Discover Hong Kong with Jamie

12 Apr

J3 Private Hong Kong Experience with a Specialist

Discover the Real Hong Kong with Jamie

Me Jamie, English and 51 years living in Hong Kong and I know the know the place - I personally completed 2,324 Private Tours (6,000+ guests) from 2011 - 2020 and was considered one of the finest Private Tour Guides in Asia.

**A blog post with a difference - Please do visit Hong Kong in 2024 | Travel, Tourism, Tours, Tips, Daily Life and my personal thoughts on Hong Kong - Pearl of the Orient**

**One of the best images I have ever taken - the simply amazing view from Victoria Peak Hong Kong**

I was the modern pioneer of Private Tours in Hong Kong, starting up in 2010 and doing my first tour in April 2011.

I do a lot of research and I was amazed to come across this advertisement from Winston Tours, I am guessing from 1970 ish and yes, they were offering Private Tours of Hong Kong! when we arrived in Hong Kong in January 1972 I distinctly remember our family going on a coach tour (as per the advert) as a welcome to Hong Kong gift from the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

Not surprisingly Coach Tours are still common in Hong Kong today - unfortunately the quality of these tours is pretty awful to say the least, with 25+ tourists herded onto a coach basically doing the same route as per the 1970 advert and the tour guide is an underpaid and bored person with a prepared script who job it seems is to extract as much money from you as possible with visits to jewellery showrooms and shops and such under the guise of it being a cultural experience, whatever goodwill they build up with the itinerary goes out of the window with this “forced shopping”

It is such a shame that the majority of Travel Agents in Hong Kong still believe that a coach tour is the only way for a tourist to see Hong Kong.

I also dug out this old reference image which shows visitor arrivals to Hong Kong from 1966 to 1997 - quite fascinating I must say

I no longer offer Private Tours of Hong Kong for health reasons but I am more than happy to make recommendations for companies offering Private Tours, all you have to do is ask, I know all the relevant players, alternatively for those of you not wanting to do a tour so to speak, I do offer the Hong Kong Experience, see below.

So what is the J3 Private Hong Kong Experience exactly?

In a nutshell you hire me for 2 or 3 hours, we can meet at your Hotel or a mutually agreed location in the morning, afternoon or evening and we talk about Hong Kong, I will answer all your questions (no matter what the subject) and give advice on what you should be doing in Hong Kong during your stay

Please note that I do not work to a prepared script, I have been called a master storyteller, unfortunately in Hong Kong many Tour Guides are hired and are generally underpaid and work to a prepared script and quality is flaky to say the list - I am pioneer of Private Tours in Hong Kong and remain up to date on all the players.

If you plan to book a tour in Hong Kong you should book a private tour and if possible have the tour led by the company owner who in general tends to be a long term Hong Kong resident and who simply love telling the Hong Kong story.

One of my most endearing qualities (so I have been told!) is that I say it as I see it, I do not shy away from difficult subjects and after living here for 25 years under British rule and 26 years under Chinese rule I have rather a unique perspective on what makes Hong Kong tick - my wife is local and we have 3 grown up son‛s all of them born and bred in Hong Kong

Hong Kong remains unique despite what you might see | read in the news and after a few hours talking with me I believe you will come away with a much better understanding of one of the Worlds great cities.

If you go to the menu links for this site and click on J3 Private Tours you can learn all about my experience as a top notch private tour guide.