Online & In-Person

Course Catalog for Tour Guides & Tour Businesses

TripSchool is your one-stop shop for online & in-person classes for tour guides and operators looking to grow and improve. Whether you want to become a certified tour director or guide, or grow your tour business, we have a variety of classes for you! Browse the course catalog below.

ONLINE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

Earn a certificate with one of our flagship courses.

If you’re excited to work in travel, then start by choosing an online certificate that fits your career goals. These are all pre-recorded, modular courses, connected to an online discussion/community space where you interact with your fellow students. And of course you have access to TripSchool’s team of instructors.

Local Tour Guide Professional Certificate

For people interested in being a tour guide where you live, working during the day and staying home at night.

ENROLLMENT OPEN

Tour Director Professional Certificate

For people wanting to travel around the country & world, managing a group over several days.

ENROLLMENT OPEN

Start a Tour Business

For the entrepreneur: a step-by-step guide to creating and growing your travel business the right way.

ENROLLMENT OPEN

Travel Experience Design (TXD) Certificate

Future-proof your business by understanding how to design travel experiences that are truly human journeys.

COMING SOON

ONLINE SHORT COURSES

Tour Guiding & Tour Directing

Recorded courses + online community; enroll when you’re ready. Practical and goal-oriented courses, mixing recorded content with small community groups and optional roundtable workshops on Zoom.

ONLINE

Virtual Destination Trainings

Take these affordable courses to master the logistics of tour destinations and routes.

In-Person Classes

In-Person. Much more than a FAM tour or logistics overview, these are full-blown tour experiences, plus the best of what TripSchool offers: our wow moments and great stories, interactive storytelling and technology practice, all to help you master a destination quickly and grow professionally. Learn about the TripSchool in-person experience.

TD & Guide Certification Boot Camp (NYC)

July 17-21

New England Fall Foliage

July 31-August 5

Southwest National Parks

August 26-Sep 1

East Coast Megatraining: DC, NYC & Boston

Feb 2024

Canadian Maritimes

Not Currently Scheduled

America’s Music Cities

Not Currently Scheduled

London & Paris

not scheduled

Eastern Canada Megatraining: Ontario and Quebec

not scheduled

U.S. Civil Rights Heritage Tour

Not Scheduled

Charleston & Savannah

not scheduled

San Francisco

not scheduled

New Orleans

not scheduled

Philadelphia

not scheduled

Advanced NYC: Five Boroughs, Five Days

not scheduled

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LAUNCHING SOON

In 2021 we’ve launched Campfire a learning, networking and resource platform for tour directors & guides, and operators!

Campfire is something brand new for the tour director & guide community: equal parts social network, video and course library, job hub and networking platform, all for tour directors, guides and operators! Campfire has been a labor of love to help support guides, and joining is free!

Benefits include:

  • An Exclusive Library of StoryWalks: Logistics, Stories, Wow Moments and Maps for quick destination training around the world.
  • Networking directory of fellow guides, TDs, and operators
  • Learning Library of hundreds of videos, articles, PDFs, and other learning resources
  • Dozens of online courses for tour operators and guides
  • A Facebook-like social network of specialized discussion groups
  • Job Listings
  • Regular Online & In-Person Events

Again, while some benefits are premium, joining the platform is completely free.