Fundraiser for Ovi from Free Walking Tour Quito
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A message from Ovi:
Hello everyone,
I'm hoping this message finds all of you doing well during this hard times around the World.
I started the Free Walking Tour of Quito (by the way, like it on FB & IG ) back in 2013 as an idea of showing the city to everyone regardless of the budget they had, and I used all my knowledge and experience working in tourism since 2004, in places around Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru and also in the Galápagos Islands.
At the beginning in 2013 i ran it as a one man show, and by 2020 it turned into a project involving 10 guides, and 2500+ tours with people from all over the world! Im sure I met some of you along the way!
Given the covid-19 situation, the tourism industry is one of the most affected worldwide. It’s been 3 months of borders shut, and no visitors, plus other restrictions:
- 15 hours curfew (from 2pm until 5am) Update: from June 3rd, curfew takes place from 9pm - 5am
- No groups able to hang out in those hours
- No kids able to go out in parks or open areas
- No effective aid from the government
- And a few more ones that I'm not going to detail for the sake of saving time.
You can imagine, after almost 3 months of not working, It brings a lot of challenges. At the Moment I am home taking care of my son Inti (4), and my daughter Elisa (just turned 1!) so my wife can get to do her home office work.
This crowdfunding gets started, in hopes to get a support from all the people I got the chance to help while in Ecuador, and I am hoping everything gets solved ASAP so we all can keep having new visitors and show Quito with the same passion we have done since the start of this project.
Anything on top of the set ammount, will be shared among all guides.
Thank you so much for your support and hope to see you around the Middle of the World again.
- $5 donations will get a Thank you letter.
- $100 donations will get a voucher for a visit of Old Town Quito with one of our guides and a thank you letter (max 3 people)
- $150 donations will get a voucher for a pickup from the Airport and a visit of Old Town Quito with one of our guides and a thank you letter (max 4 people)
Ovidio Luque (Ovi)
Free Walking Tour Quito
Hello everyone,
I'm hoping this message finds all of you doing well during this hard times around the World.
I started the Free Walking Tour of Quito (by the way, like it on FB & IG ) back in 2013 as an idea of showing the city to everyone regardless of the budget they had, and I used all my knowledge and experience working in tourism since 2004, in places around Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru and also in the Galápagos Islands.
At the beginning in 2013 i ran it as a one man show, and by 2020 it turned into a project involving 10 guides, and 2500+ tours with people from all over the world! Im sure I met some of you along the way!
Given the covid-19 situation, the tourism industry is one of the most affected worldwide. It’s been 3 months of borders shut, and no visitors, plus other restrictions:
- 15 hours curfew (from 2pm until 5am) Update: from June 3rd, curfew takes place from 9pm - 5am
- No groups able to hang out in those hours
- No kids able to go out in parks or open areas
- No effective aid from the government
- And a few more ones that I'm not going to detail for the sake of saving time.
You can imagine, after almost 3 months of not working, It brings a lot of challenges. At the Moment I am home taking care of my son Inti (4), and my daughter Elisa (just turned 1!) so my wife can get to do her home office work.
This crowdfunding gets started, in hopes to get a support from all the people I got the chance to help while in Ecuador, and I am hoping everything gets solved ASAP so we all can keep having new visitors and show Quito with the same passion we have done since the start of this project.
Anything on top of the set ammount, will be shared among all guides.
Thank you so much for your support and hope to see you around the Middle of the World again.
- $5 donations will get a Thank you letter.
- $100 donations will get a voucher for a visit of Old Town Quito with one of our guides and a thank you letter (max 3 people)
- $150 donations will get a voucher for a pickup from the Airport and a visit of Old Town Quito with one of our guides and a thank you letter (max 4 people)
Ovidio Luque (Ovi)
Free Walking Tour Quito
Organizer
Friederike Richter
Organizer
Berlin, Berlin