With travel picking up again and the tourism industry set to bounce back in a major way in 2022, I’ll be your personal insider guide to Chicago, sharing my best travel tips & tricks, best restaurants, things to do, and what NOT to do for the best experiences.
In a regular year, more than 50 million people visit Chicago, Illinois – some for business and others for vacation.
In this video we’ll talk about some of Chicago’s worst tourist traps (the Donts of Visiting Chicago), plus what to avoid in order to have a more authentic travel experience.
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My name is Luis Gusto, I am a filmmaker and YouTuber living in New York City.
Traveling to Chicago in 2021? Keep it locked to my channel for the best neighborhood guides, things to do, and restaurants in Chicago. I’ll help you avoid the overrated tourist attractions / tourist traps and instead give you local insider travel tips so you can get the most out of your Chicago travel experience.
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+1 on the architecture tour. Did the deep dish my first trip there, box checked. SO MANY great places to eat and drink in that city.
Thank you for this video. I am planning a weekend trip to Chicago (first time), and all of the other bloggers are covering all of the boring places that you could go anywhere. I lived in NYC for 15 years; I want to know where the regulars go! 😊 So thanks again 🙌
Hancock building by far for an observatory. Deep dish is a casserole dish. Tavern style is the way to go, cut into squares. And ya gotta have an Italian Beef.
Chicago Has Soul. 🎶 🎵
Hi, I grew up in Chicago. Your video is very good. I agree on your food recommendations. People always comment on the deep dish pizza and we Chicagoans only had that when visitors came to town.
I grew up in Chicago and I try to educate everyone Chicago-style pizza doesn't mean deep dish the thin crust Tavern style is actually better and that is also Chicago-style pizza
Am I the only Chicagoan that likes deep dish ? lol
Born n raised in the Humboldt park area,great city!..55 yrs now
You know somones a chicagoan if you say "Im gonna go see the bean" and they say "dont."
Luis still says Sears Tower! 😀
Love pats pizza in Lincoln park
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Hi, i'm french and i hope come to chicago in september for the first time . I find an appartement in south loop, it's good ?
And what observatory is better than sears tower ?
Thanks a lot and sorry for my english .
Finally, a real Chicago show with real Chicago speak!
And, it will always be the Sears Tower. Nobody here calls it the Willis Tower. It will always be the Sears Tower to us. Just because some British company decided to buy it and rename it doesn’t change it for us. It’s not the “Whatcha talkin’ bout Willis” Tower. That blasphemy.
I’m a born and raised southside Chicagoan and this advice is accurate af 😂
My boyfriend and I are traveling by train to Chicago for a week from Louisiana at the end of the month. I've watched so many of your videos the last couple of months and I cannot tell you how grateful I am and a bit more familiar I feel after these wholesome bits of info! First really big city besides Dallas, TX. Thank you so kindly!
Good speaker, good info. Two thumbs up
navy pier is probably a lot like pier 39 in San Francisco.
My question is what are some hidden gems of Chicago? Meaning what are some lesser known spots of Chicago that out of towners should check out
You mentioned that there are better/other, cheaper observatories than the Willis/Sears Tower. What are they, please?
Chicago, what I remember is basketball club Chicago bull
If you have children with you, I would actually recommend going to navy pier for their children's museum. Doesn't disappoint.
I just saw this and being from Chicago ( was born and raised there ) but I no longer live there LOL !!!! I have to agree 100% with this vid. I almost always cringe when people tell me they love to visit Chicago and do these things that you mentioned. It truly does not do the city any justice whatsoever. And yes , most Chicagoans eat thin crust pizza FOR SURE> When I lived there I would get a slice or two of deep dish maybe once every couple years. Always always prefer the thin crust.
I love how you still call it the Sears Tower, it shows how you are truly a Chicagoan! I just love your videos, would love to join you for either a beef, wet and hot or some tavern style pizza, but I have to run to Jewels to pick up some groceries.
I'm from Chicago and I love navy pier
Field Museum, Museum of science and Industry, Wacker Drive, Blues Brothers Tour, Lincoln Park Zoo, Buckingham Fountain, Polk Street Blues Bar, Art Institute, River Walk, Shedd Aquarium, ect. Etc
Worst thing I’ve done when I came to Chicago for 5day work trip was to buy 7day cta card pass. Everyone I walked on foot 😉 50km on foot in 5 days 😉
This video is spot on, but if you are gonna do a few of these traps, then I highly recommend that you get a CityPass. It will allow you to choose which touristy things to do.
We did SkyDeck, a museum, and my favorite- the architectural boat tour, which was excellent. Again, it is definitely touristy, but the CityPass will at least save you some money. All of these things separately can be pricey
I disagree with the bean not having history haha We made this history, imagine a 100 years from now people visiting the bean haha will be a wow moment we should be proud because it was built in our generation 😀 and it has our name haha millennial 😁.. every aspect of the city matters hehe if you guys have time and money visit everything 😄😄
What month is this please?- will it snow next month OCTOBER?