OxfordwalkingtoursofoxfordReviews of oxfordwalkingtoursofoxford.com

Avoid at all costs! Mathew ran the worst walking tour service we've ever experienced. The whole thing seems like a big scam from the beginning and you are sure of it when, 20mins after the start and maybe 20 sentences of "the guide" he ask you to pay for the "free" tour and if you say that you want to do it at the end of it he, in a rude way, advises you to leave.

We booked “free” walking tour with “Oxford University Walking Tours” on the oxfordwalkingtoursofoxford.com website. The website, confirmation email and the leaflet handed to us by the guide all state that you can “pay as you like” depending on your “happiness” either before the tour starts, during the tour or before you leave. “Mathew” initially started asking for payment very early in the tour. We told him we would pay him later. He then asked at a later stop but we felt that was still too soon (about an hour into the tour) and said we would pay at the end. He then said that was unacceptable and we needed to leave the tour. When we tried to point out the wording in the email and leaflet he became belligerent and threatened to call the police if we didn’t leave. We tried to talk to him again when he appeared to have calmed down a bit and he said he would come back to us. We therefore continued to follow the tour to the next stop where he told the whole group we were being badly behaved and he didn’t give “consent” to follow him further. At this point we felt we had no choice but to leave. It was a very unpleasant experience and we would advise avoiding this tour.

Absolutely the worst experience. First of all, they imitate the same name authentic tour website called Oxfordwalkingtours.com. Second, they show nothing as per written on the website, everything is scam. All the pictures on the site are fake and it is NOT EVEN FREE! They charge people £6 compulsorily and that too between the tour and then again ask for donations in the end. Third and most important, the guide Matthew is absolute worst. He is an awful person which harasses people and has very bad demeanour. He passes time by telling fake and nonsense stories rather than actual history and architecture. He even fought with another guide in front of us before the tour. NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL !!! BEWARE OF THE FRAUDSTERS.

The guide rambled on with made-up facts (mostly about himself). He was patronising, told bad jokes and gave very little information on Oxford. Midway through the tour he took out his card reader and rudely informed us it was not a “free” tour and we must all pay. He even wanted the kids and babies to pay. Having looked at the website I can see it is mostly fake reviews and they don’t publish anything negative. All a bit of a scam tbh.