Tag: USA

I found having a greeter was a valuable experience. Martina and I hit it off automatically and had much in common. It almost felt like we were sisters from a long time ago. It was a very relaxed environment. I never felt pressured that she wanted to go do something else. She asked me what I wanted to do and when we wanted to take the second trolley trip around she was all for it too. We had lunch and then we had a sweet treat afterwards. This basically is what I wanted to see in Innsbruck using the local greeter versus just going to the Christmas market and seeing the same things that I am seeing in other Christmas markets.

It was a valuable experience and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Tina from Bradenton, FL, USA

Rudi was a fantastic greeter! He showed us some Innsbruck highlights, was warm, knowledgeable, and absolutely set us up for a wonderful weekend.

This was my first Greeter experience, and I would definitely recommend it to others. It was the perfect way to get to know Innsbruck!

Carolyn, USA

Our Innsbruck Greeter experience was wonderful. Our guide, Michi, shared history and local insight in a way that engaged my children while still being very interesting for us adults. You could tell how much she loves her city. My parents and I learned a lot, and I was amazed at how much the kids remembered afterward.

I am so grateful for the Innsbruck Greeters program and for volunteers like Michi who make travel feel welcoming and meaningful!

Meredith from Woodmoor, USA

Rudi was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, with a genuine love for his city! He asked a bit about our interests and then began to tell us about things in the city that tied into things we were interested in.

I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to get to know more about Innsbruck!

Jessica from Chicago, USA

Bernhard was wonderful to walk the city with. I truly appreciated his time and enthusiasm in describing the history of Innsbruck and the stories behind many of the buildings.

He gave me great references to continue to explore more of the city on my own. Some off of the beaten path, which I like to do. Before we even started our walk, he pulled out a map of the city to explain the grid and layout of what was once the old town and what it is today.

What an excellent way to spend 2 hours walking with a local, who gives you a different perspective of their city and truly wishes you all the best to enjoy what it has to offer.

Valerie from Orange, CA, USA

Rudi was amazing, and exactly what our small group was looking for. Rudi was informative, interesting, a good listener who answered our many questions, and gave us wonderful information about the city, and great recommendations of how we could spend our time/what to see and do.

Julie and friends from California, Michigan and Illinois, USA

Our walking tour with Rudi was one of the highlights of our time in Innsbruck. He was friendly, knowledgeable and he took us to some places and gave us inside explanations of things we couldn’t have gotten from anyone else.

He gave generously of his time and the whole experience made us feel very warmly toward Innsbruck.

Josh and Noga from California, USA

Had an amazing walking tour with Bernhard!

When you visit a new city and have just a couple of hours available, one must quickly and efficiently get to all places of interest, and, (which is most difficult) — decide what to skip. This would be impossible to do on our own in the time we had.

Bernhard took us to the most iconic sites (Dom zu Sankt Jacob with Cranach’s Maria Hilf, the Golden Roof, Maria-Theresien-Straße, etc.) and complemented the sightseeing with the historical information and funny stories on everything from architecture to taxes and real estate development.

I wish we had more time to keep exploring, enjoy the views from the mountaintops as Bernhard suggested. Hope to visit again sooner rather than later, now that we know what else to see.

Thank you Bernhard and the Greeters for helping us explore and learn!

Ekaterina from Winchester, USA

My husband and I had a very good experience with Bernhard who was matched to be our greeter. Bernhard was great. He showed us around some of the most important parts of Innsbruck.

Victoria from New York, USA

We had a wonderful, wonderful time!

But it was really due to Bernhard because he had emailed me a couple of times and wanted to be sure what I liked, what I wanted to do, what I wanted to see, anything special that I was thinking about and so in reality or walking tour was tailored very specifically to me!

Janet from Austin, USA