How to Become a Tour Guide

Summary: World travel has been your goal and your dream for years. You’ve fantasized about stowing away on a plane to Bonaire or mailing yourself to Timbuktu because you just plain don’t have the cash to jet set around the globe. So you decide to work two jobs for a year straight so you can spend a couple of weeks in India or the Philippines, then it’s right back to the grind again until you save up enough for the next exotic destination. But this cycle is wearing you out; maybe the time has come to settle down even though you still have the urge to see far-away lands… Expert Village is here to tell you that the dream doesn’t have to end. In fact your dream can become your career. We will now reveal how to get paid to travel all the time and share your passion with others

Learn about the career of a professional tour director in this free series of world travel videos from our tour guide authority. Cherie Anderson suggests that you start your career by guiding tours around your area, then move up to tours in other parts of the United States; before you know it, you’ll be traveling the world! She also tells you how to get hired as a cruise ship director. Plus find out such insider information as what to wear, how to focus your tour narration and how much you should expect to get paid.