They try to ensure that their tours will be enjoyable and a safe as possible. Tour guides are the source of interesting information about the area visited. They serve as a source of answers to questions covering local history, flora, fishing, golf, wildlife and where best to dine.

Anyone with an interest in people and places and things is a candidate to be a tour guide. A college degree is not necessary, but can be helpful when leading tours to foreign countries which are conducted in a native languages. Courses in history, the arts, as well as local native cultural and historical activities, are very helpful.

A tour guide can work from home or office, part time or full time. You are in charge. The only requisite is that you be, and remain, customer focused. You job will be to provide value to your customers by providing that link between them and the area you are introducing them to.

How to Start a Tour Guiding Business is a comprehensive manual that takes you in detail through the eight steps for starting a tour guide career and your tour guiding business. Here are the steps:

• Hospitality Test & Assessment
• Writing a Successful Business Plan
• Introduction to Tour Design
• Marketing Your Tours
• Designing Tour Brochures
• Tour Site Inspection
• Pricing & Processing Your Tours
• Introduction to the Tour Guiding Profession

The manual is supplemented by the staff and services provided by The GEM Group and its Institute of Tourism Career Development. The GEM team is dedicated to proving unique and innovative materials in support of the travel market. The GEM Group is dedicated to helping those who choosing a Tour Guide Career the materials and support to be the very best in the profession.

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