Comments on: About The Professional Tourist http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org Tour guiding is sometimes odd. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Angie Lemmons http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1814 Angie Lemmons Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:57:21 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1814 Our family will arrive in Munich on July 13th and are looking for a private tour of Neuschwanstein, Fussen and the Zugspitze. It would be 6 of us (we have 4 girls ages 10-17). Is this something you would be able to do? Our family will arrive in Munich on July 13th and are looking for a private tour of Neuschwanstein, Fussen and the Zugspitze. It would be 6 of us (we have 4 girls ages 10-17). Is this something you would be able to do?

]]> By: Phuong Nga http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1750 Phuong Nga Tue, 25 May 2010 10:38:02 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1750 hi Mike, toi la sinh vien nam cuoi, dang lam luan van tot nghiep ra truong, hien toi cung dang gap ko khan trong viec lam bai luan.hi vong Mike co th giup toi mot vai van de noi ve nghiep vu huong dan duoc khong?M?t s? ?? xu?t nh?m hoàn thi?n nghi?p v? h??ng d?n du l?ch" "doi v?i c? quan h?u quan: Hoàn thi?n công tác qu?n lý h??ng d?n viên: V?n ?? ?ào t?o b?i d??ng nghi?p v? cho h??ng d?n viên. " thank you verry much! hi Mike,
toi la sinh vien nam cuoi, dang lam luan van tot nghiep ra truong, hien toi cung dang gap ko khan trong viec lam bai luan.hi vong Mike co th giup toi mot vai van de noi ve nghiep vu huong dan duoc khong?M?t s? ?? xu?t nh?m hoàn thi?n nghi?p v? h??ng d?n du l?ch”
“doi v?i c? quan h?u quan:
Hoàn thi?n công tác qu?n lý h??ng d?n viên:
V?n ?? ?ào t?o b?i d??ng nghi?p v? cho h??ng d?n viên. ”
thank you verry much!

]]> By: EITAN http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1394 EITAN Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:39:56 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1394 HAY.... I'M A TOUR LEDER .... I'LL COME TO MUNCHEN AT 9/10 WHIT A GROUP OF 30 PAX. I'LL BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU CAN HELP ME AND BE OUR LOCAL GUID FOR 1/2 A DAY SHITGHTSEEN ? WALKING TOUR. TANK YOU EITAN HAY….

I’M A TOUR LEDER …. I’LL COME TO MUNCHEN AT 9/10 WHIT A GROUP OF 30 PAX. I’LL BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU CAN HELP ME AND BE OUR LOCAL GUID FOR 1/2 A DAY SHITGHTSEEN ? WALKING TOUR.

TANK YOU
EITAN

]]> By: NOFXmike http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1355 NOFXmike Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:30:41 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1355 Eva, I e-mailed you. I would love to give you a sound clip. & I love NPR. Cheers, -Mike Eva, I e-mailed you. I would love to give you a sound clip. & I love NPR.

Cheers,

-Mike

]]> By: Eva Wolchover http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1353 Eva Wolchover Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:01:02 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-1353 Hi Mike, I'm a producer at NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" - a weekly comedy news quiz. On today's show we're discussing the village of Fucking, Austria. I'd like to get a sound clip from you about visiting the town, in order to confirm to listeners that it in fact exists. Thanks! Eva Wolchover Hi Mike,

I’m a producer at NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” – a weekly comedy news quiz. On today’s show we’re discussing the village of Fucking, Austria. I’d like to get a sound clip from you about visiting the town, in order to confirm to listeners that it in fact exists.

Thanks!

Eva Wolchover

]]> By: NOFXmike http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-52 NOFXmike Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:06:05 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-52 It depends on the tour company, this is the European Union after all, and laws impeding companies from doing business from other EU countries would be shot down in court. So quite literally anything similar would be illegal EU-wide. Usually companies train their own guides, so it's an entirely different ball game as we say in the states. This makes for "free tour" guides who have no idea what they're talking about and are just doing it to extend their vacation, for example. Unforunately, you have to do a bit of searching to find the right tour company (or individual guide) for you in Europe. It depends on the tour company, this is the European Union after all, and laws impeding companies from doing business from other EU countries would be shot down in court. So quite literally anything similar would be illegal EU-wide.

Usually companies train their own guides, so it’s an entirely different ball game as we say in the states. This makes for “free tour” guides who have no idea what they’re talking about and are just doing it to extend their vacation, for example. Unforunately, you have to do a bit of searching to find the right tour company (or individual guide) for you in Europe.

]]> By: suzanne pomeranz http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-51 suzanne pomeranz Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:13:43 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-51 Hey Mike and Shalom from Jerusalem, Israel where I am also a professional tour guide... and tourist, as I agree totally with what you said: "each time I go out there it’s almost like doing it again for the first time…because I’m experiencing it with people who have never seen it…and I feel privileged to be able to do that…as a profession." I had a client once who remarked that, as she was originally from the Czech Republic, she could probably be a tour guide in, say, Prague. I said, "that would be great; maybe I could hire you to show me around when I finally get to visit there." Well, her reply to that was, "no, I thought about it, and well, you have to see the same things every day... how boring!" Strange, isn't it, that one person (like that client) can see the same things every day and be bored, while you and I know that "every day is an adventure" and are never bored with what we see and do, even when it seems the same every day! Just a statement and question: to become a licensed tour guide in Israel, we have to enroll in a 2-year course that includes lectures, field trips, research, report writing, and exams on top of exams. And just completing the course doesn't automatically assure the license, as then, we have to sit for both written & oral exams given by the Ministry of Tourism. After all, we actually represent the Israeli government in our work, so we must be licensed by the government to pursue it! What's the program there? Are you required to take a similar course and exams to be licensed or what? suzanne Hey Mike and Shalom from Jerusalem, Israel where I am also a professional tour guide… and tourist, as I agree totally with what you said: “each time I go out there it’s almost like doing it again for the first time…because I’m experiencing it with people who have never seen it…and I feel privileged to be able to do that…as a profession.”

I had a client once who remarked that, as she was originally from the Czech Republic, she could probably be a tour guide in, say, Prague. I said, “that would be great; maybe I could hire you to show me around when I finally get to visit there.” Well, her reply to that was, “no, I thought about it, and well, you have to see the same things every day… how boring!”

Strange, isn’t it, that one person (like that client) can see the same things every day and be bored, while you and I know that “every day is an adventure” and are never bored with what we see and do, even when it seems the same every day!

Just a statement and question: to become a licensed tour guide in Israel, we have to enroll in a 2-year course that includes lectures, field trips, research, report writing, and exams on top of exams. And just completing the course doesn’t automatically assure the license, as then, we have to sit for both written & oral exams given by the Ministry of Tourism. After all, we actually represent the Israeli government in our work, so we must be licensed by the government to pursue it! What’s the program there? Are you required to take a similar course and exams to be licensed or what?

suzanne

]]> By: Karen Goodwin http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-9 Karen Goodwin Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:25:22 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-9 Hi Mike, I was on your Castle N. tour with the really annoying guy from Seattle! (mid September) I was the only female that walked up to the bridge with you and the annoying guy from Seattle. I have to say, that because of him, we will always remember that day! The next day, we did the Saltzburg tour w/ Alan, and guess who showed up outside of Radius tours that morning? I am sure you have guessed ....thankfully (but not for their tour guide) they were going to Dachau! You did a fantistic tour and we thank you for a wonderful day! Take care, and the next time we are in Munich (and knock on wood, there will be a next time) we will try to catch one of your tours! ~ Karen Goodwin & John Runcorn (the British guy) Hi Mike,

I was on your Castle N. tour with the
really annoying guy from Seattle! (mid
September) I was the only female
that walked up to the bridge with you
and the annoying guy from Seattle.
I have to say, that because of him,
we will always remember that day!
The next day, we did the Saltzburg
tour w/ Alan, and guess who showed
up outside of Radius tours that
morning? I am sure you have guessed
….thankfully (but not for their
tour guide) they were going to Dachau!
You did a fantistic tour and we thank
you for a wonderful day! Take care,
and the next time we are in Munich
(and knock on wood, there will be
a next time) we will try to catch one of
your tours!

~ Karen Goodwin & John Runcorn
(the British guy)

]]> By: Ashley Holmen http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-3 Ashley Holmen Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:17:51 +0000 http://www.theprofessionaltourist.org/about-the-professional-tourist/#comment-3 Hey, It is great to see all that you are up to. I get updates from your mom every so often, but hearing it all in your words is much more fun. Take care, say Hi to Petra for me, Ashley aka Your Moms friend Lyndas daughter. Hey,
It is great to see all that you are up to. I get updates from your mom every so often, but hearing it all in your words is much more fun.

Take care, say Hi to Petra for me,
Ashley

aka Your Moms friend Lyndas daughter.

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