Glowing Reviews for Madson’s Tours

You can’t go wrong reserving a Rio de Janeiro private tour guide with 20 years of experience and excellent reviews.

“He tailored the tour to our needs, helped us beat the crowds at each location, shared a ton of information for each site, and was fun and funny. Long after the tour was over, we benefited from his guidance — from the best restaurants with great food and good locations at fair prices, to the best places to shop, as well as the areas to avoid with regard to safety. By the way, his safety tips were terrific and included when and where to take taxis, when it’s OK to walk, and where not to go at all.” K. Marks, Novato, California.

“Madson, We had a very good time with you as our guide in Rio. Your knowledge, personality and wit are terrific. Thank you for sharing your Rio with us. Should you need anything from us, do not hesitate to let me know. Next trip perhaps we can both hang glide.” Walt, USA.

“He refused to take us to areas where there was too much risk, which I dearly appreciated. His pricing was extremely fair. I highly recommend making contact with him for your Rio private tour.” Paul Sluyter, Canada.

“Our many thanks for all of your hard work and special touches – you really did a great job and we appreciate everything! Keep up the good work and let us hear from you – we look forward to showing you around NYC! Happy Holidays and all the best to you!” Ginger and Bob, USA.

“Madson!! Thank you so much for a fabulous day exploring Rio! The only thing that could have made it better would have been if we were staying there for several more days! I feel like we only began to see the city! Your tour was so fun and a great introduction to a great city! Please contact me if someone requests a personal recommendation. Best regards.” Carson Phillips, Chicago, USA.

“He provided me with lots of information about life and the culture in Rio, without overloading me with facts and figures and gears his tours towards the needs of the individual or group and what they want from the tour, which is fantastic. I would recommend seeing Rio with this outgoing and enthusiastic guide.” Nolan, Dublin, Ireland.

“Nice job … we’re back in the USA. We enjoyed the day you spent with us in Rio. If you ever need an endorsement, don’t hesitate to contact me.” Ralph Brush, USA.

“Thank you for a really wonderful, professional and most informative tour of Rio and its environs. You gave us an insider’s look into the real FLAVOR of Rio and we loved what we discovered. All our very best wishes.” Jerry Radin, Phyllis, Roz and Mel, USA.

“I will be recommending your guiding services to family and friends who may visit Rio in the future.”  Nick Pentith, UK.

“Your service was impecable and I appreciate that you helped me navigate the day without any hassle.” Lynnette Layman, USA.

“Madson was the first one we read about in our search and we booked without even looking into anyone else. We made an excellent decision! Our five hour tour was packed with interesting information about Rio and Brazil and Madson’s outgoing personality made us feel that we were taking the tour with someone we knew.” Priscilla J., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

“Hello Madson (or should I say Mad-Son ?)
We came back home from our trip a week ago, and only now we are back to our regular routine. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the wonderful time that we spent with you in Rio. All four of us immensely enjoyed the tours that you arranged for us, and consider our visit to Rio one of the highlights of our trip. We still remember some of the jokes and the laughs that we shared. Your command of the English language and your knowledge of Brazil in general and Rio in particular made our relatively short visit rich, informative and fun.” Aviva, Joe, Marion and Eric. USA.

“Hey Madson, I wanted to let you know my friends and I had an amazing time in Brazil. I can’t thank you enough for all of your help. If there is anything we can do to help you out in the future, just let me know. Thanks again for everything.” Jason, New York.

“We arrived home from our cruise last Monday. What a fabulous trip we had. 2 memerable days stand out from all the rest. That was the 2 days we spent with you in Rio. Warren and I will never forget how warm, friendly and very funny you were with us, Elaine and Len. I don’t know if you have heard from Len but I felt I had to write you and thank you for a most memerable trip to Rio. I have already given your card to my travel agent friend, who will refer you to clients. I have pictures of you and the beautiful girls of Brazil. Anyways, take care of yourself and Thanks again.” Janie Shendelman. Toronto, Canada.

“I found Madson on the Internet and was impressed by his reviews. He turned out to all and more than the reviewers said. He had all the characteristics one would wish in a personal tour guide: prompt, courteous, very knowledgeable, accommodating, great sense of humor, careful driver.
We requested a number of changes in our two-day itinerary and he accommodated them and recommended appropriate changes. I recommend him without qualification.” Ron, State College, Pennsylvania

“Dear Madson, We are missing the heat of Brazil and the food and the music and the most wonderful tour guide! Thanks, again, for the wonderful tour guide services. We really did enjoy Rio and meeting you!! Take care.” Brad and Vicki Wertman, USA.

“Madsen, Returned home safely, wanted to thank you again for a great time in Rio. What is the best way to provide a testament to your excelent tour guide services? When we transferred from our ship in Valparaiso to Santigo we shared a van with a couple from England. It seems they were your clients on the 2 days before us. I guess they had wanted Tuesday as well, but I had already arranged. Its a small world.” John, USA.

“Thank you for the exceptional Rio visit. You showed the boys and me things we never would have had the hance to see without your tour. I will be talking with my travel
agent and most certainly be recommending your tour guide services. Thanks so much for the wonderful visit.” Judy Kempf, USA.

“Well worth the cost of the tour.”Vincent L., Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“Madson, Please post this on your customer reviews. March 2009. We booked Madson for 2 half day tours of Rio and his English is excellent, his knowledge of the city second to none and we would defintely recommend him to any one of our friends or relatives going to Rio..Thank you for making our time in Rio de Janeiro so good.” Hilary, Michael, John & Jan. USA.

“Madson, thanks for the tour ~ i had a great time and learned alot. i´m already planning my return trip with friends and I´ll get them to take your private tour when I come back. I´m also checking out some more affordable hotels down by Copacabana beach ~ any you can recommend ?? I´ll send you my contact info when I get home in case you ever need a contact in Atlanta. Thanks again, John” John O’hara. Atlanta, USA

“You are a gentleman. Thank you for replying that you are full, rather than leave us wondering. We see why you get good reviews. Thank you.” George, USA.

“His love and knowledge of Rio rubs off on you and you are truly hooked. Car was clean and comfortable. He was organised and safe.”Shannon D., Sydney, Australia.

“Madson, Marilyn, Webb, Kathy and I all had a fantastic time with you in Rio. We will definitely recommend you as THE private tourguide in Rio de Janeiro. We were the first in line on Christmas Day for Sugar Loaf and really enjoyed that visit. We are all back to work at home with great memories of you, Rio and the rest of our trip. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have a Happy New Year! Ed” Ed, USA.

“Hi, Madson, Just wanted to send these few photographs with you in them. We had a wonderful time in Rio! You’re a great tour guide!! Let me know if there’s anything I can do for you here in the U.S., and of course, if you’re coming to New York, let me know when. All the best.” Melody. New York, USA.

“Dear Madson, We have returned to Melbourne and carry with us the most wonderful memories of our time with you in Rio. We are so glad that we arranged you for our guide since it made our stay in Rio perfect and we were thrilled with your attentive care, ensuring that we saw the best the city had to offer. I hope you have enjoyed learning a few more Aussie words and hope you like the photos we took of you. Many, many thanks for cheerfully complying with our rather odd requests to see Pet Shops, our dogs love their new outfits !! I am at this moment listening to the “surprise” you had for us and it is evoking such lovely memories I could cry.
Madson, thank you so much, we have no hesitation at all in recommending your services to other travellers from all walks of life. Best wishes from us for your future endeavours and keep on making people smile and have fun, it is your gift to Rio! Warm regards.” Dr Jedda McDonogh and Dr Jenny Wilsher, Australia.

“thanks for the great tour of Rio and the last minute accommodation of my request. Cheers.” Arthur van Veen, Holland.

“His sense of humor and hospitality made our trip even more splendid than expected. We can’t imagine how our tour would be without this wonderful guide.”Hongxia F., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“It was a great pleasure to meet with you last week while Allen and I were visiting Rio De Janeiro. Anyone plans to visit Rio De Janeiro I will tell to contact you as the best guide there. Please be in touch and when you are planning come to California in the near future please let me know you are always welcome.” Roberto, Italy</