Bike Tour Guide

7 days ago


Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Toonie Tours Full time

Bike Tour Guide

Company Overview


Toonie Tours has operations and activities in lower mainland British Columbia, including Victoria, and aims to expand its operations across Canada.

Toonie Tours is a fun, customer, and quality-focused tour company that welcomes and connects customers to Canada through tours and experiences.

Founded in 2018 by three good friends, Toonie Tours has become a 5-star rated tour company by putting the customer first and delivering genuinely down-to-earth tours and experiences.

Toonie Tours is currently looking for Bike Tour Guides to join our team and represent their local community.

Toonie Tours embraces a performance-based compensation model to keep Tour Guides at the top of their game. We are looking for people who love Canada and know all about their communities

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Creative
  • Learn, research, design, and personalize tours and stories to be authentically presented.


Leadership
  • Meet, welcome, and lead tour groups of 1025 customers.


Customer-Service
  • Provide local recommendations and tips for outoftown travelers, and customers less familiar with your community.
  • Be the local Toonie Tours Expert
  • Represent Toonie Tours, your community, and tour guides in general to the public. You are actively involved in your community and have that wanderlust spirit.
  • Working outdoors in varying weather conditions.

Key Attributes

  • Communicative and Social
  • Strong verbal communication skills, ability to present and speak loudly, personable, and approachable. We are looking for fluent Englishspeaking Tour Leaders and welcome additional languages to join our offerings.


Entertaining and Positive
  • Exception storytelling skills, capture the attention of the group, and has a great sense of humor.
  • Selfdriven / Selfstarter / High Performer
  • Works well in a performancebased compensation model. Is recommendable and commands 5star reviews.


Flexible & Confident
  • Adapts well to varying circumstances as the group needs change with the alwayschanging outdoor environment.
  • Punctual shows up early for every tour, without fail.
  • Physically fit (can manage 5 km of walking in 2.5hrs, while speaking and presenting)
  • Legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Seasonal, Freelance

Contract length: 8 months

Salary:
$17.00-$80.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Company events
  • Discounted or free food
  • Flexible schedule
  • Profit sharing

Schedule:

  • Every Weekend
  • Holidays
  • Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus pay
  • Commission pay
  • Tips

Application question(s):

  • Why do you want to work for Toonie Tours?
  • Have you been a freelancer/contractor before?
  • What other skills do you have that you could offer?
  • Describe your community to us, what does it mean to you? What is your favorite thing about it?
  • Where are you interested in guiding? How long have you lived there?
  • Have you been a Bike Tour Guide before? If so, for how long? Where?
  • Have you taken a Bike Tour or Free Walking Tour before? Have you ever guided these before?
  • Do you understand that tips are a primary source of your compensation? Are you comfortable asking for tips and upselling?

Work Location:
In person
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