10 Funny Bad Tips for Tour Guides

#1: No clear offer

The reason why tourists may contact you is a clear offer of travel services. If you don't propose it, the number of potential customers will immediately decrease!

#2: Be someone difficult to contact

In case tourists are still interested in you, hide your contacts, including your email address and links to your social networks. No one should be able to reach out to you.

#3: Discomfort is a key

When you receive a message from a potential client, don't respond for the first three days or even a week. Then, do everything possible to make the tourist feel unwelcomed: answer in another language or behave unfriendly.

#4: Forget about deadlines

If you happen to arrange an excursion, the main rule is to be two or three hours late. Don’t try to treat your guests with respect, as they may be satisfied with your service and contact you again or recommend you to others.

#5: Always ask for more

Even if you have agreed on the price of the tour, ask for more: more money, more tips. This is how you can avoid gratitude from your guests.

#6: Hurry up

The best way to prevent your guests from enjoying the moment is to rush. So hurry up, and don't let anyone dive into the moment.

#7: No excursion program

Having no excursion program will help you to be unstructured, lost, and inconsistent. As a result, tourists won’t be able to forget anything from the tour!

#8: Don't welcome questions

When your guests don't hesitate to ask you questions, it's a red flag, because they may feel too comfortable. Interrupt them or ignore their questions, so they won't feel like talking to you.

#9: Forget about people's needs

Usually, guides suggest their guests stop somewhere to go to the restroom, have a break, and so on. But don’t do it, so tourists feel exhausted at the end of the tour!

#10: Ignore feedback

Usually, guides suggest their guests stop somewhere to go to the restroom, have a break, and so on. But don’t do it, so tourists feel exhausted at the end of the tour!

These were 10 fun tips on how to become the worst guide in history! We hope you had fun reading this. But if your plans change and you are interested in professional development, join our FindGuide community on social networks and download our Guide app, where customers are already waiting for you!