| Enjoy Nature and Travelling By Being A Travel Guide | | | | Tours are usually not free from problems. The travel |
| Some people are adventurous and outgoing; too | | | | guide professional must be ready to resolve any |
| adventurous, in fact that they tend to find someone | | | | problem in accommodation, service or itineraries, and |
| to share the adventures with. More than sharing their | | | | to verify the amounts or fees as well as quality of |
| adventures, they want to educate people on the | | | | the equipment to be used prior to the expedition and |
| places that they have been to. This is the usual last | | | | tour. These types of problems, nonetheless, are |
| frontier that traveling people face. By offering their | | | | manageable for a professional travel guide. More |
| services as travel guides, they are not only able to | | | | alarming and pressing problems are usually in the form |
| repeatedly travel to places that they have fallen in | | | | of mishaps or accidents during the tour that can do |
| love to but they can also share their experiences and | | | | harm on the health or may even cost the lives of |
| adventures to other people. | | | | the travelers. In this case, the tour guide must be |
| People also resort to travel guide occupations not | | | | ready to administer first aid to injured patrons and be |
| only to be able to share their adventure but also to | | | | able to get medical aid or ambulance for the seriously |
| meet people. Meeting all sorts of people is always an | | | | hurt, immediately. |
| exhilarating experience, especially to foreigners with | | | | The travel guide professional must also be adept in |
| an eye for curiosity. These people are like children | | | | various skills. He must be knowledgeable of existing |
| that never tire to look the beauty and know the | | | | hunting or fishing laws enforced in the area and |
| history of the places and monuments that they | | | | capable of explaining it to his tour participants. When |
| encounter in their travels. In fact, travel guide | | | | required, he must be ready to instruct his tour |
| professionals must have a good deal of knowledge in | | | | participants in climbing and mountaineering techniques, |
| history to be able to answer the inquiries. He must | | | | wilderness survival and be able to demonstrate the |
| also be ready to do animations, improvisations and | | | | use of equipment used in fishing, hunting and climbing. |
| representations in topics or subjects that are very | | | | Characteristics Common To Travel Guide |
| hard to understand for the foreigners. | | | | Professionals. |
| Aside from this, it is also a sort of nationalistic pride | | | | Travel guide professionals must be realistic since his |
| that fires the travel guide professionals to their work. | | | | occupation usually includes practicality and ability to |
| They do their best to promote the tourism and | | | | manage hands-on problems and solutions. They often |
| beauty of their country. In doing so, they feel | | | | deal with real-time situations that need fast |
| contented that they are able to do service to their | | | | decision-making attitudes. Since the occupation |
| country in their own little way as travel guide | | | | requires one to work continuously outside, the travel |
| professionals. | | | | guide professional must be street smart and |
| Common Tasks Of Travel Guide Professionals | | | | knowledgeable in current issues and trends. He does |
| Travel guide professionals plan and organize | | | | not do a lot of paperwork and usually exposes |
| expeditions, tours and cruises that are usually long | | | | himself or herself to the outside world. |
| distance travels. They usually book the tour or cruise | | | | A travel guide professional must be artistic as he is |
| details such as accommodation, transportation, | | | | realistic. Artistic in a way as to allow self-expression |
| equipment and even availability of medical aid. The | | | | and does his work without a clear set of rules to |
| arrangement usually takes place after he is able to | | | | follow. He needs to be creative in presenting the |
| reach a specific required quota in the number of | | | | various tour stops to his participants. He must try |
| customers. | | | | different strategies to avoid letting his participants to |
| If necessary, the travel guide professional is | | | | be bored with the tour. |
| responsible for securing the visa, passport and health | | | | A travel guide professional must also be sociable and |
| certificate needs of his tour participants. These | | | | willing to interact with all sorts of people, of various |
| permits and important; they are necessary to afford | | | | race and nationalities. Primarily, the occupation of |
| convenience in travel for tour participants. Usually, | | | | travel guide professionals aims to share interests and |
| assistance from the travel guide professional is | | | | experiences to other people and so great people |
| enough for the tour participants. But nowadays, | | | | skills are required. |
| because of the seemingly never-ending travel | | | | Although it is not necessary, travel guide |
| requirements, travel guides form partnerships with | | | | professionals will be at the advantage compared to |
| agencies for securing such important documents. | | | | other individuals if they are knowledgeable in one or |
| Throughout the tour, the travel guide professional | | | | two foreign languages. The English language, although |
| must attend to the needs of his tour participants, | | | | being universal is not very helpful in times of |
| while also giving advice and tips on the best | | | | explaining the significance of a particular event in |
| sightseeing or shopping areas available. Some travel | | | | history to a foreigner with a different tongue. |
| guide professionals usually have pre-formed | | | | Speaking to foreigners in their native language will |
| partnerships with shopping establishments or | | | | make them at ease and comfortable throughout the |
| sightseeing areas regarding his tour participants. | | | | trip. |
| In each stop of the travel, he will have to discuss the | | | | Travel guide professionals must also have thorough |
| significance of the area, why they have traveled on | | | | knowledge in geography and also in public safety and |
| those parts and what part in history took place | | | | security. Knowledge in these areas will make the |
| there. Throughout the tour, the travel guide | | | | travel guide professional more effective in ensuring |
| professional already did a research on the best | | | | the safety of his tour participants. Knowledge in |
| possible travel routes and the destination sites. Also, | | | | geography will also arm him with better decisions |
| while on tour, he will evaluate the services received | | | | especially in times of weather change. The comfort |
| during the duration of the tour, the results of which | | | | of the tour participants is the prime objective of the |
| will be reported to the organizers of the tour beside | | | | travel guide professional. |
| him. | | | | |