BE A TOUR HOST?
In the tourism industry, you’ll hear the words “Tour Host”, “Tour Leader”, “Coordinator” and more frequently as you take the first steps in booking your trip. In our case, we’ll refer to you as a Tour Leader or Tour Host, whichever you prefer. This means that you’re our point-person, or the one scheduling a trip for you and your people. In some cases, this role is assigned to a Coordinator, which is just a fancy term we like to use for an assistant. A lot of times this is usually someone on your team such as an executive assistant, associate or office manager, other times it can even be your spouse or close friend!
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THE BENEFITS
As the tour leader or coordinator, you’ll oversee making the fun (and sometimes tough) decisions that impact your upcoming trip such as where you and your people will depart from, what sites are the most important and meaningful to you, the hotels you stay in and more! With this comes many responsibilities, as well as a slew of benefits from us for you and your group, such as:
BECOMING A TOUR HOST?
This is easily the most important question in the book and has one of the simplest answers! To take the next steps in becoming a Tour Host, first we need to decide on your destination and your travel dates. On average, we recommend booking as far as 15-18 months out from departure to give you and your people enough time to promote and save for their trip. From time to time, we see trips come together in as little as 8-12 months with a pre-established group, so this works too!
Once we’ve settled on your destination and dates, we’ll move forward with providing you with our complimentary full-color brochures to aid in your promotions. From here, it’s a matter of promoting your program and watching the registrations roll in. One of the hardest parts about promoting is remembering to be consistent with your people and schedule interest meetings as well as Q&A’s as you get closer to departure. Our office will keep you informed on the status of registrations received so that you can follow up with your trip and travelers accordingly.
HOW DO I BOOK MY TRIP AND BECOME A TOUR HOST?
Once you’re ready to begin the next steps and book your upcoming trip, we encourage you to complete the below contact form so that we can put you in touch with one of our Sales Representatives who will discuss all of the details of your trip, answer questions, and put you on the road to success! If you have any immediate questions, please feel free to contact our office via the Contact Us page here.