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“Here are 6 must-have skills of a tour guide
1: Communication
It all comes down to communication. A tour guide must be articulate and easy to understand and know how to communicate with large and varying groups of people. A good guide will not only have the physical capability to command attention and project their voice clearly, but also have the interpersonal skills necessary to interact with new people every single day, answer questions, and be approachable.
2: Memory and Storytelling
When you run a tour, you’re selling more than just the sights and sounds; you’re selling knowledge, history, and a story, and your guide must make all of that information compelling. If a tour guide is reading off of cards or getting facts wrong, your guests will not be impressed. The ultimate goal is for your guide to know their script so well that it should seem like it’s their own story, and it should flow naturally from them rather than feeling rehearsed. They’re not just giving out information; they’re playing a role.
3: Humor
No one wants a dry, boring, humorless history lesson; they zone out, get bored, and just don’t have a good time. A guide with a good sense of humor will be able to inject some zest into their scripts and make the guests feel at ease and happy, increasing their enjoyment of the tour and cutting any tensions that may arise.
4: Passion
Even if your guide isn’t a local, they should be able to fool your guests reasonably well by having true insider knowledge of the best restaurants and neat little secrets that only residents tend to know. They should have a true passion for the city or activity and convey that passion to your guests.
5: Flexibility
A tour guide isn’t up on a stage delivering lines to a passive audience. Your guests will have questions and comments, and your guide should be able to react to them with authority and enthusiasm. This means that the guide will need to know more than just the standard script. They should be able to draw from that knowledge in a compelling way. Flexibility is important so they can adjust for spontaneous moments and use a unique approach for different types of guests.
6: Punctuality
No one wants to sit around waiting for a guide; it’s incredibly unprofessional. Your best tour guides will be punctual to a fault, ready to accept your guests and able to organize them so that there are few delays as possible.
7: Sensitivity
You’re going to have guests coming in from all over the globe and all walks of life, and they will have certain cultural expectations and social norms. The best tour guides are sensitive to these international differences and can tailor their deliveries to respect their guests where possible. They should also be able to deal with guests who have special needs.”
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