OUR STORY

How did we get here?

Our Philosophy

We believe that traveling should be inspiring! That it should be filled with experiences that captivate you and make you fall in love with the places you are visiting. 

That’s why we create highly personalized New York City private tours & vacation experiences just for you. Custom-tailored the way you like it. 

11Jason Schuman
The story of Romancing Manhattan Tours in 60 seconds

How did all this happen, anyway?

“It was 1995, I was 22 years old and I was working as a new stockbroker on Wall Street. And I hated it! I liked my boss, however, and he took a liking to me. He gave me this book called Rhinoceros Success by this guy named Scott Alexander. There was this one paragraph that jumped off the page at me.

The second I read it I knew my life was about to change. It said: If you don’t wake up every day loving your life and loving what you do, plan… your escape… NOW! Well, that was it. That’s all I needed to hear, lol. The next day on the #2 train heading down to my office I thought about what I love more than anything. And that was New York City.

I just have this special bond, this soul connection to New York that’s hard to describe. So I decided right then and there, on the downtown #2 train that I was going to start a business showing people the city I love so much. I knew nothing about marketing and I had no idea how to start a business. But the second I walked into my office I walked right up to my boss and quit. I got right to work the next day doing my research and Romancing Manhattan Tours was born.” 

– Jason Schuman 
President & Founder of Romancing Manhattan Tours

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