There is a career where you travel for a living — not once a year, but as the work itself. It is called Tour Director, and someone steps into it every time a group of travelers boards a coach and heads off to see the world. If the idea of getting paid to travel has […]
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Travel just had its best year on record. By the industry’s own numbers, 2025 outpaced the global economy, and travelers everywhere are asking for something deeper than a checklist of sights — they want journeys that actually mean something. Here’s what hasn’t changed in over fifty years of watching this business: no matter how much
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Every summer I read the holiday travel forecasts, and every summer the headline is some version of new record. This year is no different. AAA projects a record 72.2 million Americans will travel for the Fourth of July — and it falls on a weekend that also happens to be America’s 250th birthday. I’m not
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TripAdvisor’s collapse is the clearest warning yet that AI is dismantling the middle of the travel industry. Online Travel Agents are next. But the work of the Tour Director on the coach and the Tour Guide at the site is becoming more valuable, not less.
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