Tour Guide
What is a Tour Guide?
Classes are held live online – 09:00 – 13:30 MDT on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for 2 consecutive weeks.
A Tour Guide provides local expertise and does walking tours, step-on motor coach narration in their city, meets and greets at an airport, works at seminars and conventions, etc. Tour Operators and Destination Management Companies hire them.
Is this Course for Me?
Tour Guides are knowledgeable within a specific locality such as a city, region, state, specific geographic area, or a special interest such as Adventure, Food and Wine, Photography, and so much more.
Tour Guides provide walking tours, step-on guide service, local driver guides, on-site tours, and/or may work special events, airports’ “meet and greets”, and more.
Tour guides are rarely away from home overnight.
If you want to be a Tour Guide, whether working in the USA or other countries, this is the course to take. Click here for your scheduled Tour Guide Classes for 2024.
What will I Learn?
The beginning modules in this certification program include:
- Travel Industry Terminology and Tourism Industry Overview
- Types of Assignments for Tour Guides
- Conduct and Ethics, Dress Codes, Leadership
- Commentary Skills, Research, Presentation Formats
- Teamwork, Physical Aspects of Guiding, Public Speaking, Group Welcomes
- Master your role as the “Local Expert.”
- Industry Relationships
- and more…. With IGA you learn by doing.
Is this Course for Me?
YES! You get paid to travel and share your passion with others.
- Hourly pay from Tour Company (minimum 4 hours)
- Cash gratuities from the travelers
- All expenses paid per Tour Company’s policy.
- Travel Industry Perks
When is the Course Held?
Classes are held live online – 09:00 – 13:30 MDT on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for 2 consecutive weeks.
January 27 – February 6, 2025; March 17 – 27, 2025; April 21 – May 1, 2025; June 16 – 26, 2025
What Is The Cost?
- The registration fee – $100 non refundable
- Tuition – $795
- Total Cost – $895
Terms & Conditions:
- We accept Credit Cards, Checks, PayPal, Zelle, Money Orders, and Cash.
- Each course carries its certification leading to rewarding careers. All books, materials, etc. required are included in the tuition.
- Lifetime job placement assistance is available free for all of our graduates.
- Consider checking with your tax accountant or advisor to see if you are eligible for the IRS’s Lifetime Learning tax credit.
- Take BOTH Tour Guide AND Tour Director courses in 12 months and receive an additional tuition discount. This means you can take both the Tour Director course and the Tour Guide course for only $2,595.
- Both courses are independent of each other and lead to separate career paths. They do, however, complement each other. Course content is different in both classes offered.
