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Tourist Guides And Travel Itineraries

Tourist guide is a very important component of tourist trade. He acts as a direct link between the tourist and also the country’s historical and social heritage .He or she is the unofficial ambassador of a country. According to oxford dictionary “Guide” is the one who shows the way and is a tourists hired conductor. “He requires knowledge of the particular places to be visited and have the cultural, political and historical background of the country”

They spend a whole lot time with the tourists. Through them the tourist get to know more about the countries or other destinations. Hence a guide should be presentable, act as an encyclopedia, courteous and patience.

Duties that tourist guide performs are as follows:

Briefing given to tourists before setting out for travel.
Explain the significance of the destination, climatic conditions, clothing etc.
Taking them for economical shopping places.
Information regarding places from where the tourists can get nutritious and healthy food.
Safeguarding the tourists from the hands of potters, cheaters etc.

Types of travel itineraries:

Itineraries are sequential arrangement of a travel plan. They usually contains the

Date of departure and arrival.
Time of departure and arrival.
Destinations intended to visit.
Mode of travel.
Entertainment activities.
Other activities like skewing, skating , trekking etc.

Types of travel itineraries are:

Tourists itineraries
Tour manager’s itineraries.
Vendor’s itineraries.
Tour bus driver’s itineraries.
Tour escort itineraries.

Tourist’s itineraries are the shortest itineraries. These itineraries are given to the tourists for their personal reference. Tour manager’s itineraries are given to the manager or other personnel who plans and handle the first step of travel. The success of travel depends on his or her creativity and skills to plan an economical travel. In a tour manager’s itinerary writings are done on the left hand side and right hand side will be left open mainly for suggestions.

Vendor’s itinerary are given to the seller of the travel whereas the tour bus driver’s itineraries are given for the bus operators mainly for knowing stop over, provision for parking etc. And tour escort itineraries, as the name suggests are given to the escorts intended to go along with tourists.