Types of Tour Guide
On site Guide- conducts tour of one or several hours at a specific building attraction, or a limited area. The tour may be given on foot or in some sort of vehicle.
City Guide- points out and comments on the highlights of a city, usually from a motor coach, minibus, or van, but sometimes as part of a walking tour.
Professional tour guide- well experienced tour guide.
Amateur tour guide- new ones
Linguist- speaks two or more languages.
Driver Guide-also called as “city guide”. The tour guide drives while guiding.
Community tour guide-local guide
Staff guide-tour guide who works in a travel agency.
Freelance guide-tour guide who is not connected with travel agency and paid per trip.
Private or personal-common in developing countries, where these services may be available at a reasonable price, they take small number of individuals on their own exclusive tour.
Specialized guide-someone whose expertise or skills are highly unique.
Step on guide-freelance guides or specialist who come abroad motor coaches of tour groups visiting from other regions, to give an informed overview of the city to be toured.