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
Fantastic tour - Joy is a really great tour guide! Highly recommended and she answered all my questions. Great day out!!
sophiad442 10 de September de 2022
Joy is a well-versed and enthusiastic guide that has a warm porteña personality. I would recommend her to all my friends who plan to visit Buenos Aires.
Andy R 16 de December de 2021
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
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
I learnt more about Argentina in 2 hours with Joy than I did in a week! Amazing tour guide with a wealth of knowledge. She delivers the information in a... read more fun and engaging way. Can’t recommend doing a tour with Joy enough. The best!!!
We did a tour of cementerio de la recoleta but I’m confident any experience with her would be great.
I3471OWmeganf 22 de January de 2023
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!!
annabelstraw 28 de March de 2022
Passionate, kind, knowledgable, genuine, funny and highly professional. I enjoyed every minute with her. She is a great story teller and that keeps you intrigued and attentive for the whole... read more tour. She has little details which adds to the experience. I work in tourism and have done many city tours, this one is top notch, no doubt. Thank you Joy for sharing Argentina and Buenos Aires stories in such a JOYFUL way. Highly recommended!
valentinaaK7384RD 6 de October 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
Took a tour of the Boca district, Buenos Aires. Joy speaks perfect English, is polite, takes the time to make sure all your questions are answered, and you get to... read more know all the facts and history of the places you visit. Gathered with a group, she made sure we stuck together, arranged transportation beforehand, and after sightseeing took us to watch (and celebrate) the final match of the local football cup, won by Boca. Great night with good memories, all thanks to Joy. Would recommend!
Robert60659 30 de October 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
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
I have always enjoyed doing the private tours when I travel abroad...and this was the perfect city to do this. Joy is the utmost professional. Although she has many options... read more on her website, in reality she will cater the tour to you and your interests. Whether your real interest is politics, history, religion, architecture, or culture, Joy knew it all. We booked a day tour. She met us at our hotel and we walked, bused, taxied to all that we wanted to see. Her knowledge was above and beyond what you are expecting. I have a real interest in politics and military history...and she was dead on. We had so much fun, that we ended up having lunch with her and kept going till after dinner. Over our week in BA, she continued to text with us and answer questions, book restaurants, and give advice. It's like having your own concierge!!
If you are a stickler for quality and want that "personal" experience, then Joy is worth her weight in gold!! Please message me for any tips.