Trip Kinetics by Nikki Padilla Rivera
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Resources for guides* (& their managers).

*For consistency, I use the word 'guide' as a generalized term to cover all types of 'guiding';
​city tour guides, docents, trekking guides, tour directors, etc.

Once a month I send out a collection of news and thoughts on what makes tours and guides phenomenal.
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5 Steps to Help You Let That Bad Review Go
How To Challenge your Guests Without Losing That Tip
The Difference Between an Experienced Tour Guide and a New One
Why You Will Always Need a Local Tour Guide
The Most Important Skill for a Tour Guide
Overlooked Challenges Female Tour Guides Face and How to Account for Them
Overlooked Challenges Female Tour Guides Face and How to Account for Them
The Most Efficient Way to Evaluate Your Guides
How to Get Real-Time Guest Feedback
How to Get Real-Time Guest Feedback
How to Get a 5-Star Review Every Time
Why I've Found Most Tours to Be Average in Quality
How Your Tour Will Benefit From Having a Theme
The Importance of an Amazing Tour Ending
How to Be Political on a Tour
The Best Way to Train Guides for Confrontation
Checkfront Guest Article: How to Educate Travelers as a Tour Guide Responsibility
Changing the Perspective of Your Guests
Through the Eyes of the Guide Podcast: Nikki Padilla Rivera. New York.
Tourpreneur Guest Article: Why You Need Clear and Consistent Communication With Your Tour Guides
How to Tell Stories With Integrity
Why diversity in age, race, and nationality can help enrich your tours and your tour guide team
Why Your Guide Team Should Reflect the Diversity of Your City
A podcast on Travel Pulse about the future of guided tours and tour guides.
TravelPulse Podcast: The Future of Guided Tours
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The Importance of Revealing a More Diverse History on Tours
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Two Important Things to Consider When Creating a Virtual Tour Experience
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How to Round out Your Tour Guiding Skills
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Why We Should All Have the Spark of Evolution
10 Simple Ways to Engage Your Tour Guides
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How to Give an Amazing Virtual Tour Experience
A podcast on Tourpreneur about how to keep tour guides engaged.
Tourpreneur Podcast: How We Can Keep Our Tour Guides Engaged
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How to Provide Value to Your Tour Guides
Tourists in a Barcelona museum listening to an audio tour.
How to Give a Tour That Will Be Remembered
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