner so they can improve this???
I only bumped this to 3 stars because of our tour guide this evening of the 31^st. Safety is A++. He was very safe and made sure we were well trained and kept making sure throughout the ride. He was very attentive and kind.
The whole rating is 3 only because of the guide and the safety he took to make everyone feel safe at night.
I would not recommend this tour overall.

When I’ve seen people on Segway tours I usually point, shake my head and think, «What tools!» But today I probably looked like one of those tools and I had a great time… way better than I expected. I was on the executive tour of Austin and Greg was my tour guide. He made sure we were all comfortable on the Segway before we started. We got a GREAT overview of the city. He was knowledgeable and could answer all our questions. He kept me smiling the whole time and gave out some awesome tips for future exploration of the city. I’ll definitely use this company when I visit other cities where they operate.

Our tour guide was fun, friendly, and informative. The Austin tour was a million times better than the tour we took in San Antonio. The staff took their time to carefully explain the safety and tour rules. Can’t wait to seg way in Austin again. I also learned so much about downtown! Loved it!

This was the highlight of my short visit to Austin!
Called same day and they honored a Groupon rate despite it requiring a week advance reservation.
Seen these tours in various cities and always wanted to try. Instruction was clear and thorough. Brian was awesome throughout from beginning to end on this night tour throughout downtown, across the bridge and around the back giving very informative facts, even ghost stories and just funny and entertaining all the time! It was my first time and I was zipping around ease almost like a pro within 20 Minutes!
Can’t recommend them more!

I scored because I was the only one in the tour. We buzzed around everywhere. This is my preferred way to see a city for the first time.

This tour was the highlight of our trip to Austin. Brian and Greg made great tour guides and let us enjoy the segways as we toured the city. They warned us that the chance of seeing bats was about 50/​50, considering the season, but we were some of the lucky ones. After waiting less than 5-​minutes, the bats began to swirl directly beneath us and then they took off like, well, like bats outta hell! It was really impressive to see. Then we toured the city and got some interesting insight on Austin. To be honest, the ghost part of the ghost tour was a bit lacking (is there not much to talk about?), but the duration of the tour (2.5-hrs), the overall journey through the city and the fun tour guides more than made up for it. Seriously, book this tour and prepare yourself for a wonderful way to tour this awesome city!

First ever Segway ride and it was wonderful!
The tour guides were very nice and did a good job of training all the riders. They were attentive and were very entertaining which made the ride fun :)
I had friends visiting from out of town and found the tour as a really good way to give a tour of Austin downtown in a short amount of time without having to worry about parking from one attraction to the other.
They had a groupon at the time I wanted to book the tour but the fine print said that I needed to make the reservation 1 week in advance and I was late for that. So I called them and asked them if they could honor the groupon pricing and they did :) which was cool!
Would definitely recommend to a friend.

Went on the bat tour. Started out as two separate groups. We went first. Then while we were listening to a boring story about the capital, the other group went ahead of us. Guide said we were going to hold up and let the other group get a head start. I thought ok, he knows right? Wrong. More boring stops and then, by the time we got to the bridge, we got to see lots of bats about a half mile away. The other group saw them fine. Ok, guide said, you can’t control for nature. True, but about two thousand people, including the other group, knew enough to get there in time. Reason we paid the thirty extra dollars per person, for the evening tour was to see the bats. Ok, the segways are fun and we did the slalom thingy. Then we parked them for a talk and my wife’s segway jumped the curb and the spinning tire gave her a road rash on her leg. Then while the guide was snapping at her not to ram the segway into the curb-​not true– the guide’s own machine rolled backwards into the street. While I tried to help with that, my stationary segway rolled back into my legs. This might have been just a thing except the guide got very upset about it. Not cool. Segways were fun but definitely get the girl guide.

So I purchased a groupon and they don’t have an option to reserve online So I sent an email requesting reservations.
So guy Steve called back and stated that he’s sorry but groupon does not allow them to book before the 7 days that’s a restriction set by them. He said I should get a refund and then he would honor group on rate. I told him unfortunately I had called groupon and they could not issue me a credit anymore it was outside the 3 day window. He said that’s all I can do, I said can’t I just pay the difference? He’s like no!
So I call back this afternoon to double check if I could pay the difference they said no again. And this lady states I would help you but it seems you have it in your mind that I’m not gonna help you! I said no I am just trying to get your policy on things. She said the tour I wanted was sold out anyway, when I asked for her name she hung up on me.
Called back got a different person, I guess that’s the treatment I deserve by being a cheap stake and trying to get a groupon.
By the way groupon ended up giving me groupon bucks due to the circumstance and said that the restrictions are in no way set by them but by the merchant and they could have easily allowed me to pay the difference.
So I guess I will never know how the Segway ride is as the customer service reps need to be trained on how not to be disrespectful.

It was my first tour on a segway, but it was so much fun. First you get a short introduction how to ride a segway. Don’t be afraid, it’s so easy. Afterwards you drive to the Texas State Capitol, Downtown, 6^th street etc. It is not the same as «real» city tour, but its a great way to explore Austin.
Dies war meine erste Segway-​Tour, aber es war so witzig. Man bekommt erst eine kleine Einführung und dann geht zum Texas State Capitol, nach Downtown, zur 6^th Street etc. Es ist keine «richtige» Stadtführung, aber es ist der perfekte Weg um Austin zu erkunden.

SO.MUCH.FUN. you will see these segway tours when you’re on your own and think «what nerds.» But when you are on it, you will think they EXACT opposite. It is so much fun. I would recommend this to anyone. It takes maybe 5 minutes to get used to it, but from then in you feel like an expert. Everyone is super friendly and Greg, the tour guide, was great.

Our tour guide, Gregg, was an excellent instructor, very knowledgeable of the city and he also made some recommendation on where to go have great foods and entertainment. My wife and I were first time on a segway and these devices are very fun. Thank you Nations Segway for giving us a great experience. We’ll be back and surely we’ll recommend you to our friends.

I thought I’d write an update because I just took my first daytime segway tour, and some of the recommendations have changed in the few years since I wrote my first review.
My brother and I took a weekday segway tour. I highly recommend Greg, our tour guide, because his safety with his clients comes first. Since my first review, I was in a freak car accident (hit by a car that is) not related to Segway Nation. But I mention the accident because it was severe and was a huge wake-​up call to how aggressive drivers can be. Greg is very conscious of warning us about everything from potholes to upcoming traffic not understanding that we have the right away.
Bring your own cold water. Segway Nation now sells water, but bringing a big bottle of your own fresh, cold water is very important. It’s also free as opposed to whatever Segway Nation prices their water. I filled a 750ml bottle with ice water and by the end of the tour, the bottle did not have a drop of water left.
Finally, don’t forget your camera. Greg was polite with my picture taking (I had not seen my brother in about a year.) He also asked us if we wanted to take a stop at the bridge and walk around because your feet can feel very mildly uncomfortable from zig-​zagging, and going full ‘governor’ (I think that’s what Greg called it!)
Because safety is always my biggest concern, I would go with Greg, because I can vouch for him when it comes to protecting my brother, who I love dearly. We were so happy to do the tour before he left Austin, and very happy to go with Segway Nation: just Greg, my brother, and me.
*Sunscreen too during the day!

Fun tour!
I would definitely recommend the executive tour to make the most of the 2.5 hrs. All other tours are a little too short so wake up early for the first one!
Austin is a fun city and a Segway is a great way to explore.
ALSO! Look for a groupon and call the reservation line. They’ll match the groupon deal.
Return customers get all future rides for themselves and friends for $ 35

Our guide Elizabeth did a great job. the Segway tour was great but the Haunted tour is a little weak on content and the bat’s didn’t show. We loved the site seeing experience on the segway’s

Went for a team offsite. Plenty of segways for a team of 20. Graffiti wall was great. Lots of fun! Must do downtown tour of austin.

Great tour! We went in the middle of summer and I was really worried about the heat, but our guide was very mindful of it and had us take frequent breaks for water and stopped in the shade as often as possible. We learned a lot about Austin and really had a great time. Never once did I get bored and the Segway was a lot of fun to zip around on. Highly recommend if you have friends and family coming to town that you want to entertain!

Super fun!
Our group was rather large so we were split in ½. Both guides were informative and hilarious. Fun way to zip around Austin. Guide went 30 minutes longer then scheduled time so we could see the bats and still get a tour of the Driscoll!

Found a groupon deal and took the haunted evening tour w/​the bats. This was just a wonderful and enjoyable way to tour the sites of Austin!
Our tour guide was highly knowledgeable and entertaining, and I loved riding around on the Segway (my first time!).
Highly recommended!!!