The Art Experience

I purchased a Living Social Deal for this tour. I tried by phone and email to contact the company to make my reservation and didn’t get a response for 3 or 4 days. The day before the tour, I got an email saying that Carmen from reservations would be calling me to get my payment for the tax and tip on the Living Social deal. I thought this sounded like a scam and cancelled my living social deal. When she called me, she said she needed a credit card for $ 50 ($ 25 each) for tax and tip. No way was this tour worth this to me. I also don’t tip before service.

This company doesn’t even deserve a one. The reason this tour is even acceptable is because of the art. But anyone can Google the knowledge and guide themselves. This lady, Susana Baker, wants her company to seem «upscale», when none the less its so «un classy». She is a mess!

My friends and I enjoyed the tour, until the bill came. 5 out of 6 of us purchased the Amazon Local deal, except for me. I provided my credit card info so that I can pay full price ($ 145). However, the next day I was charged over $ 900! When I emailed the merchant she said she was charging me full price for all 6 individuals. We all informed her during the tour that 5 people purchased an Amazon Local voucher. When I reminded her of this, she claims that tax and tip was not included in the voucher and was trying to force me to pay tax and tip for all 6 people– not fair and isn’t tip suppose to be optional, not forced? I contested with the merchant and am still fighting with her about this with my credit card company. What a headache.
This is tour is definitely not worth paying full price and if you have a voucher, their professionalism is still questionable. The art tour you can do on your own and I do recommend going to the murals, but do yourself a favor a buy a guide book.

I went with goup of 12 friends to celebrate my bday & do something different. We had an absolute blast in th party bus with Suzzane Baker; excellent tour guide. Incredibly insightful & fun. Started 3 to 6:30 through de la Cruz art gallery, then Wynwood walls walking & learning about city, artists, how blessed we are to have this in our backyard. We are already planning next tour since 2 more collections & hundreds of galleries we did not get to see. Ended at the Oak tavern which was simply amazing & delicious!

We took the private VIP Wynwood Art tour for my wife’s birthday. We are very well-​traveled and have taken tours all over the world. I can honestly say, that we enjoyed ourselves the most that we ever have on any tour we’ve ever taken. Susanna Baker was our dynamo tour guide. She picked us up in her van and drove us immediately to the De La Cruz collection, where she gave us a very informative tour of the collection, she was very knowledgeable about the art works and the artists and she explained everything in great detail and made it very enjoyable. She had us laughing, thinking, oohing and ahhing almost immediately.
She drove us all around Wynwood, The Design District and Midtown and took us into several incredible galleries, explaining everything along the way. We’ve lived in Miami for several years and we just had no idea these galleries existed or that there was such a vibrant, exciting scene in Wynwood and the Design District. The only time we’d ever previously experienced Miami’s art scene was during Art Basel/​Art Miami. We’d also done Art Walk, which is great, but makes it hard to appreciate everything when you’re battling crowds.
Anyway, we had always heard that Wynwood/​The Design District was a cool, funky area, but never really knew where to go, which areas were safe, etc. That’s what makes this tour so perfect. Susana is a wealth of knowledge about all of the galleries, the artists, and the history of each area. She also took us on foot to see several of the stunning Wynwood murals, which was my favorite part. She explained the history of the neighborhood, the murals, the artists, and it was just amazing to immerse ourselves in all the culture that this beautiful city has to offer, that we’d had really very little knowledge of previously. As a bonus, Susana actually took us to extra galleries (because my wife loved the galleries so much) and Miami Club Rum’s distillery/​tasting room, where we got to meet one of the owners and learned about the company’s amazing patented process of «music infused» Rum making. (Neither of us are liquor drinkers, but it was still fascinating!) The day seriously flew by and we didn’t want it to end. At the end, when Susana dropped us off at our car again, we were so sad it was all over and didn’t stop talking about what an amazing day we had. She really is an amazing tour guide, incorporating art, history, and her special blend of humor. We will definitely be taking another one of her fabulous tours and cannot wait!

The Art Experience is absolutely fantastic. They offer guided, personalized tours of Wynwood, the Design District and South Beach. The Wynwood tour takes you off the beaten path to some of the best murals in the world as well as inside various galleries and collections. The guides are truly passionate and knowledgable and will give you an insider’s view of Miami’s best emerging and master artists.
In addition, the tour ends with a 3 course meal at one of South Florida’s top restaurants.