Between 1943 and 1945, Tracy Layton’s father landed on the beaches of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. Today, in 2025, she made an emotional pilgrimage to see what her father saw and to imagine how he must have felt. Here’s… A Daughter’s WWII Pilgrimage to Saipan and Tinian

Here’s more from an airport interview with one of my tour clients who was in the entertainment industry for 40 years!

It’s always a treat meeting the folks who pass through Saipan as tourists! Meet Keith Schmitt! For 40 years, Keith was Facilities Manager of the Chautauqua Amphitheater in upstate New York–host to an annual series of concerts, lectures and performances… Jay Leno Wanted What??? Celebrity Stories from a Saipan Tourist!

Join me and recent tour guests on a 360° Fly-Around of Tinian’s North Field which features historic WWII Runway Able from which the B-29 Bomber, Enola Gay, took off to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. See what it… 360° Fly-Around of Tinian’s North Field!

Are/were you ever living on Saipan? Do you recognize the two statues from these 1944 photos? Where are they now? The Story: Eighty years ago, Manny Rosa–a member of the Construction Battalion (Seabees) who were stationed here after the Battle… Help! Do You Recognize the Statues from These 1944 Saipan Photos?

GooglePlay requires that new apps be tested by real people (20 or more) before the apps can be approved for public release. So, I need your help! Once the test version of the app is released, I’ll ask you to… Help me test the new Tinian Tour App!

Alan Sonntag’s father participated in the Battle of Saipan. His wife Peggy’s father stormed Utah Beach (Normandy, France) on D-Day. The couple recently visited Saipan on a pilgrimage to have a virtual “Then & Now Father & Child Reunion” with… In His Father’s Footsteps

In case you didn’t know, the empire of Germany actually had possession of these islands for 15 years from 1899 to 1914, and there is still some of that influence (names, language, etc.) within the local community. Well, “the Germans”… Wunderschön! Germany Discovers Saipan…Again!

At 7:30am on Mon, Feb 19, as the MS Zuiderdam was docking at the port of Saipan, I arrived at the car rental company and was told that the TWO 15-passenger vans I had reserved over a year ago (and… Tour Plans Gone Wrong…When Zuiderdam Came to Town

I had the unique opportunity to meet, tour and interview with Wesam Behbehani and her sister, Weam, from Kuwait. Wesam, who focuses on off-the-beaten-path destinations, provides vicarious travel enjoyment to her 15,000 mostly Kuwaiti Instagram followers (@rosy_path) who are unable… Kuwaiti Tourists Discover Saipan!

A new series thanks to encouragement from Youtube channel subscriber, Mikell!    

Links to all the referenced articles are in the description of the video below:   See the latest update here: https://youtu.be/f25zVyeLBgM

I compiled 42 (i.e., ALL) the tour reviews I’ve received on Google, ToursByLocals and TripAdvisor/Viator, and gave CHATGPT the following task prompt: BACKGROUND: My name is Walt Goodridge. I am a tour guide. I offer personalized, customizable, all-day World War… CHATGPT Analyzed My Saipan Tour Reviews. Here’s what it found…

Kim and her son made a special trip from Massachusetts to Saipan to experience my “WWII Pilgrimage/Search for Amelia” tour and the “Tinian to Hiroshima” tour the next day. Here’s what she said the moment she got in the car… “I’ve been on many tours…” (I knew this was going to be good, so…)

Seattle, Washington resident, Andrew Kennelly, completed his mission of visiting all 50 US states a few years before the pandemic. “What’s next?” he asked himself. “Well, why not visit the US territories and commonwealths?” he answered! And that’s what he… Andrew’s Tripadvisor review of the Tinian to Hiroshima tour!

  According to Andrew (this post is “public”): “I very rarely post more than 5 pictures in any Facebook post, the maximum number of thumbnails that will appear. But my experience today touring the island of Tinian (5.8 miles/ 9.3… Tour client raves about Tinian experience on Facebook!

As it appears in the Marianas Variety AND the Saipan Tribune (Thur, March 16, 2023) Alex Dunn, former United Airlines pilot of 32 years and one-time pilot of the lone, operational B-29 used by the Commemorative Air Force for traveling… B-29 pilot visits Saipan

The Saturday, March 4, 2023 cruise ship arrival here on Saipan was canceled due to high winds which made the docking a safety issue. Here, however, is a Tripadvisor review from one of the day’s “almost-customers,” Roger Cook: I began… Cruise ship tour day canceled, but thanks to Roger, it wasn’t a total loss!