Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast

On this episode, we talk best practices for Facebook Ads for Tour Operators. Today's guest is Amrita Gurney. She is the Vice President of Marketing at Crowdriff. A couple of weeks ago on the Daily Brief, which is the email I send out every day where I curate all the major news in tours and activities and digital marketing. I shared a state of the industry report that Crowdriff released all about F...

On Episode 21 of Tourpreneur a podcast for tour operators and tour professionals, Anna Karnowski, Senior Sales Director at the One World Observatory in New York City shares her journey in the travel industry in our Tourpreneur Spotlight series. Anna Karnowski reveals how she grew up in Idaho, brought up by a single Mom, moved to NYC and climbed the ladder in the travel industry.

On Episode 20 of Tourpreneur a podcast for tour operators and tour professionals, Jesse Rifkin shares his journey of how he turned his passion for music and music history into a thriving tour business. Jesse reveals in a conversation with Tourpreneur Host  Shane Whaley  how he has built a full-time walking tour business in just eight months. He is the tour operator behind  Walk on T...

Tony Muia of A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours shares his journey of how he swapped healthcare for tourism and opened his tour business showcasing his beloved Brooklyn in 2005. Tourpreneur Host Shane Whaley digs deep into the story of Tony Muia. This interview is a cracker because, in true Brooklyn style, Tony does not hold back. He gives it to us straight from the heart, straight from the guts. He te...

On this episode of Tourpreneur a podcast for tour operators and tour professionals, Ben Dolgoff of Forever Vacation shares his journey of how he opened his tour business and acquired 3000 guests in his first year of business. Ben pulls back the curtain on his online media marketing setup and generously shares his tour marketing strategy with Tourpreneur listeners. On this episode, he reveals: What...

On this episode of Tourpreneur a podcast for tour operators and tour professionals, Greg Fisher, CEO of Tripshock shares his journey with host Shane Whaley, of how he founded the company and how he has grown tours and activities OTA Tripshock over the last 10 years. Greg Fisher reveals: How working at a hotel led him to start up Tripshock. How he developed the idea and executed on it. Having no bu...

On Episode 16 of Tourpreneur, host Shane Whaley digs deep into the story of Ian Thomas and why he set up a running tour in Philadephia. Lace-up your running shoes, strap on your iPod as Ian reveals more about: Why Ian left the world of International Transport Logistics to set up his own running tours of Philadelphia. What he learned at Business School that he is applying to his business. Why he de...

TourRadar. Who are they and how can they help sell your tours? On this episode of Tourpeneur, the podcast for tour operators, host Shane Whaley pulls back the curtain and reveals the inner workings of OTA TourRadar. Tourradar specializes in multi-day tours. Even if you don't offer multi-days, I would urge you to continue listening to today's episode today because you'll get an understanding of how...

On Episode 14 of the Tourpreneur Podcast, host Shane Whaley finds out more about America Outdoors, especially it's mission and how they deliver value to their members. We chat with Executive Director Julie Kahlfeldt and longtime member Jeff Greiner of America Adventures Zipline Canopy Tours. This is no infomercial though, as we invited AO members to call in and share with us why they are AO member...

How to train tour guides is one of the most frequently asked questions we receive in our postbag here at Tourpreneur. So on this episode of Tourpreneur, a podcast for tour operators and tour professionals, we asked Margaret Hicks of tour guide training company The Tour Boost to share some tips on tour guide training with us.

The Fitz and Folwell Story, how two friends started and grew a successful bike tour company. Fitz & Follwell are into their 11th season. On this episode of Tourpreneur a podcast for tour operators and tour professionals, founders Diego, and Shea share their journey of what made them start a bike tour business and the lessons they have learned along the way.

How John LaVerne Built Bulldog Tours of Charleston. Tour Operator Owner John LaVerne talks with Tourpreneur Podcast Host Shane Whaley and pulls back the curtain on how he started Bulldog Tours from scratch. John LaVerne of Bulldog Tours reveals: How an internship on a carriage tour sparked his love affair with tours. Why he approached the Old Exchange to offer ghost tours? How he moved his busines...

On this episode, Alan Rust reveals why he left the corporate retail world to start his own tour business. He shares with us how he has grown his tour operator business on a budget of $5k. Alan reveals: - Why he decided to become a tour operator. - The mission of his tour business. - How he had to pivot because of livery regulations in Nebraska. - How this red tape led to him creating and developin...

Jeff Woelker is the founder of the Underground Donut Tour. He started his first donut tour in downtown Chicago four years ago and has recently expanded into NYC, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle. On this episode, we talk about why he decided to create a donut tour in Chicago, what led to him expanding to other cities and how he built his tour from scratch in a very niche sector. Shane Whaley, ho...

On this episode of the Tourpreneur Podcast with  Shane Whaley , Miranda Peterson reveals how she built a tour business around her passion for yoga and the outdoors. This is the story of  Namaste in Nature.

On today's episode of the Tourpreneur Tour Podcast we talk with the tourpreneur behind The Battlefield Explorer Tours. You don't have to be into World War 2 history to enjoy today's conversation. Dutchman Joris Nieuwint has been leading tours of the Operation Market Garden battle sites since 2012. 'Sharing what I’ve learned over the years has been my passion and becoming a tour guide has always be...

Mike Brown's Ghost Tour and accompanying ghost story podcast Pleasing Terrors slogan is 'Some Stories are Never Meant to be Told'. On today's episode of the Tourpreneur podcast, Mike opens up to Tourpreneur Host Shane Whaley and reveals stories about his business and ghost tours.

On Episode 2 of the Tourpreneur Podcast, Host Shane Whaley discovers how Jennifer Gruhn turned her passion for nature and the outdoors into a thriving tour business. Jennifer is the owner of Asheville Hiking Tours and today we learn more about how she got started, the challenges she overcame and how she has developed her tour business. Tourpreneur Jennifer also shares with us how used a very well...

On the first ever episode of Tourpreneur, Alice and Torin Kexel talk us through how they came up with the idea for their Flying Bike tours, how they got set up and the challenges they face. They recommend resources and deliver real life tips for fellow tourpreneurs. They also give you the low down on what it was like to attend Arival for the first time and how it helped their business. Alice and T...