If you plan itineraries for a living, this page is for you. Freaky Foot Tours has run walking tours in Flagstaff, Tucson and Prescott since 2015, locally owned, with every route built from our own research desk. We work with motorcoach operators, receptive operators, school groups, conference planners and team-building organizers, and we are the kind of supplier who answers the phone with a person in Arizona.
What we run for groups
Twelve tours across three cities, split between day and night. Mural and history walks fill daytime itinerary slots; the ghost tours and the 6 PM Route 66 walk cover the evening. Every public route we run can also run as a private departure for your group, which means your itinerary is not limited to our public calendar.
Capacity works in units of one guide: up to 28 guests per guide in Flagstaff, 25 in Tucson and 20 in Prescott. Larger groups split into parallel departures that leave together and walk different loops, so a full motorcoach does not mean a fifty-person conga line. Tell us the headcount and we will do the math.
Motorcoach logistics, city by city
Flagstaff
Our Flagstaff tours meet at one of three spots in the historic downtown, Wheeler Park, Heritage Square or the Orpheum Theatre, depending on the tour. The city publishes an official tour-bus map with a designated drop-off zone on Birch Avenue at Leroux Street, within a few blocks of all three, and tour-bus parking on Phoenix Avenue by the Amtrak depot, where the Flagstaff Visitor Center also lives. See the Discover Flagstaff travel trade page for the map. Your driver drops the group a short walk from our guide and stages a few blocks south.
Tucson
Tucson tours meet at Hotel Congress, 311 E Congress Street, on the Toole Avenue side. Downtown Tucson has no standing motorcoach zone, but the city reserves metered loading zones through Park Tucson, and the Tucson Convention Center a few blocks southwest can stage oversize vehicles. The Centro Garage sits directly across Congress for escort and support vehicles. We will help you sort the curb before your group arrives.
Prescott
Prescott tours meet at the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza, the town square Whiskey Row faces. Downtown parking is free, including the city garage on Granite Street a block west, though the garage is cars only. For coaches, drop-off gets arranged case by case; tell us your vehicle size when you book and we will coordinate the curb with the city so your driver is not improvising on arrival day.
Building a multi-city itinerary
The three towns chain naturally. Prescott to Flagstaff is about an hour and three quarters by car through the mountains; Flagstaff to Tucson is about four hours south; Prescott to Tucson about three and a half. Add coach time to each. A pattern our operators like: a daytime history or mural walk in one town, drive, then a ghost tour after dinner in the next, because the night walk turns a travel day into the part of the trip guests talk about. We can hold departures for a late coach if you keep us posted from the road.
Schools, conferences and celebrations
School groups get their own program; start at the school group tours page. Conference and team-building groups run as private departures out of any of our cities; the private tours hub and the city pages for Flagstaff, Tucson and Prescott cover occasions in detail. We also offer step-on guiding: a local guide boards your coach and narrates the segment through our towns. Our specialty remains the guided walk that gets your group off the bus and into the streets where the stories happened, but if your itinerary needs the on-board version, say so when you book.
How booking works
Call or text (928) 224-0518, or use the form on this page with your group size, dates and city, and you will hear back from the people who actually run the tours, not a call center. We quote fast, you will have everything in writing before you commit, and repeat operators get the same guide teams their groups rated last season whenever scheduling allows.
Questions people ask
Where does the bus park in Flagstaff?
Drop-off is the city's designated tour-bus zone on Birch Avenue at Leroux Street, a few blocks from each of our downtown meeting points, with bus parking on Phoenix Avenue by the Amtrak depot. It is the easiest coach logistics of any downtown we walk.
How many guests can you handle at once?
Up to 28 per guide in Flagstaff, 25 in Tucson and 20 in Prescott, and we field multiple guides for parallel departures. Full-coach groups are routine; tell us the headcount and we will staff it.
How far ahead should we book?
As far ahead as you can for October and holiday weekends, which fill first. Outside peak, we can often staff a group on shorter notice than you would expect; the honest answer is call and ask, because the calendar changes weekly.
Do you offer step-on guide services?
Yes. A local guide can board your coach and narrate through Flagstaff, Tucson or Prescott, on its own or paired with a walking tour at the stop. Tell us the route segment and timing when you book.
Do tours run year-round?
Yes. Flagstaff is a four-season mountain town and the ghost stories do not hibernate; groups should dress for the season. Tucson runs warm and Prescott sits in between.
Planning something that does not fit a category? Start at the private tours hub or just get in touch.