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How to become a Professional Tour / Travel Guide

 

Becoming a Professional Tour/Travel Guide - Details

 

 

The manual is supplied as a *.PDF file that can be viewed on most computers that have a free Adobe Reader.

You could find all this information on the Internet and you could write your tour guide thus saving a few dollars, but do you have the time and the expertise to find everything that our travel professionals have already found for you?  Do you have 18 years of experience taking people on tours?  Do you have tens of thousands of dollars to spend operating tours to far off places?  We have done the work and spent the money for you, and we want you to be the best educated professional tour/travel guide there is, and you know you can be with a little effort on your part.

 

Our manual also offers tips on where and how to find the jobs that are becoming scarce in the new economy, here is a excerpt from the manual of one of the many recommendations;

Company Tour Director
One often overlooked job as a tour coordinator/scheduler is the person that works within a company and arranges the company business trips. In large companies this person will be under contract or on the payroll and is responsible for all business travel and accommodations of the employees of the company. This can mean last minute overtime and weekend hours, but the pay is usually very good and the job may have regular company benefits. This job opportunity is decreasing in recent years due to the technology of telephone and video conferencing being what it is, thus saving companies tens of thousands of dollars per year.

If you are not near a large company that needs a full-time travel director, then seek out industrial parks in your area that with many companies combined can supply you with the needed business. As a company trip coordinator you have an ‘in’ with the employee base and with permission may be able to sell vacation and weekend tours to this employee base. You need a well-written contract and a very good method of keeping the company business separate from the personal business.

As an up looking thought, many companies are now Global, and this requires many trips to foreign countries to be made by the computer programmers, managers, and engineers, which can be a great opportunity to you, especially if you understand foreign travel, foreign customs, and speak a few foreign languages.
 

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Becoming a Tour Guide - Highlights of some of the dozens of subjects covered in the manual.

 

Trip Coordinator – Definition of

Air Travel

Booking Motels and Hotels

Dress Codes and Grooming

Emergency Preparations

Foreign Travel and Travelers

Free Tours

Future of Tour Guiding

Group Tours and Considerations

Insurance

Internet Search Engines

Long-term travel – Tips for leaving home

Meals

Medical

Medical Tours

Packing for a long trip

Photography while on Tour

Problem Areas

Selling your Trips

Tour Daily Budget

Tour Destinations – World Wide

Tour Guide Specials

Tour Location Planner

Tour Operator Software from the Internet

Tour Types

Transportation – Busses and Vans

Trip Organizational Tips

 

There are over 200 pages including the following Appendixes that provide helpful information used by many travel professions.

Appendix I – Department of Labor Information (2004 data) Travel Agents - Description and Salary Ranges
Appendix II – National Park Service
Appendix III – EarthWatch Expeditions
Appendix IV – Travel Associations
Appendix VII – Airline, Bus, and Train City Codes

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