Another Side Of Las Vegas Tours

Private Las Vegas tours and step-on guides

Another Side Of Las Vegas Tours is a Las Vegas tour company that runs its own guided tours, from private city tours and walking tours to Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon trips, and supplies step-on guides for groups traveling in their own coach or vehicle. The about text says Another Side Tours "was founded in 2007 as an Experience Management Company with one motto, to take our guests beyond the typical tourist experience in Las Vegas," and calls itself a "Fully licensed tour operator" and a "Certified IATA Tour Agency." It also says "The partners and venues we select to work with are the best of class in Las Vegas." Its tours center on Las Vegas and the surrounding desert: the Strip, Downtown and Fremont Street, the 18b Arts District, Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire and Hoover Dam, with Grand Canyon tours in the menu. The header also lists Los Angeles, San Diego and Maui as locations, and the footer carries a "Franchise with AST" link; this listing covers the Las Vegas operation the site is built around.

Tours and prices

The homepage lists its top-rated tours with a per-guest price and approximate length:

• The Ultimate Las Vegas Tour: $249 per guest, approx. 4 hours, covering the Strip, the Las Vegas sign and Downtown. A second panel adds "a 2 guest minimum."
• The Ultimate Hoover Dam Tour: $249 per guest, approx. 3 hours.
• The Famous Las Vegas Tour: $169 per guest, approx. 2 hours, a quicker version with the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and Downtown.
• The Private Las Vegas Highlights Tour: $349 per guest, approx. 5 hours, adding Red Rock Canyon, with "Preferred pricing available for parties of 3+."
• The Celebrity Homes Tour: $199 per guest, approx. 2 hours, through what the site calls the area's most exclusive neighborhoods, with the stories behind the homes and their architecture.
• The Ultimate Las Vegas Brewery Tour: $349 per guest, approx. 4 hours, in the Arts District, built around curated tastings of local craft beer and pitched at groups of friends and colleagues.
• The 18B Arts District Walking Tour: $99.00, approx. 1.5 hours.
• The Ultimate Vegas Movie Tour: $249 per guest, approx. 4 hours, visiting the places where classic and modern movies were filmed, with the stories behind the scenes.
• The Las Vegas VIP Mercedes Limo Van Tour: $249.00, approx. 2 hours, in a Mercedes Sprinter limo van along the Strip, Downtown and Fremont Street.
• The Ultimate Downtown Vegas Tour: $249 per guest, approx. 4 hours, on Fremont Street's history under the heading "The Strip, the Mob and the Age of Glamour."

Other tours named on the homepage include a Las Vegas Highlights Tour billed as "The Best of Las Vegas in 7 hours!", the Ultimate Red Rock Tour, a Strip walking tour, the Neon & Nature and Vegas Views helicopter tours, and a Strip scavenger hunt for team building. The menu adds Valley of Fire, High Roller, shooting, go-kart, hiking and supercar tours. The Red Rock tour is sold as a slower escape from the Strip into the desert and sandstone scenery just beyond the city.

Guides and step-on services

The step-on guide service is the part that suits groups already traveling together. The service page describes guides "poised to step onto your bus or vehicle" for a tour built around the group's interests, from history to food or art. The page lists "a 4 hour minimum for our services," says durations can run "from a few hours to a full day," and says the company offers "guides who can speak multiple languages to cater to diverse groups of travelers. Please inquire for translators." Booking starts with a form covering group size, interests and preferred date and time, and the company says tour details and confirmations are then emailed. The page pitches it at tour groups, corporate events and celebrations such as birthdays and family reunions, and quotes a guest review of a San Diego Highlights Tour, a reminder that the same brand runs tours outside Nevada.

On guides generally, the homepage says "All of our tour guides are local experts, professionally trained and certified by us," and that it uses "The best bikes, segways, vans and equipment." The about page notes that "Many of our tours already include round-trip transportation from your meeting point, services of a driver, a guide, entrance fees, and food where noted."

Booking and credentials

Reservations are taken online, with the site advertising "Online Reservations Open 24/7," and by phone; the numbers shown include 1-702-570-8080, 1-702-996-5021, 1-702-803-3916 and 1-702-819-9127. Each tour card has Learn More and Book Now buttons, and the footer links to a Cancellation Policy page. A Travel Agency page offers "Tailored Vegas Experiences," and corporate team-building is a menu category of its own.

The company's claims about itself are large and should be read as its own: "Over 1 million happy tour guests on over 100,000 successful tours and counting!", "1,000's and 1,000's of 5-star reviews on Yelp, Trip Advisor and Google," "5-Star Rated on Trip Advisor & Yelp," and "Continually awarded as the top tour provider for Viator and Trip Advisor." Its about page lists corporate clients including Google, Kellogs, Qualcomm, Fox Studios, Pepsi, Cox Communications, Pfizer, SportsMark, H.G. Fenton Company, 3M Corporation and ADP.

What the site leaves open, and who it suits

The tour cards do not give meeting points, pickup arrangements or group sizes, and the step-on guide page gives the 4-hour minimum but no price. The site does not name the awards behind "one of the most highly awarded tour companies," and the cancellation terms sit on a separate page rather than on each tour. Which inclusions apply to which tour ("where noted") has to be checked tour by tour.

Another Side Of Las Vegas Tours suits visitors who want a private, guided look at Las Vegas beyond the casinos, couples and small groups happy to pay per guest for a 2 to 5 hour tour, and tour groups or corporate planners who need a local guide to step onto their own coach. Travelers wanting a cheap seat on a large shared bus tour are not the audience; the prices and format here are built around private and small-group trips.