My husband and I had the pleasure of honeymooning in Argentina. To say our trip would not have been complete without Joy, is an understatement. Joy showed us a behind the scenes look at the beautiful country, culture and wonderful people. She made every step of the trip memorable. Always positive, smiling, and up for an adventure. Joy truly loves her home, and wants to show it off to the world. We are very thankful that we had the opportunity for her to share it with us. We hope to be back one day soon! Lots of love from Canada!
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Mia & Geoff
Toronto, Canada
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When you travel you don’t want to walk the mainstream tourist path. You want to experience a place in its full authenticity and off the beaten track by inhaling local life and hearing real stories from locals.That’s exactly what Joy does! She’s an authentic, vivacious, funny lady with great insights, insider tips and fun facts. She lives and breathes Buenos Aires and made me do it too while I was there!
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Caroline
Austria
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We first met Joy in Buenos Aires, she was super friendly and full of energy and ideas, and really got us excited about seeing what the city had to offer right from the start.Joy’s knowledge and passion for Buenos Aires was evident right from the beginning of our tour of the city and she passed this onto us in her own unique way, you couldnt help but abosrb her passion and excitement (particularly if you get her talking abouther beloved Boca football team!).As we toured around Joy had a great awareness of the interests of both the group as a whole and of individuals, highlighting sights and activities which would be of an interest to each. Then with her knowledge of the city and her contacts was happy, and easily able to help organise whatever this may be, whether this was attending a football match, an amazing tango and dinner evening (including tango lessons!), or a great place to eat. Joy was also happy to accompany us out to dinner or out to bars, letting us have a great time experiencing the city like a local while feeling safe and secure, so that we could really enjoy ourselves worry free.We couldn’t recommend any better person as a guide!
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Simon and Rachael
Auckland, New Zealand
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My wife and I celebrated our anniversary in Buenos Aires, on our first-ever visit to Argentina and South America. Two days of our trip were spent with Joy of Buenos Aires. Although we could have crammed all the city tour spots into one day, which is what a lot of people do, we opted to do it over two whole days, giving us ample time to explore off-the-beaten path sites, take unlimited photos and shoot videos, relax as needed and snack whenever we desired. Choosing two days (with a break in-between) was the best decision we made, and the 16 hours we spent with Joy, in a wide variety of situations, simply revealed to us that she is undoubtedly pursuing her passion! And there's nothing better than having a guide/friend who seems as excited about her tours (ones she's done numerous times!) as you are. It makes a big difference! And in this day and age, where websites and ads often exaggerate a person's or product's accomplishments or benefits, my feeling is that Joy gives you amazing value for your investment. And her website and Facebook page accurately reflect who she is and what she can do. Thank you, Joy!
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Allen & Kade
Asheville, NC - USA
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Johanna has a passion about her country of Argentina that is incredibly infectious to anyone who meets and spends any time on a tour with her. She is extremely knowledgeable with history and goes above and beyond to ensure travelers get the best experience possible. Professional, but one of the most fun people you’ll encounter in a long while!
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Katie
Seattle, USA
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Buenos Aires is one of the best cities I have visited. Joy's knowledge and love of her city is obvious. She knows the best spots to see, eat and drink. She can tell you all about the fascinating history and culture of Buenos Aires. Her friendliness and infectious enthusiasm really helped me fall in love with the place. I can't wait to return to Buenos Aires, and when I do I'll definitely be getting in touch with Joy to show me what's new in the city!
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Alan
Ireland
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From the first day I met Joy, I loved her! Joy is friendly, fun, off beat, and VERY knowledgeable about both the city Buenos Aires and argentinian history, culture and entertainment. I cannot recommend her strongly enough, she is wonderful: patient, caring and FUN! And she was even willing to put up with my feeble attempts at speaking Spanish! Great girl, awesome city, FUN FUN FUN!
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John
USA - Washington, DC
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My wife and I had the best time with Joy! Joy is a ball of positive energy and very passionate about her home country. She also seems to know EVERYTHING about Argentina! I am vegetarian and all the restaurants Joy took us to were vegetarian friendly. Thank you Joy for making our trip so wonderful!
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Tasha & Ravi
San Francisco, USA
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I can’t recommend Joy highly enough. If ever being supremely professional as well as bubbly becomes an Olympic sport, she would run away with the gold medal. She loves her job and her home city, and it shone through, countless times going above and beyond the call of duty…Joy’s enthusiasm and attention to detail was my favourite thing. Also she has a great dry sense of humour and her local knowledge of where to go and experience the culture was second to none. You really felt you got the benefit of escaping the usual tourist traps and really seeing the city as it really is. She had a genuine interest in your life too and tailored the programme to what you wanted…whether that was taking a tour of the Boca Juniors stadium, or watching some traditional dancing. Joy just wanted you to make the most of your trip and for you to enjoy yourself, without it being forced fun. To me that was important. Seeing Peron’s grave, visiting a distillery or having a great meal was just as key as unwinding with a drink or two at the end of the day. Although I’m sure she would have shown us every spot in town and told us every historical fact if she could, she understood that a holiday is also about a bit of R&R and so the pace of it all was just right. One last thing..Joy is a great photographer, so don’t be surprised to come away with some good snaps as well as some great memories! Can’t wait to go back some time and see my friend again.
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Pete
UK
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Joy is a very passionate tourguide, she has a great love for her country and especially for her city Buenos Aires. She has so much knowledge and is very capable of delivering this knowledge about her city with passion. She is also very fun to hang out with and if you wanna go on a night out with her, she will make sure you see the right places and make you have a great time! During the tour that I had she became my friend, and I’m very glad that I’ve met her! Even after the tour we met for some drinks with other people of my group. If you choose to experience Buenos Aires with Joy, you won’t regret it!
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Tim
The Netherlands
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I had the pleasure of Joy being my tour guide.Joy is a fun, friendly, enthusiastic and passionate about her work. She never stops and has lots of local knowledge and contacts to make your trip really special and unforgettable. Joy took us off the beaten track and took us to places that weren't even on a typical itinerary. You won't find a better guide!
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Aaron
Glasgow,Scotland
I was super excited to visit Buenos Aires, and I am so happy that I chose Joy to be our private guide for the day!
Joy and I started texting... read more a few days prior to our arrival and she took a lot of time helping us define the scope of our tour since we only had about 5 hours available. She was able to accommodate one of our other friends on the tour at the last minute and even got us a bigger vehicle! We had an outstanding private driver for the day as well!
She gave us a wonderful tour and showed us many of the must sees of this incredible city.
Joy is extremely knowledgeable and her love of Buenos Aires comes thru beautifully in every stop we made.
We truly left with a new love and appreciation of the city and are dying to go back!
Joy showed us: Recoleta Cemetery, San Telmo, Defensa st,
Parque 3 de Febrero
Obelisco
La Boca
Caminito
Puerto Madero
Hippodrome
Cathedral
Casa Rosa
Palermo
UBA law school
Metal flower
Large Fig Tree
Planetarium
Alvear ave.
Floating casino
Teatro Colón
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Avenida 9 de Julio!!!!!!!
Yes, it was truly a wonderful day full of sights and stories. Most of all we enjoyed learning from Joy’s vast knowledge and the passion she shares it with! Highly recommend Joy for a tour to Buenos Aires. Joy is Truly an outstanding tour guide!!!!
LorenaMas 30 de July de 2022
Joy gave us a wonderful private tour with a combination of a private driver and walking. She was very enthusiastic in providing us history of Buenos Aires and taking us... read more to some major sights of the city. Her tour is a good way to start your time in Buenos Aires, particularly if you are a first time visitor. I would not hesitate to recommend her!
sdelwyn 8 de February de 2022
In December we had the luck to be on a tour with Joy
I think she is an absolutely amazing guide that just enjoys doing what she does ... read more
I can definitely recommend Joy if you wanna see Buenos Aires with a tour that can be customized according to your wishes or totally tailor made
Overall we saw so much that I feel we did all the main things of Buenos Aires in just one day
Still we got time to put some gift shopping in and also to eat a tasty chorizo
Joy is very knowledgeable and can give you information to buildings, people, history or just on which dulce the leche to buy as a gift
I also liked that she did not try to push her opinion onto us I felt throughout the tour that she tried to stay very objective
If she has a flaw then only that she will tell you that ghost do not exist and therefore the cemetery is not hunted when of corse it clearly is
But honestly thank you Joy for the amazing and funny time I spend with you, the informative tour you gave us and the great experience and adventure we shared
Flibibibi 4 de March de 2022
We had the pleasure of taking multi day tours with Joy. Her tours were full of detail and often went over the allotted time. She arranged so much for... read more us, not just tours. She pre-arranged private airport transportation for us, exchanged money for us in advance so that we would have pesos (at the blue rate) upon arrival, booked the BEST tango show for us, organized a wonderful Polo day, booked restaurant and hotel reservations for us and so much more.
Joy is organized, professional, knowledgeable, caring and absolutely WONDERFUL. She also cares for your safety and provided common sense tips for travelling about the city (she was our protective Angel).
Make your holiday JOY-ful by hiring Joy!
s b 31 de May de 2022
Joy is hands down the best tour guide you can find in BA! Not only does she know the city super well (including all of its history, facts and architecture),... read more but she's also so enthusiastic and truly amazing at what she does.
She'll take the time to answer all your questions, organise tailor-made tours and really pays attention to the group. Having been on her tours numerous times, I would 1000% recommend them- it's a true experience as her knowledge, positivity and high energy makes for some of the most interesting and captivating tours I've ever been on!
julierichert92 18 de May de 2022
Joy is a fantastic and knowledgeable tour guide. She was a pleasure to deal with from before we even arrived in Argentina and we booked airport transfers through her as... read more well as a day tour around Buenos Aires. We had a little idea of where we wanted to visit and Joy gave us excellent recommendations as to where to go. She was very flexible in the tour approach and wanted to make sure we saw everything we wanted to all whilst having lots of fun and laughs along the way. Can't recommend her enough! Thanks Joy!!
Anthony F 13 de April de 2022
I had a great experience with Joy. She really goes the extra mile to make sure that you have a great time. We even went to grab some food after... read more the tour finished and she gave us a lot of recommendations!
I would definitely take another tour with her.
arturoiv_nd2022 17 de May de 2022
This was a fantastic tour! Joy was so knowledgeable about the history and significance of all the tour stops in Buenos Aires. In addition, I contacted her the day before... read more we wanted a tour and she quickly put together a plan and hired a private driver for my family. Joy is an amazing tour guide and friendly person. It was an incredible experience and I recommend it to anyone visiting Buenos Aires!!
Dream38858375365 13 de January de 2022
Oh my goodness, people. This was my fourth time in Buenos Aires, I took many tours but none of them were as fun, interesting and dinamic as Joy's. She's absolutely... read more amazing, educated, well-conected and funny! We had such a fun time.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a very demanding person when it comes to take a tour but Joy overcome my expectations. If you want a great time in Buenos Aires, she's your girl. Muchas gracias, Joy!
madeinjuliwood 14 de July de 2022
Joy's Cemetario de la Recoleta and other tours are always a delight. Punctual. Factual. Fun. The Tango and Milonga tour Is great too
clevertrevor12 14 de November de 2022
Fantastic BA Walking Tour - Incredible walking tour of Plaza de Mayo, La Boca and San Telmo. Joy is super knowledgeable and a great story teller. She really wraps you into the history of the... read more area and gives great tips and recommendations along the way. She is extremely personable and flexible and I would absolutely tour with her again. Gracias Joy!
I6199PLdanaw 23 de November de 2022
I could not recommend Joy more!!! We had the most incredible day exploring the city. She gave us a really authentic experience. We met and spoke to loads of locals... read more who shared stories with us (including a 4th generation Boca legend!! As well as the editor of Hecho magazine) Joy is so well connected and even took me/got tickets to the Argentina football match. She sorted travel and lunch etc so it was super easy. She is more of a friend than a guide. If you’re in BA, you must do her tour!!