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“This tour was broad enough to be interesting and focused enough to find common themes throughout. The ladies told jokes, interesting stories and brought a real ‘good timey’ feel. 10/10 would recommend and don’t forget to wear your walking shoes.”
— AMY REYNOLDS, KMRE, August 15, 2021
“…plan to take a Bellinghistory Good Time Girls tour that makes local history come alive with its interesting and unique strolls.”
— Peggy Cleveland, Travel Awaits, Nov 2020
Downtown Bellingham Sin and Gin Tours
“The Good Time Girls guide travelers through the thoroughfares of old town Bellingham and Fairhaven. In corsets and makeup, they discuss life in the not-yet-subdued-city (or towns) with sass and class. But this isn’t Victorian-era Bellingham—these are the ‘BellingHistory’ guided walking tours, an educational trip through time.”
— Anna Diehl, Whatcom Talk Nov 13, 2020
“If 2020 has you wishing you could step back in time, then grab your mask and head to downtown Bellingham for some Belling-history with the Good Time Girls… Dressed in period costume based on “scandalous” postcards from the 1890s and 1900s, the Good Time Girls deliver their tours with a touch of sass and humor. It’s certainly nothing like history class!”
— Hilary Parker, Whatcom County Tourism, October 2020
Downtown Sin and Gin Tour, masked during the pandemic
“If you’re like me, the word history might make you run for the hills. But the owners of the Good Time Girls know how to bring history alive. The tours appeal to all kinds of people, from history buffs to those who just love a good story… Going on the tour was akin to reading a good book; afterward, I saw the world with new eyes. Fairhaven was no longer a friendly neighborhood with cute boutiques and restaurants, but rather a rollicking boomtown where arsonists devastated buildings and coroners displayed anonymous corpses on the street.”
— Becky Mandelbaum, Bellingham Alive, Oct 2019
“The guides for Good Time Girls Tours dress as 1920s flappers and, with a sense of humor, detail Bellingham’s bawdy early days. Like Seattle, the city had its share of “houses.” Of course, the top madam had one of the first telephones in town. And downtown’s main street had 30 saloons in a 20 block stretch… I’d also love to come back for the October tour of haunted hot spots and what they bill as ‘horrific true crimes’ of downtown.”
— Yvette Cardozo, Real Food Traveler 2019
Fairhaven Gore and Lore Tour
"Tour goers are taken back in time to Victorian-age Bellingham by visiting former brothel locations, such as the Horseshoe Cafe, and learning about the city’s significant prostitution business during the 1900s. Each tour guide struts down the streets in Victorian lingerie, including a cinched corset, heels and, of course, a saucy attitude."
— klipsun magazine, march 15, 2015
"The Good Time Girls...are a blast from the past...the only business providing regular guided historical walking tours in Bellingham since 2011. "
—NORTH sound life, january 14, 2015
"Since the summer of 2011 these girls have re-created history in a unique style…." and "…are making things happen in Bellingham and adding their unique touch to our local history."
— BELLINGHAM EXPLORER, SUMMER 2014
Downtown Sin and Gin Tour, mural at Bay and Holly Streets
"...hilarious, yet intelligent, take on the tawdry history of the seaport city of Bellingham, Washington. All the while dressed in period piece corsets, bustles, and bits of clothing I’m not even remotely familiar with. Sin and Gin, indeed!"
— JOHN WITSELL, AUGUST 14, 2014
"[Good Time Girls] are particularly interested in giving voice to those women who lived outside of what many considered proper “society,” and exploring their unique stories. They have chosen to talk about sex workers, rough ‘n tumble laborers, immigrants and other marginalized groups because they believe more people should be talking about them."
— travel and Tour World, january 31, 2014
Lacing up corsets before a tour
"If you’re up for more than a slingshot trip across the border, consider spending some time in this historic town and learning about its sordid history from the entertaining and lively Good Time Girls and their variety of tours that focus on the area’s gritty past."
— miss 604, october 9, 2012
"I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than strolling through the historic streets of Bellingham with a couple of Good Time Girls touring the town’s whorehouses... For $20, it’s a steal of a down and dirty good time in Bellingham."
— Wanderlust and Lipstick, June 25, 2012
"[The Good Time Girls] historical guided walking tours of Bellingham highlight overlooked groups—indigenous peoples, sex workers, immigrants and profiteers—to help educate,entertain and inspire tour goers by introducing them to relatable characters of Bellingham’s past."
— Whatcom History Blog, February 8, 2012
Downtown Sin and Gin Tour goers outside the original YMCA on Holly Street
"The Good Time Girls represent a chance for profound discussion about the history of our bayside community. "
—what's up magazine, summer 2011
"But when Friday comes, they do up their hair, put on corsets and Victorian undergarments and slather on rouge and lipstick. They become the 'Good Time Girls.' ''
— blue ridge times, july 11, 2011
Fairhaven Sin and Gin Tour at the corner of 10th and Harris Avenue in south Bellingham.