Crafting the Perfect Tour Director Resume: Your Roadmap to Success
Learn how to get noticed and hired by tour companies looking for tour guides, tour directors, and tour leaders.
Learn how to get noticed and hired by tour companies looking for tour guides, tour directors, and tour leaders.
It takes a special type of person to be a tour guide or tour director. Skilled, detail oriented, caring … and perhaps a bit quirky. Family and friends of these dedicated tour professionals can attest to the lovable idiosyncrasies that
People often ask us why they should invest time and money into a professional tour director/guide training program when they could try to pick up the skills through free mini-course offerings online and on-the-job experience. It’s an understandable question—after all, couldn’t you essentially teach yourself about the local history, attractions, and logistics of being a guide?
As a tour director or guide, you have the incredible privilege of introducing visitors worldwide to your city or region’s unique history, culture, and attractions. This diversity makes your work dynamic and rewarding, but it also comes with the challenge of communicating effectively across language and cultural barriers.