Prime Time Hollywood

Walk anywhere on Hollywood Blvd and you’re sure to be stopped by someone hawking a discounted van tour. The prices and employees are persuasive, and, if Prime Time Hollywood serves as a model, the experience could thankfully fare much worse. The canopy-topped vans offer a comfortable alternative to driving yourself through Hollywood gridlock and the frightfully narrow roads through the hills. However, it’s a tour in a geographical sense only as it rarely delves deeper than “There’s Eva Longoria’s house.” For those looking for a no-frills way to snap some photos of Hollywood’s tourist highlights and celebrity homes, it’s difficult to find a more practical, cost-effective way. Yet as the more luxurious vans and buses pass, you can’t help but feel that you’ve checked into the hourly-rate motel of Hollywood tours.