Tour Directing Video
Interested in learning more about becoming a Tour Director and if it's the right career for you? Watch a four minute Baby Boomer Lifestyle Video and other insightful tour directing videos.

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Graduate Feedback

This letter is to thank you for the training you gave me at ITMI last year. It prepared me well to become a tour director. ...Thanks to your training and ...after a few thumps and bumps...what was a little scary has now become something I look forward to. The most gratifying feedback was from a 4th grader in a note she wrote: "Dear Mr Christopher, these have been the best 2 days of my life yet! Thank you so much!
Christopher

I remember in our interview before the class you mentioned to me that starting the program as a young person would create endless possibilities for me in the tour and hospitality field. You were right. Thank you for offering such a life-altering program. I know we all say we want to do over-the-road international travel for a big, fancy company, but I feel I've gained just as much and have been just as successful with the more unusual ways ITMI influenced my life. You guys are terrific. Thank you.
Shayna

The International Tour Management Institute (ITMI) trains people to become professional tour directors (also known as tour managers, tour escorts, couriers, trip leaders, trek leaders, travel directors, and tour conductors) and tour guides. Right now business is growing for travel professionals.

As quoted in a recent article, "Tour directing is a good job choice for people in many different life situations. You don't need to spend months away from home, your schedule is flexible, and it is personally satisfying," says Ted Bravos, co-founder of ITMI, the state-certified school for training professional tour directors.

Few careers offer you the freedom to decide when and where you want to work. You will be paid to visit fine resorts, dine at world famous restaurants, and become your own goodwill ambassador.

ITMI has been conducting intensive 15-day training programs for 30 years. We offer free lifetime job placement assistance and have helped over 6,000 graduates create careers with over 600 tour operators. Let us show you how to put the power of three decades of building relationships within the travel industry to work for you.

Graduate Profiles

When was the last time you went for work Exploring the Grand Canyon? Snorkeling off a cruise ship in the Caribbean? Touring vineyards in Tuscany? View profiles of people just like you who are making a great living exploring new places, meeting new people, and having a great time doing it.

Nicole Kreigenhofer Instructor and Class Coordinator for ITMI in San Francisco "There is absolutely nothing else I'd rather be doing!" Read More

Chris Brown ITMI Graduate and Professional Tour Director Tour directing makes me feel alive. Read More

Kelly Thomas ITMI Graduate and Professional Tour Director "ITMI changed my life forever, and in a most amazing way." Read More

Donna Primas ITMI Graduate and Professional Tour Director I love the mix of things and the diversity. Read More

Art Jones ITMI Graduate and Professional Tour Director "Through ITMI I learned the skills and made the contacts and have had success and fun being a tour director." Read More

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