Forty days to a career in tour guiding : tour guide educational course / William C. McElroy

By:

McElroy, William (Bill) C [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Place of publication not identifed] : [publisher not identified], c2019Description: 220 pages ; 28 cmISBN:

9781094884059

Subject(s):

TOUR GUIDES

LOC classification:

G 154.7 .M34 2019

Contents:

Chapter 1 : Advertising your business -- Chapter 2 : Age concerns -- Chapter 3 : Backup personnel -- Chapter 4 : Bus rides are boring -- Chapter 5 : Business accounting -- Chapter 6 : Cancellation concerns -- Chapter 7 : Cost Consideration -- Chapter 8 : Creative license -- Chapter 9 : Customer service / relations -- Chapter 10 : Daily trip timing / planning -- Chapter 11 : Dining concerns -- Chapter 12 : Dispute concerns / resolution -- Chapter 13 : Drunk and disorderly -- Chapter 14 : Email considerations -- Chapter 15 : Finding clients -- Chapter 16 : Fixing problems -- Chpater 17 : Follow up after the tour -- Chapter 18 : Foreign tourist -- Chapter 19 : Getting paid -- Chapter 20 : handicap concerns -- Chapter 21 : Hiring employees -- Chapter 22 : Insurance concerns -- Chapter 23 : Internet presence -- Chapter 24 : License requirements -- Chapter 25 : Medical concerns -- Chapter 26 : Motels, dealing with -- Chapter 27 : Native America -- Chapter 28 : Networking considerations -- Chapter 29 : Photo ops -- Chapter 30 : Religous concerns -- Chapter 31 : Retirement concerns -- Chapter 32 : Seasonal concerns -- Chapter 33 : Side trips -- Chapter 34 : Smokers have rights -- Chapter 35 : Tax considerations -- Chapter 36 : Alernative tour considerations -- Chapter 37 : Tour knowledge -- Chapter 38 : Transportation concerns -- Chapter 39 : Weather considerations -- Chapter 40 : You are almost done.

Summary: Assuming that you are taking this course on how to become a tour guide, one has to ask if you have thought it through. Being a tour guide means that you will either be working for someone or will be an independent that is in control of your tours, your life, and your livelihood, i.e., a business person.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Main General Circulation	Tourism Management	GC G 154.7 .M34 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000017417

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Forty days to a career in tour guiding :, Forty

Includes index.

Assuming that you are taking this course on how to become a tour guide, one has to ask if you have thought it through. Being a tour guide means that you will either be working for someone or will be an independent that is in control of your tours, your life, and your livelihood, i.e., a business person.

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