43 Trending Walking Tour Businesses [2024]

Updated: January 18th, 2023
Start A Walking Tour Business

Do you love meeting new people, sharing knowledge, and touring places? Then, starting a walking tour business can bring so much enjoyment, and it is also a great business idea.

Starting a walking tour requires so little to no startup capital. With word of mouth and a website, you can begin receiving dozens of bookings so long as your walking tours are well planned and targeted to potential customers.

To start the walking tour business, do market research and design uniquely enjoyable tours. Establish proper marketing channels and register the business appropriately.

Looking for some examples of a walking tour business?

Interested in case studies of a successful walking tour business? Check out our full list of success stories.

1. Strawberry Tours

Strawberry Tours offers the best quality free tours in the market. We have the best guides in the industry. Come and enjoy the Strawberry Tour experience.

Website traffic: 80K/month

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2. SANDEMANs NEW Europe

Home of the famous Free Tour in 20 of the world's best cities, we bring you incredible walking tours, day trips, pub crawls and other unmissable experiences!

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4. Wild SF

Join Wild SF Tours for ghosts, graffiti, food and history tours, sharing the best of SF. Perfect as a fun corporate team builder or private tour too!

Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA

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5. FREE Walking TOUR Salzburg

The free walking tour Salzburg covers the essentials of this amazing destination, providing travelers with a basic knowledge to further explore the city.

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6. Beyond Colombia

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7. PocketSights

Our tour builder allows cities, visitor centers, universities, and other tourism organizations to build walking tours and gain insight into visitor's behavior.

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8. The Richmond Tour Guys

Richmond Tour Guys free walking tours of Richmond offer a fun, interesting, and affordable way to walk in 400 years of history.

Where they're located: Richmond, Virginia, USA

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9. Real City Tours

We're story tellers. We go beyond showing of you the sights of medellín to offer you a different perspective, always aiming to be honest and open-minded.

Where they're located: San Antonio, Texas, USA

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10. The Constitutional Walking Tour

The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is the best way to explore America's Birthplace, taking you behind the scenes to the places where other tours cannot venture. Get up close and personal with a High-Definition Historical Experience by taking The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia.

Where they're located: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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11. Taste Portland Tours

Where they're located: Portland, Oregon, USA

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12. Historic Milwaukee, Inc.

Historic Milwaukee, Inc. is dedicated to increasing awareness of and commitment to Milwaukee’s architecture, history, and the built environment.

Where they're located: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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13. Breaking Bad RV Tours

Miss Breaking Bad? Love Better Call Saul? Now you can relive the sights and sounds from the studio film tour in the Breaking Bad RV. Book online today!

Where they're located: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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14. Around Portland Tours – Walk and bike around Portland in a movable narrative

Where they're located: Portland, Oregon, USA

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15. TRUE TALES OF NYC WALKING TOURS

Superb Walking Tours of New York City

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

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16. Free Walking Tours of Sydney & Melbourne

Explore the sights and stories of Sydney and Melbourne on a free walking tour with your friendly and knowledgeable local free tour guides.

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17. Tour of the Freedom Trail " Boston's Best Tour "

Where they're located: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

18. Free Tour Oslo

Free Tour Oslo by local Scandinavian provider. Join our free walking tour Oslo with our local guides. Pre-book your spot online now!

Where they're located: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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19. London Walks

We offer 5* rated walking tours throughout London by the finest blue badge guides. Join us for a few hours of discovery, facts and entertainment.

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20. Las Vegas Walking Tours

Las Vegas Walking Tours - Fun, informative & affordable travel activity. Guided walking tours explore Downtown Las Vegas & Fremont St. from past to present.

Where they're located: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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21. The Albuquerque Historical Society (AHS)

The Albuquerque Historical Society is a non-profit organization which promotes and preserves all matters relating to the history of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Where they're located: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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22. The Real Los Angeles Tours

At The Real Los Angeles Tours we have bike, metro & walking tours of the city & its neighborhoods - Hollywood, downtown LA & Santa Monica. See the real LA!

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

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23. Free Walking Tour Mexico

We want you to have the best experience while visiting Mexico! We are prepared to give you the most useful tips, interesting stories, and experience free!

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24. FREE TOURS TBILISI HACK

Tbilisi hack tour in English language every single day! Full service based in Tbilisi Free Walking Tour. Let's Go!

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25. pottertrail

The original and best magical walking tour of Edinburgh. Offering both social-distanced real life tours and online virtual ones!

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26. Free Nashville Walking Tours

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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27. Hong Kong Free Tours

Daily walking tour to tell the uncensored stories: our protest on Hong Kong China relationship and how some people ended up living in cage/coffin house.

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28. Carpe Chepe

Experience the magic of San Jose City by exploring the museums & monuments, taste the Costa Rican gastronomy & culture with our one day tours

Where they're located: San Jose, California, USA

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29. spfreewalkingtour02

The official Free Walking Tour in São Paulo. Three different tours: Old Downtown (historic center), Paulista Ave (cultural heart) and Vila Madalena (local side)!

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30. Historic Jacksonville, Inc.

Historic Jacksonville, Inc. brings the history of Jacksonville and Southern Oregon to life through tours, events, and activities that share the stories of the pioneers.

Where they're located: Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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31. Free Walking Tour Italia

The biggest Italian network for Free Walking Tour and Experiences in Italy. Choose your next destination and discover the city with us! Bergamo, Pisa, Bologna, Modena, Venice, Torino, Bari, Verona, Florence, Rome, Naples, Milan, Palermo, Catania, Lecce, Barletta, Cagliari, Lucca and many more...

How much they make: $118K/year
Where they're located: Modena
How much did it cost to start: $3K
Current team size: 3

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How Three Friends Started A $10K/Month Free Walking Tours Business In Italy

From zero to a network of free walking tours in 24 cities across Italy in just 2 years, these three friends built a €10,000/month business by offering quality tours and fostering word-of-mouth advertising, even while weathering the COVID lockdown.

About
Alessandro started Free Walking Tour Italia over 5 years ago
Revenue
Alessandro grew the business to $9.81K/month
Costs
It cost Alessandro $3000 to start the business
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32. Indie Singapore

Go beyond the tourist attractions! See the sights and hear the secrets of Singapore with local guides. #1 Rated tours on TripAdvisor.

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33. unknown

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA

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34. DC Tours

Where they're located: Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA

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35. BEST DFW TOURS

Unique, memorable and authentic tours and experiences. Discover the Dallas and Fort Worth with stories and people you'll remember.

Where they're located: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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36. Book your Free walking tours of Nice I Antibes I Cannes I Monaco I French Riviera Private Tours

Free walking tours in Nice côte d'azur and French riviera I Discover the french riviera by foot in Antibes, Cannes, Nice and Monaco. Book your WalkingTours

37. Free Walking Tour

Where they're located: San Jose, California, USA

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38. Washington Walks

Where they're located: Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA

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39. CD

Crazy Dash, a walking adventure tour. Use your phone to seek out 10 family fun, city checkpoints,in a downtown Scavenger hunt style tour.

Where they're located: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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40. Cruisin' the Castro Walking Tours

Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA

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41. Little Italy

Here at Little Italy Tours we believe that your tour experience should be met with a warm welcome and the spirit of old-world community.

Where they're located: San Diego, California, USA

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42. ToursByLocals

ToursByLocals connects travelers with local tour guides, worldwide. We're a marketplace for customizable private tours and shore excursions!

How much they make:
Where they're located: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Current team size: 290

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