USA Tour Pros is North America’s leading Tour Professional’s resource and social-networking Web site offering Individual and Business Members a “one-stop shopping” location for all aspects of the Tour industry, including the nation’s first collection of Tour industry-specific, downloadable podcasts. Where else can Tour Professionals post their very own video resumes and work-availability calendars? And starting July 1, 2008, we’ve debuted the tour industry’s first online continuing education program, USA Tour Pros University!
You’ll also find a tremendous amount of informational resources in one place, saving you hundreds of hours of research time and frustration. We offer extensive coverage of Major destinations and Regions all across the continent! Rather than just saying we’re the Internet’s leading Tour Professional’s Web site, we are actually proving it to you every day.
Converse on our Forums with fellow Tour Professionals who are on-the-road in major cities across North America. Scan Job Opportunities, use our travel-planning Resources, and shop in our convenient Travel Store.
Visit our Membership page to review our annual membership packages for individuals and businesses as well as per-ad fees. So welcome home, stay awhile, take a good look around!
Tom Schoenewald
President
USA Tour Pros: Leading the Way.
Every day the country’s economic news seems to put us into a deeper ditch of despair as the recession now barrels into 2009. Each Tour Pro out there has to be privately concerned about what the New Year will hold as far as opportunities and bookings. But now is not the time to despair - it’s time to get online, read up on current happens, scan job opportunities, and get your name and resume put there for potential suitors - whether for 2009 or beyond.
Rumors have circulated for months but now a major TO’s move sheds light on adult travel market.
The 2008 American Presidential election result brought smiles around the world, and questions of where he will lead us.
Veteran Tour Professional trainer Cherie Anderson (a recent USA Tour Pros podcast interviewee) discusses the responsibilities and duties of a tour professional on local programs, domestic tours, international tours, and cruise ships.
**The new Second Edition, 2008 update, of my textbook is now available on Amazon. Besides updating I’ve added more personal stories from international and domestic tour directors.” - Cherie Anderson**
Detailed major tour city information including neighborhood profiles, tourism hot spots, motorcoach parking areas and regulations, subway and airport maps, museum locations and hours, and all the most up-to-date news and traffic.
USATP offers the Internet's only up-to-date collection of Tour Industry-specific video and audio podcasts, featuring TDs, TOs, vendors, and leading voices in the industry.
A collection of thoughts and insights focusing on Tour Professionals and the tour industry
Promote yourself to the tour industry through an online profile, with a downloadable print resume, video resume, work-availability calendar, and more.
Scan for the latest Job Opportunities across North America from step-on work to tour management, meet-and-greets to receptive services.
USA Tour Pros University offers a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. All of our courses include expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors.
All registered members are welcomed to read, react, and post to hundreds of messages directly related to the Travel and Tour business. Join our continuous online discussions as we engage to promote a greater sense of community within the industry.
Find all your travel-related necessities such as maps, tour books, DVDs, first-aid kits, and toiletries. You’ll have the option to order your own business cards and stationery, while also browsing through travel-wear and goods for the tour season or your own private vacation.
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In Part III, Fran Boronski explains to new TDs that “diversification is key” in this business.
Veteran TD Fran Boronski explains a TD’s job is “to do it all!”
In Part II of our sit-down interview, Taunya Wolfe Finn speaks about challenges of starting and running her own tour company.
TD veteran Fran Boronski discusses “How the Industry Has Changed” during her eleven-year career.
What does it take to be hired by a major Tour Operator like People to People? Kim Burchfield, of P2P’s Washington, DC–area office, tells you what qualifications she’s looking for in a Tour Professional.
In our two-part, sit-down interview, Taunya Wolfe Finn discusses Liability Insurance for TOs and TDs.
Kim Burchfield, of People to People’s Washington, DC—area office, discusses the history of this student TO, which has now been moving passengers for a second half-century.
In our final Part, Rhonda Briel lets you know of any need for in-depth training to sit for the exam and the importance of the DC Guide License.
Education: Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario M.Ed., B.A., B.Ed.
Prior to tour directing, I worked as a teacher both internationally and domestically, spending 15 years living in numerous African countries—Chad, Namibia, Tunisia, and South Africa—and exploring many others. Dual Canadian and American citizenships have allowed me to live and work in both the U.S. and Canada over the years, and I have travelled throughout Europe and Israel, and to many parts of North America and the Caribbean. I speak French fluently.
Abroad and at home I have organized events and gatherings of all shapes and sizes, but the ones I’m probably most proud of have been those involving youth and children, including arts and recreation, conferences, and summer schools. Community service has long been a pleasure.
I am an ITMI-certified Tour Director looking to lead group tours both domestically and internationally. I have five years’ experience in the tourism industry and have traveled to more than 25 countries and lived in three. My areas of strong knowledge are New England, the Rocky Mountain States, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. I speak and read Thai and can get by in Spanish. I have over 20 years of business and customer-service background.
I was born and raised in Massachusetts, halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. For the early part of my adult life, I managed my family’s heating/air conditioning/plumbing business. I also sold real estate in Boston for three years (paperwork and forms galore!!) and worked for an Internet banking software provider, downloading bank files onto our servers for Internet viewing. This job involved lots of problem-solving when computer glitches occurred (which we all know happens all too frequently).
If you’re looking for training to become a NYC guide, get it free November 24!
If you’re NYC licensed, here’s a new opportunity for you.
This is probably the most fun job in the Twin Cities!
Tour Operator is seeking flexible, part-time Tour Guides for walking-tours of Philadelphia.
Cruise Line looking for energetic outgoing individuals that are interested in helping them host a few cruise groups later in 2009.
Mention you saw their ad on USA Tour Pros!
