United Nations Visitors Centre

Group Reservations

• How to make group reservations (20 or more persons)
• Private tour (less than 20 persons)
• 2013 Reservations? What you need to know
• How to pay for group reservations
• Availability
• Helpful information at a glance

2013 Reservations? What you need to know

As part of an ongoing renovation and restoration project to make the United Nations Headquarters in New York a safer, more modern, and more energy-efficient complex for delegates, staff, and visitors, the General Assembly Building will be closed for renovations in June 2013.  The Visitor Centre will thus be relocated from the General Assembly Building ( 45^th Street & 1^st Avenue) to the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Building (42^nd Street & 1^st Avenue) effective 1 June 2013 .  We expect to be at this temporary location until 2015.  While guided tours will continue throughout the period of renovation, we anticipate significant changes in terms of access and availability of tours.  As a first step, we have modified our booking procedures and ask for your patience and understanding during this period of transition.

How to pay for Group Reservations

• Present payment, which is due upon arrival, in one lump sum to the cashier
• We accept cash; school or organizational checks; money orders
• Personal checks are not accepted
• Make checks payable to UN GUIDED TOURS
• Please do not mail payments

How to make Group Reservations

Reservations are required for groups of 20 or more persons.

If this is the first time you reserve a tour, or if you have new credit card information, please send us an email request to unitg@un.org, making sure to include the following information:

1. School/group/company name
2. Contact information (contact name/address/phone number)
3. Specify desired date and time, with alternatives. Make sure to check our calendar for available dates. 
4. Group size (number, specifying if adults/students/children/seniors; see price chart)
5. Language preference
6. Cancellation policy form, completed with credit card information and duly signed. We need the actual signature of the cardholder otherwise your request cannot be processed. The form should be faxed to 212-963-0071, or scanned as a pdf/jpg and emailed to unitg@un.org.
7. Credit card information is requested only to hold your group reservation, payment is due upon arrival.

If you booked with us previously, and we have updated credit card information, just call us at 212-963-4440 or email us at unitg@un.org to check availability and to book your tour.

One complimentary ticket is issued for every 20 tickets purchased.

Private tour

If your group consists of less than 20, a reservation can also be made for a private tour, with a flat fee rate currently at $320 (equivalent to 20 adults).

Or you can take a public tour (no reservation required) and pay the corresponding charges; just purchase your tickets at the cashier's desk in the Visitors Lobby, check price chart.

Or skip the line altogether, and buy your tickets online for guided tours (only English).

Availability

Guided Tours are offered on weekdays ONLY.  We are no longer offering Audio tours.

YEAR 2013:

Please note that the following explains current availability for group reservations:

• May:
  May 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 17, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30 and 31 are fully booked and no longer availble for new reservations.
• June-December:
  Currently we are not taking reservations due to construction for these months. For more information, see 2013 Reservations? What you need to know.

UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS CALENDAR:

In 2013 the United Nations will be closed to the public on the following holidays, Guided Tours of UN Headquarters will not be available:

• January: 1 New Year's Day
• February: 18 President's Day
• March: 29 Good Friday
• May: 27 Memorial Day
• July: 4 Independence Day
• August: 8 Eid al-Fitr (observed)
• September: 2 Labour Day
• October: 15 Eid al-Adha
• November: 28 Thanksgiving Day
• December: 25 Christmas Day