Travel Tour Guide Jobs
Travel tour guides conduct organized tours for groups of tourists in a wide range of locations. They play an essential role in the tourism industry by informing visitors about heritage sites and attractions such as stately homes, museums, and archaeological sites etc.
Typical work activities of a travel tour guide include: arranging transportation and other accommodations for groups of tourists, following planned itinerary, and escorting groups during entire trip, within single area or at specified stopping points of tour; making reservations on ships, trains, and other modes of transportation; arranging for other accommodations, such as baggage handling, dining and lodging facilities, and recreational activities, using communication media, such as cable, telegraph, or telephone; and accompanying tour group and describing points of interest.
Travel tour guides may assist tourists to plan itinerary, obtain travel certificates, such as visas, passports, and health certificates, and convert currency into travelers' checks or foreign currency. The ideal travel tour guide candidate will be able to: communicate engagingly with large groups of people and offer specialist knowledge of subjects, such as natural history, art, or architecture.
Many travel tour guides work on a freelance basis as registered guides with a regional tourist board, tour operator or other organisation.
Travel tour guides conduct organized tours for groups of tourists in a wide range of locations. They play an essential role in the tourism industry by informing visitors about heritage sites and attractions such as stately homes, museums, and archaeological sites etc.
Typical work activities of a travel tour guide include: arranging transportation and other accommodations for groups of tourists, following planned itinerary, and escorting groups during entire trip, within single area or at specified stopping points of tour; making reservations on ships, trains, and other modes of transportation; arranging for other accommodations, such as baggage handling, dining and lodging facilities, and recreational activities, using communication media, such as cable, telegraph, or telephone; and accompanying tour group and describing points of interest.
Travel tour guides may assist tourists to plan itinerary, obtain travel certificates, such as visas, passports, and health certificates, and convert currency into travelers' checks or foreign currency. The ideal travel tour guide candidate will be able to: communicate engagingly with large groups of people and offer specialist knowledge of subjects, such as natural history, art, or architecture.
Many travel tour guides work on a freelance basis as registered guides with a regional tourist board, tour operator or other organisation.
related jobs
81 matches
| date | location | job title |
| Jan 16, 12 | |
USA-GA-Atlanta | |
CNN Tour Guide (DRN44758777)
.... site, you need to enable Javascript. To change this setting, please refer to your browser's documentation. In order to access this site, you need to enable Javascript. To change this setting, please .... |
|
||||
| Feb 04, 12 | |
USA-CA-Glen Ellen | |
Tour Guide Position
.... in Glen Ellen at the foot of Sonoma Mountain, is a leader in sustainable, organic and Demeter certified Biodynamic winegrowing is looking to fill an open position. The Benziger Tour Guide will host v.... |
|
||||
| Jan 18, 12 | |
USA-MO-Saint Louis | |
Tour Guide/Docent
.... Tour guides greet visitors, collect admission fees, provide tours, and ring up visitor purchases in the gift shop. The tour guide may also be asked to assist staff with field trips and special group .... |
|
||||
| Jan 22, 12 | |
USA-KY-Lexington | |
Visitor Center / Tour Guide
.... for Visitor Center / Tour Guide positions in Georgetown/Lexington area. The ideal individual must be customer service oriented and have the ability to work in front of large groups. Previous experien.... |
|
||||
| Feb 03, 12 | |
USA-NY-Hudson | |
Tour Guide - Multiple Positions
.... Location: NY-Hudson, NY US Job Category: Travel, Hospitality & Restaurant More Information Updated: 2/2/2012 Tour Guide - Multiple Positions New York Zipline Adventure Tours @ Hunter Mountain Driver.... |
|
||||
| You Do Things Your Own Way: Use an Unconventional Job Site |
|
Do not be confined to doing your job search like everyone else: See job openings from over 50,000 websites on TravelingCrossing. You take your career seriously, and know it makes no sense being confined to travel jobs on one website when you can search over 50,000 websites at once. Travel jobs are scattered on the websites of tens of thousands of companies, organizations and other job boards. By putting this tremendous variety of jobs in one place, we set you free from the confines of an ordinary job site and give you the freedom to do things your own way. Our loyalty is to you and we do not accept any money from advertisers for job postings so that we can provide you with unbiased research about every job opening. We are driven to help and service you on our "travel jobs only" site; you will find our site gives you the resources to do things your own way. |
|
Tell us where to send your access instructions:
|
|
total jobs on EmploymentCrossing |
| 3,498,334 |
|
|
new jobs this week on EmploymentCrossing |
| 627,000 |
| Get your risk FREE trial |
 |
| jobs near you | |
|
International jobs Work at home jobs |
UK jobs Canada jobs |
|
New search feature using US map. click here
Looking for a new travel job in your city? click here |
|
| most recent articles |
| Do What You Want to Do, Not What You Think You Should Do |
|
I know two men who worked in New York City, each of whom made millions of dollars and immediately quit their jobs, taking up completely different careers as gas station owners in New Jersey. I learned about one of these men when I was in college, and I heard about the other man several years later, when I was a recruiter. For the past several years, I have puzzled over the stories of these t... |
traveling industry news:
|
|
recent articles:
|
|
|
| top 5 job searches |
|
| today's featured job |
|
Instructor/Assistant Professor- Physical Education
United States-MI-Marquette POSITION TYPE: The Northern Michigan University Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation currently has a tenure track (Assistant Prof.... 
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||
|
Free Report
The Five "Big Dirty Secrets" of Job Sites Just enter your email to get the Report |
|
 |
|
|
||||
 |
