What it pays
Government survey numbers — not estimates, not ads.
The work, task by task
These are the real jobs-to-be-done, not a wish list. Each task shows where we found it, and the prompt underneath is written for that exact task.
Recommend activities and itineraries
+Recommend three full-day itineraries and five à la carte activities for a family group arriving in Lisbon…
Recommend activities and itineraries
+Organize and lead sightseeing tours
+Run a two-hour walking tour of central Florence tomorrow at 10:00 for twelve guests, set the route, notes for…
Organize and lead sightseeing tours
+Attend to special needs of tour participants.
+Support a guest with reduced mobility arriving in Barcelona on Friday: book wheelchair-accessible transfers,…
Attend to special needs of tour participants.
+Answer questions from tourists
+Answer incoming questions from a couple about Rome: confirm dress codes for the Vatican tour, advise on…
Answer questions from tourists
+Arrange services or reservations for clients
+Arrange dinner reservations and a private guide for six guests in Kyoto on Thursday: book the restaurant for…
Arrange services or reservations for clients
+Resolve issues with itineraries, service, or accommodations
+Resolve a double-booked hotel room in Salzburg for a family arriving tonight: secure an equivalent upgrade…
Resolve issues with itineraries, service, or accommodations
+Sell travel packages.
+Email the new fall small-group walking and river packages with prices, three optional add-ons, and shortening…
Sell travel packages.
+Lead tours on city, waterways, or industrial sites
+Lead the 10:00 Saturday city heritage walk for the Riverside group, start at Market Square, cover the…
Lead tours on city, waterways, or industrial sites
+Manage travel documentation and visas
+Assemble and check each traveller’s passport scan, visa pages, and health declarations for the September 12…
Manage travel documentation and visas
+Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites.
+Draft a day-by-day 10‑day itinerary for the industrial heritage and waterways route, include transit times,…
Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites.
+Administer first aid to injured group participants.
+Stabilise the participant with a suspected fracture, apply a splint, control bleeding, log the first aid…
Administer first aid to injured group participants.
+Explain hunting and fishing laws to groups to ensure compliance.
+Brief the fishing party before launch on the state hunting and fishing regulations, show the license zones,…
Explain hunting and fishing laws to groups to ensure compliance.
+Pay bills and record checks issued.
+Record today’s vendor invoices and issue checks for the lodge fuel, campsite fees, and guide per diems, post…
Pay bills and record checks issued.
+Instruct novices in climbing techniques, mountaineering, and wilderness survival, and demonstrate use of hunting, fishing, and climbing equipment.
+Run a half-day field session for two trainee guides at Mount Ridge: teach basic rope knots, belaying, desert…
Instruct novices in climbing techniques, mountaineering, and wilderness survival, and demonstrate use of hunting, fishing, and climbing equipment.
+Research topics related to their tour
+Compile background materials for the Patagonia trek: gather route descriptions, recent weather trends, permit…
Research topics related to their tour
+Collect tour fees using point of sale (POS) systems
+Collect payments at the trailhead for today’s four departures, record each sale against the correct booking,…
Collect tour fees using point of sale (POS) systems
+Conduct pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections
+Inspect the vans before departure and again after return: check tires, brakes, oil, emergency kit, and seat…
Conduct pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections
+Provide historical, cultural, and significant site information
+Prepare a concise on-tour talk for tomorrow’s Roman ruins visit: outline three historical highlights, two…
Provide historical, cultural, and significant site information
+Ensure adherence to safety protocols
+Update the field safety checklist for the June 12 Alpine Explorer departure, confirm every guide has current…
Ensure adherence to safety protocols
+Manage large groups and handle emergencies or unexpected incidents
+Manage the 48-passenger Loire Valley group today: confirm knock-for-knock medical briefing for guides, assign…
Manage large groups and handle emergencies or unexpected incidents
+Lead walking, bus, train, or themed tours
+Lead the 20-person literary walking tour on Saturday: finalise the route script with three micro-stories,…
Lead walking, bus, train, or themed tours
+Lead shore excursions during cruise journeys
+Run the two shore excursions from Marseille on Wednesday: check coach manifests against ship list, brief the…
Lead shore excursions during cruise journeys
+Share local knowledge and cultural insights
+Prepare the cultural-heritage talk for tomorrow's afternoon tour: draft three local anecdotes tied to…
Share local knowledge and cultural insights
+Coordinate transportation arrangements
+Coordinate transport for next week's 60-seat coach rotation: confirm coach bookings with suppliers for…
Coordinate transportation arrangements
+Handle customer inquiries and complaints
+Handle the complaint from table 7 about late pickup: read their booking notes, draft an apology offering a…
Handle customer inquiries and complaints
+Financial accounting
+Merge reservations revenue, supplier invoices and refund logs into the operations spreadsheet, update the…
Financial accounting
+Customer databases
+Export the week's new leads and update the customer databases with confirmed bookings, payment status, and…
Customer databases
+Says who?
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