--- title: Checklist | Tour Guide Checklist for Tourism Companies - TrekkSoft description: Being a tour guide is also a very challenging job and one that isn’t for everybody. Here are 10 characteristics you should have to be a good guide. image: https://www.trekksoft.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20CTA%20-%20Instagram%20Checklist-1.png --- [![TrekkSoft](https://www.trekksoft.com/hs-fs/hub/452164/file-2286439641.png)](https://www.trekksoft.com/en/?hsLang=en) [![Get a Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/452164/65fe27ef-0f78-4ec3-9ee4-67180c91c763.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/452164/65fe27ef-0f78-4ec3-9ee4-67180c91c763) # **Tour Guide Checklist** **for Tourism Companies** ## Download this checklist for 10 qualities every good tour guide should have: ## ![Tour Guide Checklist](https://www.trekksoft.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tour%20Guide%20Checklist.png?width=300&name=Tour%20Guide%20Checklist.png) Being a tour guide is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world. You get to do for a living what others only get to do on vacation, you get to meet amazing people from all over the world and you get to marvel at some awe-inspiring sites *on a daily basis*. But that doesn’t mean to say it’s easy… Being a tour guide is also a very challenging job and one that isn’t for everybody. Here are 10 characteristics you should have to be a good tour guide.    **About the authors**   **Colm Hanratty** ![colm-hanratty-2](https://www.trekksoft.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Webinars/2016/colm-hanratty-2.png?width=100&name=colm-hanratty-2.png)Colm is Founder and Managing Director of digital marketing agency Sixtwo Digital. After running Hostelworld.com’s content and social media for almost 11 years, he is now using all his experience to educate others. **Stephanie Kutschera** ![Steph](https://www.trekksoft.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Steph.png?t=1531138558626&width=100&name=Steph.png) Stephanie is Senior Marketer & Content Writter at TrekkSoft. She moved to Switzerland from her homeland of Scotland in April 2018. She enjoys travelling and trying new activities.     Can't find the page I'm looking for?     ###### We're here to support you all the way TrekkSoft was founded to address the needs of our local tour and activity industry in Interlaken, Switzerland. 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