How to become a tour guide
Being a tour guide can be a rewarding career choice and make a real difference between a good and great experience for visitors.
A series of 'how to' guides to tour guiding aim to help individuals and organisations start a tour guiding business or develop their existing tour guide offering. They include information on market insights, business set-up costs, industry best practice and pricing.
The series includes:
- How to be an Ancestral Guide
- How to be a Costumed Guide
- How to be a Driver Guide
- How to be a Qualified (Blue and Green Badge) Tourist Guide
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Download the guides
Download the 'how to' guides from the US Connections website.
British Guild of Tourist Guides
The national membership organisation for Blue Badge Tourist Guides.
Institute of Guides
The officially recognised standard-setting and awarding body for tourist guiding in England, Northern Ireland and Jersey.