Let the NYC ultimate secondhand shopping begin! The NYC Ultimate Secondhand Shopping Experience is your chance to shop the racks of the Big Apple’s best resale shops, thrift stores, flea markets and used clothing stores to find the treasures and gems of your dreams. #1 rated and ranked in New York City since 2018, with nearly 1,000 collective reviews across platforms. 

What to expect: By the end of this experience, you’ll have bags of secondhand bargain deals. Shop NYC fashion treasures of your dreams; contemporary designer names to vintage treasures, trendy brands + unusual high quality pieces can be found.

Why should you shop with us: We give you exemplary personal care & attention. Our tour guides work with you to find the pieces that represent who you are and how you want to dress. All style personalities are welcome here and it is our honor to support you in having an easy, manageable and inspiring shopping experience.

You leave feeling like a secondhand style star – because your life is a stage, and we want you to dress the way you want to for it.

Who is this for: This is an all-ages, all-sizes, all-genders and sexual orientation friendly tour and shopping experience. After meeting to discuss your shopping wish list at a trendy Manhattan hotel lobby, you step foot onto the busy streets of the city and head to your shops, flea markets and other chosen shopping spots. By the end of this minimum four-hour experience, you’ll not only have bags and bags of finds but you’ll leave feeling like a thrift family. 

Press: 

Treehugger

No Kills Magazine

NY1 

@nycthrifting tours on Instagram

Founder: @vintagebossbabes on Instagram 

Website: www.vintagebossbabes.com 

Booking platforms: Airbnb, Viator, Google 

To book direct – Quickbooks invoicing or personalized payment landing pages 

Why shop secondhand fashion in NYC? 

There’s nothing no better “sustainable travel” than shopping for secondhand and vintage clothes in a major metropolitan city. It doesn’t even have to be New York City – here at The Ultimate Secondhand Shopping Experience, we encourage you to shop thrift stores and resale shops whenever you travel! This is because you get an insider perspective of the culture of an area by visiting its thrift stores. You’ll most likely visit a neighborhood or a street you would have passed normally. And, you have access to the local fashion trends of a region, state, city or town. When we travel Europe, for example, we love thrifting and flea market shopping because we learn so much about what’s “popular” right now and can sometimes score a trend before it’s even hit the states. 

How to Book, Rates, and Activities 

Group tours – $59 per person: Are you a solo traveler or a small group of secondhand shoppers? Book our group tours for just $59 per person for a four hour experience you’ll never forget (mostly because you’ll have the clothes to remind you!) Our group tours are designed to bring strangers together in an inclusive, kind and fun way. Meet other visitors to NYC and share your secondhand stories with them from store to store.

Private experience for large groups – starting at $325 per person, with inclusions / add-ons costing additional: Looking to have a private experience for your family, large group, party or corporate gathering? We absolutely offer private tour experiences that can be catered to fit your shopping and group needs. Plus: team building for off-site corporate outings.

$325 per 3 guests, private tours: Looking for a general 4-hour private tour in Manhattan or Brooklyn? Can be customized. Rates start at $325 per 3 guests.

Routes

• Upper east side 

• East Village

• Midtown

• Williamsburg / Greenpoint 

• Bushwick (off L train)

Optional Inclusions 

• Private shopping (before open to public)

• Selection of pieces “picked out for you” before arriving 

• Car service a la Uber 

• Lunch, breakfast, dinner 

• Cocktails & thrifting combination 

We are best for: 

• Solo travelers

• Couples

• Families 

• Mother-Daughters 

• Father – Daughters 

• Teens 

• Birthday, bachelorette, anniversary parties 

• Offsite team building activities (ask us how) 

• Manhattan and Brooklyn secondhand shopping – focus on clothing (vintage, modern, trendy, designer) 

Can be customized for:

• Menswear / men’s gender 

• Streetwear / sneakers 

• Designer / luxury 

• Housewares 

• Jewelry 

• Teen-friendly 

• Off-the-beaten path “secret” spots 

• Private shopping 

• Flea markets / outdoor markets / indoor markets / 

• True vintage only 

• Y2K only 

For more information or to book: 

• nycsecondhandshoppingtours@gmail.com

• 717-368-5104 

• Founder Samantha Davis

• Team members Mecca, Isra and Katie