Travel Guides
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
Plan, organize, and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.
What you’d do
- Arrange for tour or expedition details such as accommodations, transportation, equipment, and the availability of medical personnel.
- Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites.
- Resolve any problems with itineraries, service, or accommodations.
- Attend to special needs of tour participants.
- Sell travel packages.
- Evaluate services received on the tour, and report findings to tour organizers.
- Give advice on sightseeing and shopping.
- Administer first aid to injured group participants.
Skills that matter
- Service Orientation
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Persuasion
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Guide
- Tour Escort
- Tour Manager
- Travel Consultant
- Cruise Counselor
- Naturalist Guide
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