Local. Personable. Knowledgeable. FUN.

Private guides that you really want to spend time with.

That is TOMS TRAVEL TOURS. Your Dutch Connection!

Toms Travel Tours is a top-rated tour company offering custom, private tours. Tom van der Leij is the enthusiastic founder & owner of Toms Travel Tours.

Established in 2013, our company consists of a team of highly skilled local professionals. Our private guides are trained experts in various disciplines - from art and history to architecture and beyond. With proficiency in English, Dutch, Spanish, Chinese, and German, our guides are ready to welcome and guide visitors from around the world.

One thing we all definitely have in common is our passion for travel, for Amsterdam, the Netherlands & the greater region.

Meet the team below!

Want to join our team as a specialist tour guide? We’re always on the lookout, and here’s what we look for in a guide.

Hear what people have to say about our guides….

“Two awesome tours! One with Rein to the Windmills, small towns and North Sea! And another amazing day seeing the Tulips with an exceptional bike ride to the fields. Tom was a pleasure to tour with! My family had a blast! Highly recommend.” - Les - Tripadvisor

“If you haven't already booked with Tom, do it now! Tom planned an extraordinary four days for our family during the peak tulip tourist season. We had an amazing private guide (Stan) in Amsterdam for both biking and a food tour. Tom personally took us to the tulips fields, biking in Holland, and to see the windmills, where my college-aged daughter loved his engineering expertise. We also thoroughly enjoyed day trips to Bruges and Delft/The Hague. Our great guide in The Hague (Renee) personalized the tour for lesser-known sites that interested our 20-year old daughter….We unexpectedly ran into Tom at a restaurant in Amsterdam, where he sent our family a nice bottle of champagne. Way to go to Tom and his entire team for creating an amazing vacation experience for our family!” - Wendy, Google Reviews

"You MUST go with Toms Travel Tours. Based on various reviews we contacted Tom for a private countryside tour. His communication before meeting was great and we were actual able to go with him personally. My wife and I could not say enough about this experience. Tom was extremely knowledgeable and engaged with us the entire time. He had all the right connections at each stop, was always aware of our safety in some unfamiliar environments, and had everything else from snacks to sunscreen. Finally, he is an amazing photographer and sent us a couple of hundred pics the next day. You will miss an incredible opportunity if you don’t go with Toms Travel Tours. - Rick, Tripadvisor

“The best part was having a knowledgeable guide. Ingrid had a breadth of information for us, especially in the Van Gogh Museum. We did 2 morning walking tours and couldn’t have been more pleased. I was so happy to have all the arrangements through one agency. They were responsive from my first inquiry and continued to answer all questions before we booked. We expect to return to Amsterdam in September and will use them again.” - Nancy, Tripadvisor