Tour Guide Partner
6 months ago
**About us**
Trip Shepherd is a travel company located in multiple cities across North America. We are professional, agile, innovative and our goal is to revolutionise how people do tours. Give tours of the city you live in, using your own vehicle.
**Tripshepherd**
Provides visitors with small group tours and private sightseeing tours. Guide partners are expected to execute all bookings in an exciting, fun, friendly, and enjoyable experience for our customers, by removing the stress of travel and taking care of all of the tickets, and line-ups and also engaging in relevant and informed conversation regarding the vibrant sights and surroundings of the city. Our guide partners must be able to lead multiple groups of visitors through the very best of the city's significant historical, heritage, and cultural points of interest, attractions, and visitor experiences.
**What’s in it for you?**
Meet and greet guests from all over the country and around the world, work outdoors while sharing fun stories and facts about your city with interested travellers. Be your own boss and create your schedule, we allow very flexible schedules - mornings, afternoons, evenings, 1 day per week or 5 days per week. With two guests you make $30 an hour, with four guests $40 an hour, with six guests $50 an hour Plus gratuities (Guaranteed $30 an hour).
**What do you bring to the table?**
- Valid Driver’s License must have clean driver’s abstract (driving record)
- Must have a vehicle with insurance in good working order (Will be used for tours).
- Excellent public speaking skills to deliver engaging and informative tours
- Strong leadership skills to guide groups effectively during the tour
- Exceptional customer service skills to provide a positive experience for visitors
- Ability to educate and communicate complex information in a clear and understandable manner
- Effective time management skills to keep tours on schedule
**Job Information**
- Starts April
- Work hours may vary between 8 am and 10 pm
- Wage is dependent on tours and bookings. (2 guest or less $30/h, each additional guest after 2 is an increase of $5 /h)
**Your Responsibilities**:
- Conduct guided tours for visitors, providing them with an informative and engaging experience
- Educate visitors about the history, culture, and significance of the tour site
- Communicate effectively with diverse groups of visitors, including individuals with different language abilities
- Lead groups of varying sizes throughout the tour, ensuring everyone stays together and follows safety guidelines
- Answer questions from visitors and provide additional information as needed
- Maintain a professional and friendly demeanor while interacting with visitors
- Manage time effectively to ensure that tours start and end on schedule
**Job Type**: Contract
**Salary**: $30.00-$65.00 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Flexible schedule
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- 4 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed
- Weekends only
Supplemental pay types:
- Tips
Application question(s):
- IMPORTANT** Do you have a vehicle you would be comfortable doing tours in? What is the make model and total seat #?
Licence/Certification:
- Driver's License (required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (preferred)
- Night Shift (preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Ottawa, ON: Relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
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