i think i need some sort of qualification to be a tour
guide.
i'm seriously considering any suggestions by anyone.
problem is always the red tape and logistics.
i think i need someone to be my agent. lol~ so i don't have to
think so much.
yaahhh...indeed u need a tour guide qualifications...but....there
are also OTHER tour-guide services that you may offer.
i was surfing for tour forums and always found that
backpackers/free-and-easy couples who visit "non-english speaking
countries" would very much need to engage a local guide
to show them around.
I am sure that these guides are not "qualified", but they
provide uptmost care to their customers/vistors, so good that the
words spread of their good repo. Instead of engaging tour
agency for package tours, people actually pre-book them in
advance.
It's good money, u are your own boss.
It's actually a challenging job.....it's like you are a
driver, you are also their "nanny".. and coupled with good
knowledge of the place/culture/people, good customer care, you
are the local (or only local) friend which they
(the visitors) can rely on and maybe very attached
to u especially when they are now on a foreign land which
English is not commonly used.
My 2cents worth of advise lor.
I handled artists from overseas...i know what they need what
they want.
I also love travelling and when i travel to more remote places
when transportation and language are the main barriers, the
local guide is my "pillar"..
