Tours
Pre-Convention tours are now available!!
Preview the offerings below, then head over to our Shop to purchase.
2025 Fun Badge Tour
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Load buses: 12:30 pm
Tour: 1 to 5 pm
Fee: $60
Max Capacity: 350
Overview
We’re excited to announce that we have just opened up registration for the 2025 Fun Badge Tour as part of Hitchhike Across the Galaxy in San Francisco. Hop on a bus and get whisked to destinations unknown as you dance and sight see at multiple points of interest around San Francisco.
The tour will depart shortly after the Sunday morning brunch so you’ll have time to grab a hat, sunscreen, and anything else you might need. We do recommend a jacket or hoodie. It’s summer in San Francisco, after all!
Snacks and bottled water provided.
Pre-Convention Tours
Saturday, June 28
The Mission Murals Walking Tour
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Time: 10:30 am – 1:00 pm (2.5 hours)
Fee: $50
Minimum: 6
Max Capacity: 25
Overview
Explore the iconic Mission District murals with a local docent, who will expertly decode the stories, colors, and occasional hidden alien messages.
What’s included?
- Guided public transit to/from the Mission neighborhood
- Docent led walking tour
- Water and protein bar
Accessibility
Accessible public subway and 1.5-hours walk
Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Walking Tour
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Time: 1:30 – 4:00 pm (2.5 hours)
Fee: $50
Minimum: 8
Max Capacity: 25
Overview
To truly experience the Summer of Love, one must do more than simply exist in the general vicinity of its former epicenter. One must stroll—preferably with a sense of wide-eyed wonder—through the very neighborhood where history threw up its hands, donned a flower crown, and decided that free love, questionable fashion choices, and an overabundance of patchouli were the order of the day.
What’s included?
- Guided public transit to/from the Haight-Asbury neighborhood
- Docent led walking tour
- Water and protein bar
Accessibility
Accessible public bus and 1.5-hour walk
Sunday, June 29
SF Pride Parade VIP Bleachers
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (6 hours)
Fee: $100
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 60
Overview
Perch in the Pride Parade bleachers like a big wig— basking in glitter, glory, and a fabulous sense of superiority.
What’s included?
- Guided walk from hotel to the parade
- VIP bleacher seating
- Sun block
- Water and protein bar
Accessibility
20 minute (1 mile) walk each way
Walt Disney Family Museum and Presidio
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (7 hours)
Fee: $40
Minimum: 10
Max Capacity: 40
Overview
See San Francisco as you travel out of the Pride Zone and across San Francisco to the Walt Disney Family Museum covering Walt’s life and his vision.
What’s included?
- Guided public transit to/from museum
- Entrance to the museum
Accessibility
Accessible public bus and 10 minute (0.5 mile) walk each way
City Hall VIP Pride Party
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 pm (4 hours)
Fee: $170
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 100
Overview
Sip, shimmy, sashay, and schmooze with politicians and drag queens beneath the grand dome of City Hall.
What’s included?
- Entrance to the party
- NOTE: Transportation to/from the party is NOT included due to road closures for the Pride Parade and festival
Accessibility
City Hall is a 25 minute (1 mile) from the host hotel
Monday, June 30
Napa Valley Wine Tasting Tour
Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (9 hours)
Fee: $360
Minimum: 14
Max Capacity: 36
Overview
Journey through three of Napa Valley’s beautiful wineries, learn about its trailblazing pioneers, and its boldest innovators on this exclusive, tailor-made tour.
What’s included?
- Private bus transportation
- Breakfast sandwich, water & orange juice
- Entrance to Sterling, Beringer, and Etude Vineyards
- Box lunch
Accessibility
Accessible private bus, private gondola, some walking
Alcatraz Island
Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (7 hours)
Fee: $65
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 40
Overview
Tour Alcatraz, the island that’s been a fort, a military prison, and the least relaxing federal penitentiary in history. Walk its eerie halls, hear the echoes of past inmates, and rest assured—this time, you can leave whenever you like.
In its heyday, it was the ultimate maximum security prison. Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz—aka “The Rock”—had held captives since the Civil War. But it was in 1934, the highpoint of a major war on crime, that Alcatraz was re-fortified into the world’s most secure prison.
NOTE: Weather is unpredictable – please wear layers for wet and warmth
What’s included?
- Guided public transit to/from the pier
- Ferry to/from Alcatraz
- Audio tour of Alcatraz and all exhibits
- Water & protein bar
Accessibility
Accessible train, accessible ferry, but the walkways on Alcatraz are steep; the walk from the dock to the Cellhouse is approximately 1/4 mile and the elevation change is 130 feet, the equivalent of walking up a 13-story building
Salesforce Transit Center & Rooftop Park
Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm (2 hours)
Fee: $40
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 25
Overview
See the Salesforce Transit Center—San Francisco’s grand attempt at combining public transport, futuristic architecture, and a rather lovely rooftop garden into one sprawling monument to civic ambition.
What’s included?
- Guided walk to/from the transit center
- Docent led tour of the transit center
Accessibility
2 hour flat walk
Tuesday, July 1
LGBTQ History Walking Tour
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (3 hours)
Fee: $50
Minimum: 15
Max Capacity: 30
Overview
Stride through the Castro on a captivating LGBTQ+ history tour, where every corner tells a story of pride, courage, and progress.
Explore the historical, diverse and colorful sites of the Castro neighborhood, the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer community in the world! Discover how San Francisco and the Castro community play crucial roles in LGBTQ history, culture as well as, the continuous challenge to obtain equal rights in America.
What’s included?
- Guided public transit to/from the Castro neighborhood
- Docent led historical tour
- Water & protein bar
Accessibility
Accessible public subway, 2 hour walk
Cable Cars Halfway to the Stars
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Time: 1:30 – 5:30 pm (4 hours)
Fee: $55
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 30
Overview
Hop on the iconic cable cars to the Cable Car History Museum, then glide over to the Buena Vista, where the legendary Irish Coffee first made its caffeinated debut.
The San Francisco cable car system is the world’s last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco. They are among the most significant tourist attractions in the city, along with Alcatraz Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Fisherman’s Wharf. San Francisco’s cable cars are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only two street railways to be named a National Historic Landmark.
Ride on a bit of history as we make our way to the Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, containing historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum. The museum is part of the complex that also houses the cable car power house, which drives the cables, and the car depot (“barn”). The car depot is not open to the public, but two galleries allow visitors to view the power house from above, and to descend below the junction of Washington and Mason streets to view the large cavern where the haulage cables are routed via large sheaves out to the street.
Finally we’ll reboard the cable car and head to The Buena Vista, credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States in 1952. The Buena Vista Café originally opened in 1916 when the first floor of a boardinghouse was converted into a saloon.
What’s included?
- All day cable car pass
- Guided visit to the Cable Car Museum
- Guided ride to the Buena Vista Cafe
- Irish coffee
- Clam chowder bread bowl
- Return to hotel with the group or on your own with your cable car pass
Accessibility
Cable cars are NOT accessible
Wednesday, July 2
The Blue Painted Lady
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (3 hours)
Fee: $45
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 36
Overview
Step into the Blue Painted Lady and explore the charming eccentricities of her Victorian rooms.
Along the eastern side of Alamo Square Park is one of the most iconic and most photographed sights in San Francisco. These pastel-colored homes, standing shoulder-to-shoulder on the gentle slope of Steiner Street, are called the Painted Ladies. Also known as “postcard row” for their scenic beauty, these Victorian homes (still occupied by locals) are a beautiful reminder of the San Francisco of old, while the gleaming downtown skyline of new San Francisco shimmers in the distance.
What’s included?
- Guided public transportation to/from the house
- Owner led tour of the house
Accessibility
Accessible public bus, 4 flights of stairs
Segway in Golden Gate Park
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Time: 1:30 – 6:00 pm (4.5 hours)
Fee: $90
Minimum: 1
Max Capacity: 25
Overview
Master the art of Segwaying, then glide effortlessly through the car-free wonders of Golden Gate Park—because walking is so last century.
What’s included?
- Guided public transportation to/from Golden Gate Park
- 3 hour Segway rental
- 30 minutes of Segway training
- Guided trip through the park
Accessibility
Segways are not accessible
‘Dear San Francisco’ at Club Fugazi
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Time: 6:30 – 10:30 pm (4 hours)
Fee: $140
Minimum: 23
Max Capacity: 200
Overview
An awe-inspiring acrobatic tribute to San Francisco, performed on an iconic stage that could only be described as ‘perfectly dramatic.’
Bursting with heart-pounding excitement and death-defying acrobatics, Dear San Francisco will leave you awestruck and amazed. Take a 90-minute joy ride through our City by the Bay’s busts and booms in a breathtaking aerial extravaganza perfect for a great night out. Powered by mind-blowing circus acts, live original music, and more, Dear San Francisco at the historic Club Fugazi—former home of Beach Blanket Babylon—is delighting audiences ages 5 to 105.
What’s included?
- Private bus transportation to the club
- Admission ticket to the show
- NOTE: food & beverage are available for purchase (not included)
Accessibility
Private accessible bus, accessible theater
