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.

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.

Tour Leader & Guide Boot Camp

Mulitple Dates

New England Fall Foliage

July 31-August 5

Southwest National Parks

August 26-Sep 1

East Coast Megatraining: DC, NYC & Boston

Feb 3-11 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