COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will provide you the information that will allow you to make confident decisions about the direction you want to take within the industry and the type of career you want to select for yourself.
Think of this course as a building block that lays the foundation for a career within travel and tourism. Whether you choose to become a tour director/tour manager leading groups to multiple destinations or a local guide leading visitors on food or city tours or even want to start your own tour company, your dream travel career will always start with understanding the fundamentals of the tourism industry and becoming a travel leader.
We created this course for the “curious” and the “ready-for-something-new” thinkers. If you have questions about the travel industry and the large variety of jobs out there, here is where we start. Without just naming the jobs and where to get them, here is where we introduce the best training and how you keep the jobs you get. Taking this course will give you the knowledge to make good decisions about your new career. Whether far or close to home, you have entered this place to see your future in travel.
Our goal for you is that during and after completion of the course, you will have discovered not only how to become a successful travel leader, but how your stewardship will affect the present and future generations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Discover countless travel and tourism career opportunities out there for those with travel leadership skills.
- Overcome some of the roadblocks that may be holding you back from pursuing your dream travel career.
- Learn many different ways you can earn money and make a living in a career as a travel leader.
- Understand what skills are required to get hired and be successful as a travel leader.
- Have clarity on where your current skills are and how to develop the necessary skills to succeed.
- Receive tools to help you navigate some of the challenges in the industry.
- Know where to find career opportunities.
- Develop a road map for the next steps towards your dream travel career.
- Hear inspirational stories and advice from students just like you who are now living their dream travel career.
Course Curriculum
- Tourism 101
- Assignment M2-1
- Quiz M2-1
- Importance of Tourism
- Assignment M2-2
- Quiz M2-2
- History of Travel
- Assignment M2-3
- Quiz M2-3
- Industry Terminology
- Assignment M2-4
- Quiz M2-4
- What is a Tour?
- Assignment M2-5
- Quiz M2-5
- Companies that Package Travel
- Assignment M2-6
- Quiz M2-6
- How Tour Operators, Travel Agencies and Suppliers Work Together
- Assignment M2-7
- Quiz 7
- Who’s Who in the Travel Industry/Careers within Tour Leadership
- Assignment M3-1
- Quiz M3-1
- Local Guiding
- Assignment M3-2
- Quiz M3-2
- Meet and Greets
- Assignment M3-3
- Quiz M3-3
- Tour Directing / Tour Managing
- Assignment M3-4
- Quiz M3-4
- Tour Guiding vs Tour Directing
- Assignment M3-5
- Quiz M3-5
- Events and Incentives
- Assignment M3-6
- Quiz M3-6
- Cruise
- Assignment M3-7
- Quiz M3-7
- Rail Travel
- Assignment M3-8
- Tour Entrepreneurship
- Assignment M3-9
- Interactions on Tour
- Assignment M5-1
- The Balancing Act
- Assignment M5-2
- Quiz M5-2
- Roles You Play as a Travel Leader
- Assignment M5-3
- Quiz M5-3
- Do you have the skills it takes to be successful?
- Assignment M5-4
- Quiz M5-4
- Accelerated Learning and Memorization
- Assignment M5-5
- Quiz M5-5
- Organization & Planning
- Assignment M5-6
- Quiz M5-6
- Storytelling and Commentary
- Assignment M5-7
- Quiz M5-7
- Public Speaking
- Assignment M5-8
- Quiz M5-8
- Situational Awareness
- Assignment M5-9
- Quiz M5-9
- Emotional Intelligence
- Assignment M5-10
- Quiz M5-10
- Selling and Influencing
- Assignment M5-11
- Quiz M5-11
- Leadership
- Assignment M5-12
- Quiz M5-12
- Customer Service
- Assignment M5-13
- Quiz M5-13
- Problem Solving & Conflict Management
- Assignment M5-14
- Quiz M5-14
- Networking and Relationship Building
- Assignment M5-15
- Quiz M5-15
- Technology
- Assignment M5-16
- Quiz M5-16
- Travel Safety
- Assignment M5-17
- Quiz M5-17
- Choosing Your Career Track
- Assignment M6-1
- Staying in the Game and Self-Care
- Assignment M6-2
- Creating your Professional Brand
- Assignment M6-3
- Finding Career Opportunities
- Assignment M6-4
- Organizations to Join
- Assignment M6-5
- Landing Interviews and Jobs
- Assignment M6-6
- Training Review
- Assignment M6-7
- Creating Your Action Plan and Next Steps
- Assignment M6-8