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See Washington DC In 1 Day!

WE'VE ADDED A BOAT CRUISE! The best sightseeing tour in Washington DC just got better! The DC It All! Tour now includes a one-hour boat cruise with Capital Yacht Charters on the Potomac River. The bus tour is still the only one in town where your guide hops off an air-conditioned bus with you to see all of DC's top attractions. Now it's the only tour where your guide gets on a boat with you also. It's great for kids and adults of all ages. SPECIAL: Buy the DC It All! on Wednesday or Thursday in August or September and save up to $10 per person. Specials.

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Our Tour Format is Preferred 2 to 1

A survey of 1000 tourists to Washington DC and New York City confirms that visitors prefer the OnBoard tour format to the hop-on-hop-off tours more than two to one. Visitors prefer our smaller vehicles and smaller groups, which makes the tour more personal. Most importantly, our tour guides hop off the bus with you at each tour stop (the other guys usually use recordings instead of guides). Visitors raved about the free bottled water on ice during the tour. Hot or Cold? Our shuttles are air conditioned, so you aren't sitting on top of a bus baking in the sun or getting drenched when it rains. For more, see what our customers say about us.

Top 10 Reasons Visitors Love OnBoard Tours

I have to say we had a great time on the shuttle, especially the "little walks" off the bus we went on. We would have spent a couple of days on those red buses trying to see all the same sights

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My son is not a tourist type kid but he LOVED this tour. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to see the sites and hear about our nations history! Dieceintia from California

Why Leave The Guide Behind?

Ours hop off with you. Your tour guide and tour shuttle will stay with you the entire time - even when you get off to look at and hear about all the attractions in Washington DC. This one fact sets us apart from the other tour companies. Trust us, you don't want to be waiting in line for the next hop-on, hop-off bus to come, and hoping that the next one will have enough seats. If you book the DC It All! or DC The Lights! Tour, you will have a guaranteed seat for the entire tour.

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Washington D.C. Happenings

D.C. August 2010 Events

Legg Mason Tennis Classic (July 31 – August 8, 2010) The Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. is the annually heldl men’s tournament in tennis. To purchase tickets or learn more about this event, visit http://www.leggmasontennisclassic.com/ Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Family Festival (August 1, 2010; 1p.m.-4 p.m.; 1411 W Street SE, Washington DC [...]

D.C. Memorial Day Events 2010

National Memorial Day Concert (May 30; 8p.m. Gates open at 5 p.m.; West Lawn, U.S. Capitol; Washington, DC 20515; www.aoc.gov; Free) The National Memorial Day Concert is a Washington D.C. tradition which includes live music from the National Symphony Orchestra. The event is broadcast live on PBS and hosts a whole slew of special guests [...]

Washington DC Boat Cruise

The DC It All! Tour just got much better! We’ve added a one-hour boat cruise to the itinerary. Now the tour combines a bus tour with short walks and a boat cruise. There is no better way to experience Washington DC. Check it out at http://www.onboarddctours.com/dc-it-all/

DC The Monuments! is now the DC The Best! Tour

Starting April 2, the DC The Monuments! Tour has been changed to the DC The Best! Tour. The tour is very similar, but the departure times have changed to 10:30am and 2:30pm. Now, OnBoard Tours offers a 3-hour tour of the best attractions in Washington DC. Check it out here: DC The Best! Tour

  • Departure Times:

    DC IT ALL! Tours Leave at 10 AM.
    DC THE LIGHTS! Tours leave at 7:30 PM

  • Where:

    From the North side of the Old Post Office Building at 12th and Pennsylvania NW (1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC)

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