How to Hire a Local Tour Guide
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2023
- Are you traveling and want to hire a local guide, but are not sure how to do it? Well we have @TheMeganDaily a license New York City tour guide here to help us go through ways that you can hire a local tour guide without going through third party vendors. Whether you want to visit New York City, Washington, DC, do a Safari in Africa or learn more about a city in Europe guides can make your visit even better.
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Fantastic advice, thanks Mark and Megan! One thing I will add is that 3rd party websites are not comprehensive directories. The best of the best are often not on there because they don't need to be!
Good point Rob!
Oh can I add something? I love the idea of checking with your concierge at a hotel. As a hotel guy I want to add that if you aren’t staying in a hotel that has a concierge. You can walk into that swanky high end hotel and go up to the concierge and ask (even if you aren’t a guest ). If they aren’t busy with another guest, I bet they can help with recommendations and even book your tour. Just don’t forget to give them a tip :). The concierge is going to be the best in class hospitality person
Just be aware that the concierges are getting a cut of the ticket price, just like Viator and Get Your Guide. Plus, they are much more likely to recommend a tour that they get a commission on rather than a tour that they don't.
@@CaptainPicardy great point!
but if you are at a loss for finding someone at the last minute. they usually don't steer people wrong.. I have actually had good experiences.. in San Francisco the concierge at the Intercon, got my family a tour with one other family in a nice comfy van for the same price as the big ole bus tour
Local qualified tourist guides offer a more personal experience and supports small businesses 🇬🇧👍🏾
Thanks, booked a tour yesterday, for when I'm in Rome, via Viator...checked the tour operator that they book for, googled them, and found out it was $10 cheaper to book the excursion directly via the company, cancelled the original booking and rebooked with the tour company directly, assuming Viator takes 30% of booking price it's win/win for company and customer...very useful indeed!
Using a Local Guide is something that Harriet and I take advantage of when traveling to places that we know little about. It's always a good thing to support the local economy .
Word of mouth . hotel recommendations, and you Mark help to find the right guide for you. A great subject to continue to explore. Thank you, Mark, 👍👍 Jim , Harriet and Yuki
I didn't even know that licensing for guides was a thing!
Greetings all from Amsterdam🇳🇱. I’m actually a local motor tour guide for (solo) travelers. For new sightseeing experience🏍️📸💫
I’m going to France and you are not kidding trying to find a real tour guide 😱🤦♀️
Thanks Mark, good stuff here.
Excellent. We did our first personal guided tour in Milan. It was awesome.
I used Viator when we were in Florence, not really thinking about what it was. Never again!
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Awesome video
Great advertisement for all of us. As one of the professional NYC Licensed Guides I appreciate this video. Thank you Megan and Wolter!
Excellent video and excellent recommendations! I wish I had gotten the cards of the guides I had in Rome because they were awesome and really appreciate both Meghan and Wolter's tips and tricks on finding local guides!
Thanks Ann
I am planning a trip to Athens and want to get a guide to poseidon site so now I know more about how to get a guide! Thank you for these amazing tips.
Just subscribed to Megan’s site 😀
Omg I know Megan. She is great!
Thanks for the tip!
You are very welcome!
When I do a day trip guide I normally just find them through Trip Advisor and book on the site in case anything goes wrong (luckily nothing has) 😀
This is good information!
Thanks Jenn!
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Another place to look for guides and tours are guide books. The Lonely Planet guide books are very good places to find this kind of information
I love using guides. In some cities, I have gotten tours through Viator or the like and if I liked the guide, I would ask them if they would be interested in providing a private tour. They always say yes and I find that these are the best tours. In NYC recently, I had the sublime pleasure of taking a tour with Megan, which is the first time I have booked a private tour directly. She did a great job and provided a really interesting tour. She has a vast knowledge about NYC and is able, on the spot, to personalize the tour to cater to your interests. It was a wonderful, free-flowing conversation that was a very enjoyable experience. I highly recommend her services.
She also offers discounts if you have a corgi and you bring it along or if you share pictures of it (just kidding).
Hello there, thanks for such a nice video. In most of countries concierge’s take a commission too. Even the five star famous ones.
I've taken Viatour (Rome to Pompeii) and Free Tours by Foot (London free walking tour), and both have been excellent. For solo female travelers, be wary of booking with a guide ... just general security advice. Also, be sure that a local guide is "certified." In my local city, for example, there are multiple local guides who are long on promises and short on actual knowledge ... generally, they rip off their clients.
I wonder if local universities have any resources. Like, maybe the Music Dept. At University of Vienna can steer you to great composer tours that cater to music and history nerds and have knowledgeable guides who won't just repeat the common myths.
Never take Guide I choose my list to things visit before I travel with lonely planet book and then I use my Google maps and using public transport just like local
Do you know a guide in rome? I'll like to see as must a possibel of Julius caesar
So if you book directly with the guide vs the search engine, will the guide give you part of the 30% that they save?
Going through a third-party company offers some protection against payment and other types of fraud. Those companies also offer exposure and booking services that the operators don’t have to pay for. If you can find a reputable guide directly, that’s great, but it’s not entirely fair to frame the booking sites as a rip off or somehow less ethical. (Not incidentally, squeezing them out helps guides who have a heavy media presence and so are easy to find, but may not be as good.)
Well, if you talk to the number of guides I do you may have a different perspective. But I do only deal with reputable guides
I always worry that the guide is going to tell me nonsense. How can I be sure that I'm not getting a whitewashed history lesson or that their stories aren't urban legends?
what would happens if someone gets raped by a local guide!
A bit histrionic…I assume you’re being metaphoric?
Third-party sites offer protection from rip-offs.
What should happen is that the police arrest the guide and take your testimony, then there is a trial and the guide is sentenced to some appropriate punishment