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Also called adventure guide, alpine guide, cruise guide and event guide.
$38,120
Median pay a year
53,500
People do this work
6
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Travel Guide
Summary
Travel guide planning and leading tours for individuals and groups, arranging accommodations, transportation, and equipment while ensuring a smooth experience and addressing any special needs or issues during trips
Experience
Travel Guide
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Arranged tour details like accommodations, transportation, and equipment for groups
Planned tour itineraries using knowledge of travel routes and destination sites
Resolved problems with itineraries, service, or accommodations for tour participants
Attended to special needs of tour participants during trips
Led groups to tour sites and described points of interest along the way
Administered first aid to injured group participants when needed
Sold travel packages and rented equipment related to expeditions
Skills
Core Skills
Providing event information, Arranging services for patrons, Evaluating program effectiveness, Guiding patrons on tours, Preparing meals, Driving vehicles, Maintaining financial records
Working With People
Selling products or services, Explaining procedures, Reporting information
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Arranged tour details and bookingsPlanned travel routes and itinerariesSolved problems with trips and servicesHelped tour participants with needsSold travel packages to customersGave advice on sights and shopping
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Arranged tour details and bookings, coordinating accommodations and transportation for seamless travel experiences.
Resolved issues with trips and services, providing timely solutions to enhance customer satisfaction.
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Add how many bookings you arranged each week.
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Arranged several tour details and bookings each week, coordinating accommodations and transportation for seamless travel experiences
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Several each weekA few every dayMost of the tours
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Show what improved for customers after you resolved issues.
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Resolved issues with trips and services, providing timely solutions to enhance customer satisfaction.
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Fewer complaints from customersSmoother travel experiences overallBetter feedback from participants
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Providing event information
Arranging services for patrons
Selling products or services
Evaluating program effectiveness
Guiding patrons on tours
Preparing meals
Driving vehicles
Maintaining financial records
Explaining procedures
Reporting information
Administering first aid
Assisting individuals with special needs
The work itself
What a Travel Guide does
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Plan, organize, and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.
What it pays
How much does a Travel Guide make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$32,910
Median
$38,120
75th percentile
$47,700
These figures cover this work together with Tour Guide and Escort, which is how they are published.
About 53,500 people do this work and Tour Guide and Escort in the United States, counted together.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$37,330
$44,210
$50,060
AL
$26,900
$31,700
$35,090
AR
$30,040
$34,290
$41,340
AZ
$34,910
$37,560
$46,610
CA
$38,770
$46,000
$57,510
CO
$36,630
$42,840
$47,110
CT
$34,220
$35,090
$43,860
DC
$39,650
$49,210
$58,940
DE
$31,200
$33,210
$34,330
FL
$33,510
$41,600
$52,720
GA
$34,270
$40,190
$67,090
HI
$38,350
$45,940
$50,320
IA
$21,260
$22,490
$35,010
ID
$29,980
$37,960
$46,950
IL
$33,160
$36,780
$40,210
IN
$27,160
$31,030
$36,340
KS
$31,260
$43,700
$52,790
KY
$32,910
$36,070
$41,600
LA
$24,760
$32,060
$58,480
MA
$35,560
$37,840
$42,170
MD
$33,740
$40,310
$45,810
ME
$35,100
$44,940
$47,930
MI
$33,440
$35,090
$36,750
MN
$35,370
$39,650
$44,820
MO
$29,710
$31,980
$37,090
MS
$23,000
$27,460
$34,530
MT
$28,340
$40,100
$48,830
NC
$28,690
$32,570
$37,230
ND
$32,910
$35,360
$43,680
NE
$28,080
$31,580
$34,750
NH
$32,150
$41,600
$47,260
NJ
$33,160
$36,640
$44,860
NM
$30,380
$37,080
$46,690
NV
$32,400
$39,360
$43,620
NY
$37,160
$44,450
$50,600
OH
$24,600
$32,800
$37,290
OK
$24,490
$32,150
$40,720
OR
$33,970
$39,260
$48,890
PA
$27,860
$32,910
$44,430
PR
$22,680
$27,860
$37,270
RI
$34,900
$38,310
$48,710
SC
$29,740
$35,190
$48,810
SD
$33,800
$35,100
$39,540
TN
$29,740
$33,760
$36,900
TX
$28,250
$33,080
$45,270
UT
$35,090
$38,540
$45,440
VT
$43,690
$45,920
$55,850
WA
$43,150
$54,160
$66,020
WI
$28,070
$30,160
$38,010
WV
$22,420
$28,570
$37,500
WY
$33,960
$47,020
$58,040
Other names
Other names for this job
adventure guide, alpine guide, cruise guide, event guide, experience guide, guide, hunting and fishing guide, naturalist guide, program guide, raft guide, river expedition guide, river guide.
More names for this work
trail guide, very important person tour guide, vip tour guide, whitewater rafting guide, cruise agent, cruise consultant, cruise coordinator, cruise counselor, cruise director, destination coordinator, destination imagination coordinator, dude wrangler, international guest coordinator, mountain services manager, tour consultant, tour coordinator, tour escort, tour manager, tour operations specialist, tour operator, travel consultant.
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This page is about the occupation Travel Guides. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.