OurExplorer (http://www.ourexplorer.com) connects local-insight-seeking travelers with professional tourist guides. The website helps to achieve authentic travel experience with an efficient online booking and rating system. OurExplorer launched in July 2008 with tourist guides covering 200 cities worldwide at end 2008.
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Using video to promote sightseeing tours is not as hard as one might think. Thanks to the developments of camera and internet, people are used to watching and sharing videos online. A travel video can be more vivid than static photos. Tour guides shall take advantage of such modern technologies to promote various sightseeing tours via video.
Summer is coming and we are entering peak holiday season in Europe, Americas and Asia. There are big demands of professional tour guides. Big events like the Fifa World Cup in South Africa and Expo in Shanghai have brought more tour guide job opportunities and relevant jobs in tourism and travel.
Shanghai finally welcomes the opening of Expo 2010 after eight years of preparation. As the biggest Expo site ever in the event's history, it is not easy to cover everything in one day. However, you can do it in an efficient way to avoid crowds and maximize your visit. Here are some tips for visitors to Shanghai and Expo 2010 for a great experience.
Travel agents usually offer standard packages for destinations. Travelers can choose between the offers, but not so easy to change the itinerary in a package. It is hard to find a customized sightseeing tour to personal interests. The advantage of having a private tour guide is the flexibility of sightseeing. Here are some tips for tour guides to create client-oriented sightseeing tours.
Your webpages shall not be a dead presence. It is a good platform to promote tour guide services and various sightseeing tours. Proactively use it to receive more visitors and get new client bookings.
Here is an excellent collection on 101 top tips for the best sightseeing tours - courtesy of OurExplorer
How to attract potential clients to meet you in person? In other words, how to design an attractive sightseeing tour that travelers would choose. A modern tour guide needs to present well on the internet, thus encouraging potential clients to book your sightseeing tours.
Who is there to say a tourist guide qualified or not? If you are choosing your own private guide before traveling, how do you judge?

