MINI Tour Guide Boot Camp
A weekend of intensive guide skills training, plus friendship and fun!
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2 Full, Intense Days: Saturday and Sunday
(We have 5-day classes, too)

Interactive small groups, held in cities around the world

Tuition
$249 per person

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TripSchool comes to you! Mini Boot Camps are two-day intensive tour guide training courses designed to put your skills to the test, and raise them to the next level.

100% In-Field Practice
No classrooms for this one, you’ll receive assignments to prepare in advance, and take turns leading the tour and receiving constructive feedback.

Designed for New and Experienced Guides
Guiding is a lifelong journey of learning and improvement. You grow with each tour. Whether you’ve been working 1 or 10 years, Mini Boot Camp is for you.

Constructive Workshop Environment
You’ll try new technologies, new ways of delivering commentary, using foods, incorporating wow moments, all in a feedback-based workshop environment.

Networking & Friendship
Meet new faces, connect with old friends, and grow together. Meet new tour companies looking to hire, and join the incredible TripSchool family.

New Guiding Skills
The industry has changed. We focus on storytelling craft, incorporating technology, creating wow moments, and being an engaging presence.

Meet Tour Operators
In each city we’ll invite local tour operators who might be looking for guides, to come and meet you at an included cocktail mixer.

A new way to learn tour guiding skills.
Two days of a skills workout + meals & drinks with new friends + opportunity to get hired by operators.

I’m ready to book
We believe tour guiding is about continuing to push yourself in new ways, and grow your knowledge and bag of tricks throughout your career. We designed this class to be a unique chance to immerse yourself in a tour environment, receive helpful feedback from industry veterans and colleagues, and learn from each other. And you don’t need to worry about tips or tour guest reviews!
Don’t worry, the work comes with a good dose of fun, too!

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Come For the Learning, Stay for the Community

Once you finish Boot Camp, you become part of the TripSchool family, and it’s truly a bond that’s hard to explain.

If you’re just entering the industry, we help you get work. We help your new tour business continue grow. We pair you with a mentor to help you continue to make progress. And we have so much fun at regular live and virtual events!

“You can’t get a better education anywhere on the planet than from TripSchool, hands down. There’s simply no comparison with TripSchool, none!”

“Thank you for your wisdom and support. TripSchool is the best decision I’ve ever made (and you can make if you are trying to get into the travel industry). The information received left me excited, some left me scared, some made me cry, but we always had laughs. You guys are beyond amazing!”

“TripSchool is unique, a life & career changer and I can’t thank Mitch and Alan enough for sharing their knowledge, providing amazing support and giving us tools, tips and confidence to dazzle our guests.”

We are trusted by travel companies around the world.
We’re known in the industry for our creativity and innovation when it comes to reinventing tourism training for this quickly-changing world, and our tour directing and guiding graduates work around the world with leading tour operators. In addition, TripSchool has been invited by some of the largest tour companies and organizations in the world to lead trainings for their guides.

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“I cannot begin to adequately express my appreciation. The rumors are true, and I have experienced it first hand: TripSchool is the definitive training experience. No contest. You have imbued me with confidence and I am eternally grateful!

-Denise Swain

“I just wanted to stop and say a big THANK YOU to each of you. You have helped me get adjusted to this new world; one week after my graduation from TripSchool, I booked two NYC tours! And now, I’m doing performance and Broadway tours, and then three tours of southern England. Then in June, I’ll do a couple of DC-NYC tours…I don’t have any more days left between now and the end of June! Thanks so much for helping me get prepared for this life. It’s just so exciting to see what is opening up before me.”

-Greg Cleveland

mitch bach and alan armijo tripschool founders
Meet Mitch & Alan, your instructors.
Mitch Bach and Alan Armijo have been guides for nearly 20 years, and have developed a reputation for our creativity and innovation when it comes to designing and leading tours.

We pride ourselves on offering instruction on the best storytelling techniques, the latest technology tricks, and a passion for delivering memorable wow moments for your guests.

Is this class for me?
Mini Boot Camp is meant for people with previous guide training or experience. If you’re looking for a beginner tour guide course, you should start with our Online Tour Guide Training Course.

This course is relevant no matter how long you’ve been in the industry!

Mini-Boot Camp is NOT a basic destination training. It’s focused on guiding skills, and uses city neighborhoods and sights as teach grounds. Explore our destination training courses if you want to learn the ins and outs of a city or region.

Reasons to take this training
Show tour operators you’re serious about learning

Meet new and old colleagues, network, connect and build new friendships

Network with local operators at our cocktail mixer.

So much fun! We know how to have a good time while learning!

Put your online training into action.

The TripSchool Difference
TripSchool is a tight-knit, supportive community that takes care of each other. Coming into the family will create a support network for your guiding career.

Our courses are immersive. We don’t waste a minute of your valuable time with a classroom; guiding should be learned out in the wild, through practice!

We believe the travel industry has changed dramatically. Guiding is no longer about only delivering information, but also making a real connection with your guests. TripSchool teaches a new style of guiding, focused on wow moments, phenomenal storytelling, and being an engaging presence.

Inclusions
Two full days of instruction, from 8:30am-6:30pm

Paid wow moments, snacks, tastings and surprises

Cocktail Mixer with possible invited tour operators looking to meet guides

Loding is not included.

Traveling during covid-19
The global pandemic is far from being finished, and we will follow all current federal, local and tribal land rules wherever we go. As the trip draws closer and we have a clearer picture of the current state of the country, we will communicate our final policies.