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Segway Tourism
Geoff Karlavage had just landed in Las Vegas in August 2007 when his Blackberry buzzed with an message saying that the mortgage lender he worked for was shutting down. There’s no place like Las Vegas to drown your sorrows, but before long Karlavage was back in Florida looking for a job. But at every job fair he went to, he was competing with other laid-off mortgage industry-employees for jobs so he decided to take charge of his own future:
About six months ago, Karlavage decided to change gears. He bought five motorized Segway scooters for $5,500 each and opened a kiosk in the Channelside Bay Plaza complex, where he runs his company, Magic Carpet Glide Tampa Bay Segway Tours. From there, he leads guided tours of the city.
“I started this just to get some money in the door,” he said. “But it’s been very successful so far. I’ve been booked up.”
Early next week, I’ll be doing an interview with Geoff Karlavage about the specifics of starting an operating a Seqway tour business.
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Jaclyn on March 5th, 2009 12:21 pm
That was a great article. to think that he had that idea just to mainly bring in some extra money to the household until he found a job, and look at how it’s been much more beneficial then he probably ever anticipated. good for him!
Kemar Abrahams on December 3rd, 2009 6:53 am
I love the idea of a segway tour.. i am Jamaican and one of our major source of income here is through tourism and i am a young business man who operates a rent a car business and also a juice factory but i just fell in love with this idea of offering guided segway tours, any information on the overall running of a segway tour business you can just conttactme a New_innovationsinc@yahoo.com.
kelsey reynolds on January 1st, 2010 4:43 pm
can you give me any info on how to start a segway tour business? how to find out the legalities of them in a certain state, like kansas. any guidence would be appreciated. thanks
Shay Reynolds on April 25th, 2011 5:19 pm
Segway tour business is a blast and profitable. I have been operating a Segway tour business in Austin for 7 years now. We offer business training for newer companies that want to get up to speed quickly.
Chris Clary on September 19th, 2011 10:21 pm
I started a Segway business in Austin, TX 2 years ago and it has been very successful. We even recently opened our second location in San Antonio, TX. It can be a very profitable business if ran correctly. http://www.SegwayNationInc.com
I will be sure to take their Las Vegas tour on my next stop there!
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