There’s been a lot of talk about national cannabis legalization lately as speculation increases that Congress might just pass it this year. “Do you think that will hurt San Francisco cannabis tourism?”, people often ask me. Absolutely not. Why Not? For one thing, wine is legal, and many states have wine growing regions,…
For years it’s been a rite of passage, the 21st birthday bar hop – you and your friends traveling from bar to pub, celebrating your new found accessibility to legally consume alcohol for the first time. But that is so 20th century. Now, in the 21st century, turning 21 means you can legally smoke…
As we guide tourists through the world of weed, we don’t just show them the wonders of cannabis country, the giant redwoods, the Emerald Triangle marijuana farms, and the history of cannabis, but we keep them up on all the new advancements in cannabis as well. If you’re old school like me, you experience…
I’ve been working in tourism for years. Before I ran cannabis tours, I ran wine tours to the Sonoma and Napa Valleys. Before that I worked as a San Francisco tour guide on the double decker buses of Big Bus, and City Sightseeing. But long before I was showing tourists the sights of San…
Back before the pandemic and our new Covid safe tour, when we were still bringing guests up to The Emerald Triangle from San Francisco for a day trip on our tour bus, we’d have a couple hours to fill in either direction. On the way north to Mendocino County was the meat of our informational…
Cannabis is becoming legal in more states in the U.S. and in more countries around the world as more and more people come to California to go on cannabis tours. So you’re planning a trip to Northern California. Why should you come on a cannabis tour while you’re here? Here are ten great reasons!…
As we enter the holiday season tourism slows down, and that’s certainly true of cannabis tourism after the big fall harvest is done. Fortunately, the farm we work with, Emerald City Genetics, plans to run their greenhouses and hoop houses all through the winter, so if you really need to get out to cannabis country…
The 2020 election was nothing if not dramatic. Many were surprised to find all 5 states that had marijuana legalization on their ballots gave cannabis the green thumbs up, and 4 of them were deep red states! Times have definitely changed, but what does this mean for the cannabis industry and for cannabis tourism?…
If you’ve ever visited San Francisco, you know some of its most prominent features are it’s steep and plentiful hills. San Francisco is made up of 49 hills in total. In fact, if you’re not on a hill, you’re not on original SF ground. All the flat places in San Francisco have been reclaimed from…
In all my years as a tour guide, I’ve had the pleasure of showing guests so many of the wonders that make Northern California such an amazing place, from the sights of the city of San Francisco to the vineyards of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, to the cannabis farms of The Emerald Triangle, but…
