Houston Private Booze and Boos Tour

The Private Booze and Boos Tour is a 2.5-hour walking tour of historic downtown Houston with stops at four haunted bars. At each one your group settles in for a drink while the guide introduces the regulars who never left, then you walk the blocks around Market Square hearing about the three times City Hall burned, the Depression-era banker still working late at Hotel ICON and the Victorian storefronts whose upstairs tenants have not paid rent in a century.

Houston companies book this for team-building and holiday parties, and friends book it for birthdays, bachelor and bachelorette weekends and the relatives who think downtown empties out after five. Being private, it bends to your plans: most tours start between 5 and 9:30 pm but afternoons work, drop a stop to shorten the night, skip the drinks or have the guide meet your group where you are finishing dinner. Guests at Hotel ICON, The Lancaster, The Sam Houston, The Magnolia, Hyatt Place Downtown or the Londale can have the guide meet them at the hotel.

Pricing starts at $350 for up to 10 guests, with additional tickets from $30, and rises to $400 from mid-September through mid-November. One guide handles 15 to 20 people depending on the date; groups of 16 or more book by email and larger groups are split across guides. Everyone must be 21 or older with ID. The Preston Street METRORail stop is a short walk away, and parking near Old Market Square puts you close to the route.

What's included

• 2.5-hour private haunted pub crawl, your group only
• Costumed guide and professional storyteller
• Four stops at haunted downtown Houston bars
• Hotel pickup at six downtown hotels
• Customizable start time, stops and meeting point
• Not included: drinks, food, taxes, fees and gratuity