Two Chicks Walking Tours

What Two Chicks Walking Tours does

Two Chicks Walking Tours is a female-owned, bootstrapped walking tour operator based in New Orleans, founded by Christine (self-styled "Head Chick-in-Charge") and operating for approximately ten years. The company runs a small set of curated historical and cultural tours across the city, including the Garden District, the French Quarter, the newer Historic Carrollton neighborhood route, and an adults-only evening tour called Beyond Storyville. Tours are led by a team of 8 city-licensed guides, a credential that requires federal background checks and state examinations, and are delivered in small groups on foot.

The business sells tickets direct-to-consumer through the FareHarbor booking platform, with a standardized private group product priced at $518 for groups of up to 14 guests and a 20%-off second tour promotion intended to lift average order value. Marketing and distribution are organic, anchored by sustained 5-star Google ratings, a 2025 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice award, and earned press coverage in regional and lifestyle media.

There is no proprietary technology platform, no external funding, no M&A activity, and no presence outside New Orleans. The business model is straightforward service revenue: per-ticket public tours plus private group bookings, with seasonality and New Orleans tourism demand as the dominant revenue drivers.

Name

Two Chicks Walking Tours

Legal name

Two Chicks Walking Tours

Website

https://twochickswalkingtours.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Two Chicks Walking Tours is a female-owned, bootstrapped New Orleans operator running licensed small-group walking tours across multiple neighborhoods, selling tickets direct via FareHarbor to leisure travelers and private groups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Guided Walking Tours

NAICS

Tour Operators (561520), Tour Operators (56152)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Walking City Tours (Highlights & Orientation) (THAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Small-Group Escorted Tour Operators (THAKADAB)

Keywords

• Guided walking tours
• Historical city tours
• Small group tourism
• Cultural neighborhood tours
• Private group tours

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Daily Walking Tours: The company generates revenue primarily from selling tickets to scheduled daily walking tours in New Orleans neighborhoods including the French Quarter, Garden District, and Carrollton. Tours are two-hour experiences with set pricing per person.
2. Private Walking Tours: Private group tours are offered at a flat rate for up to 14 guests ($518), with larger groups accommodated through multiple guides at tailored pricing. This represents a higher-value booking option for corporate events, family gatherings, and celebrations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Two Chicks Walking Tours is a licensed, female-owned New Orleans tour operator that sells small-group and private guided walking tours across four neighborhood areas: the French Quarter, Garden District, Historic Carrollton, and the Storyville/vice districts evening tour. Each daily tour runs approximately two hours with group sizes intentionally limited to half the city's 28-guest maximum, and bookings are transacted through the company's website and FareHarbor reservation platform.

Product overview

Two Chicks Walking Tours is a licensed, female-owned tour operator in New Orleans offering a portfolio of guided walking tour products. The core portfolio consists of four daily walking tour products — the Garden District Walking Tour, Stroll With A Local In The French Quarter Walking Tour, Historic Carrollton Neighborhood Walking Tour, and the Beyond Storyville French Quarter After Dark Walking Tour (adults-only) — each running approximately two hours with small group sizes. In addition, Private Walking Tours offer customized experiences for groups of up to 14 guests as an add-on module. All tours are led by City of New Orleans-licensed guides, with booking handled through the FareHarbor platform. The company operates from its tenth year of business and has earned recognition from TripAdvisor (2025 Travelers' Choice Award) and Google (5-star rating), as well as coverage in publications such as Harper's Bazaar, Southern Living, Marie Claire, and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Garden District Walking Tour A two-hour guided small-group walking tour through New Orleans' Garden District, covering architectural marvels, 19th-century history, urban enslavement, Lafayette Cemetery #1, and Anne Rice/American Horror Story landmarks; group size limited to half the city maximum of 28 guests.
• Stroll With A Local In The French Quarter Walking Tour A two-hour daytime small-group guided walking tour of the French Quarter (Vieux Carré), covering Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, Café du Monde, multicultural history, and colonial architecture, with a coffee or cocktail break included.
• Historic Carrollton Neighborhood Walking Tour A two-hour walking tour of the Carrollton neighborhood, the company's newest and only tour covering this off-the-beaten-path area, led by Emily Manger (@TheCarrolltonian) and showcasing the neighborhood's architectural diversity, historical figures, St. Charles Streetcar line history, and landmarks such as the Camellia Grill and Streetcar Barn.
• Beyond Storyville French Quarter After Dark Walking Tour An adults-only evening walking tour of the French Quarter exploring the city's 300+ years of vice districts, Storyville-era prostitution history, and legendary working women, including two bar stops and stops at historic Gallatin Street and former brothel locations; restricted to adults.
• Private Walking Tours Customized private guided walking tours tailored to client interests for groups of up to 14 guests at a flat $518 rate, with larger groups accommodated through multiple guides at tailored pricing; designed for family gatherings, corporate events, and special celebrations, coordinated via inquiry form.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-star average rating on both Google and TripAdvisor with hundreds of reviews
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Airbnb Experiences: Platform hosting hosted small-group walking experiences in cities worldwide; offers a parallel distribution and discovery channel for storytelling-style city tours similar to Two Chicks' format.

Direct peers

• Royal Carriages: Long-running New Orleans tour operator running carriage and walking tours in the French Quarter; direct competitor for tourist tour bookings in the same geography with a complementary but overlapping audience.
• Free Tours by Foot: Pay-what-you-want and low-cost guided walking tour operator with a New Orleans presence; competes on the same French Quarter and Garden District routes with a different pricing model.
• French Quarter Phantoms: New Orleans-based small-group walking tour operator offering themed French Quarter and cemetery tours; directly competes with Two Chicks on licensed-guide, themed storytelling in the same neighborhoods.
• New Orleans Secrets: Independent New Orleans walking tour company focused on hidden history and offbeat neighborhoods; competes for the same culturally curious, small-group tourist segment.

Broad incumbents

• GetYourGuide: OTA for tours, attractions, and activities including New Orleans walking tours; a key indirect channel and competitive substitute that influences discovery pricing across the category.
• Viator (Tripadvisor): Global online marketplace where Two Chicks' tours are effectively listed and discovered; not a tour operator itself but the dominant distribution channel for comparable walking tour inventory.
• Gray Line New Orleans: Established New Orleans sightseeing operator offering a broad portfolio of bus, walking, and swamp tours; overlaps with Two Chicks on city tours but competes across a much wider product set.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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