27 Trending Tour Guide Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 18th, 2023

Start A Tour Guide Business

Can you offer a native perspective of a town you know well? If yes, starting a tour guide business can be a significant business venture. Tour guides charge tourists per tour and provide visitors with an area with local tour narration and navigation.

To start a tour guide business, choose an area you know, and study its history. Visitors will often ask questions and expect you to answer them. Therefore, you have to be well-versed in the areas you will cover.

You can partner with a tour & travel company or a game park near you and offer the visitor's tour guide services.

Looking for some examples of a tour guide business?

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

1. Fodors Travel Guide

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.

Where they're located: St. Lawrence, Jersey
Website traffic: 2.97M/month

2. Touring Plans

Disney World, Disneyland, Universal Orlando, and Disney Cruise Line Crowds, Wait Time Apps, and Touring Plans

Website traffic: 690K/month

Learn more about starting a tour guide business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a tour guide business?
-> Pros and cons of a tour guide business

Need inspiration?

-> Other tour guide business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a tour guide business

Other resources

4. TravelAlaska

Find a wealth of information to plan your Alaska vacation or travel to Alaska including transportation in Alaska, Alaska cruises, hotels, lodges, tours and things to do, fishing, wildlife information, community information and more.

Website traffic: 320K/month

5. Aucklandnz.com

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) is the region’s economic growth agency and an Auckland Council-controlled organisation. Our programmes help make Auckland a desirable place to live, work, visit, invest and do business.

Where they're located: Oakland, California, USA
Website traffic: 100K/month

6. Trip Hacks DC

Trip Hacks DC offers the best Washington DC travel tips and hacks to help you plan your visit. Sign up for a private guided tour!

How much they make:
Where they're located: Washington D.C., DC, USA
Current team size: 1

7. Aussenbord Motoren / Schlauchboote

Where they're located: Riverside, California, USA

8. PrivateGuide.com – a place to find tour guides, private guides, local tours everywhere

Are you looking to hire a tour guide? PrivateGuide.com is a right place to find local tour guides worldwide. Contact our local tour guides and enjoy private sightseeing tours.

Where they're located: Mokyer, Southern Nations, Ethiopia

9. santoriniwalkingtours.com

10. Vietnam Tours, Indochina Tours to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

✅ We offer travel package tours, holidays, family vacations, cruise trips, visa services in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

11. PTGAA

Are you looking for a professional tour guide in Australia, or want to be listed as a professional tour guide on our directory?

Where they're located: South Australia, Australia

12. Chinese Interpreter,China Translator,Virtual Assistant,Tour Guide in Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou

13. Travel and Get Paid! Tour Guide Training

14. Private Guided Premium Tours in Sydney and Around for 1

Where they're located: South Australia, Australia

15. Expired

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

16. The Nabongo List Co.

The Nabongo List a luxury, travel membership that gives you the best in local, luxury and unique experiences all around the world, curated by Jessica Nabongo.

17. Cebu Angkor Tour

Cebu Angkor Tour is operated by Mr Hok - a professional, English-speaking Siem Reap and Angkor Wat Tour Guide. Welcome to the Kingdom of Cambodia!

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

18. Welcome To Cambodia Taxi Tour Guide

Please kindly choose our CAMBODIA TAXI TOUR GUIDE when you come to travel in Cambodia. With your enjoy, we will give you a wonderful service and reasonable prices such as package tour to the Cambodia attractive pleaces, Especially Phnom Penh city, Angkor Wat Siem Reap, Kep, Sihanouk Vill beach, Sambo Prey Kuk temple, Koh Kong, Kampot, Takeo, Mondul Kiri, Kampong Cham, Battambang, Preah Vihear, Etc. It is realy awesome to celebrate your trip with our country; Everything is natural and cultural.

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

19. SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA – SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

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Looking for personal tour guide in Thailand or Philipines? We are best tour guide company in Thailand. Call us for personal tour guide in Cambodia!

Where they're located: Prasat Balangk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

21. TOUR AMERICA LA

Your Journey Begins I transport and drive international and local visitors to the city of Los Angeles. Explore Our Offers Explore Los Angeles Amazing tours and fun adventures are waiting for you. Treat yourself and see our offers. Explore Our Offers Discover Unlimited Beauty Meet different people, cultures, traditions and landscapes. Choose your next destination…

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

22. DC NATION TOURS

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

23. Visit DC Tours

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

24. Custom Tours of DC

Best Local Private Tours in DC- Best private guided tour agencies in Washington DC. Each private tour is designed around your time and your interests.

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

25. Alaskan Tour Guides

Alaskan Tour Guides

Where they're located: Anchorage, Alaska, USA

26. Intrepid Travel

The best small group tour means you’ll travel the local way. Affordable travel packages and the experience of a lifetime. Book an Intrepid tour today.

How much they make:
Where they're located: Melbourne VIC, Australia
Current team size: 1260

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