TripSchool - Tour Director & Guide Training

One of the best moments of TripCon 2025 was the Storytelling Slam. What an amazing roster of contestants... and this photo of the judges shows how we all couldn't stop laughing!

Don't gamble away your future, if you're serious about a life of adventure, then make your way to TripCon 2026 to get hired by the world's leading tour companies.

November 15-19: Louisville, KY for the North American market
October 26-29: Porto, Portugal for the European market

Tour directing & guiding isn't a perfect job, but it beats spending your days in your pajamas on Zoom, or going into a corporate setting that doesn't make you feel alive.

Emotional support puppies during interviews. Aircraft carrier parties. Phenomenal speakers, endless education sessions, unforgettable parties, every kind of tour you can imagine, and thousands of 1:1 interviews to get tour directors and guides the jobs they need.

TripCon 2025: that's a wrap!

TripCon 2026: see you in Louisville, KY (Nov 15-19) for our USA event, and Porto, Portugal (Oct 26-29) for our Europe event!

TripCon 2025 has just finished. What an incredible celebration! 400 tour directors & guides & operators gathered from around the world to celebrate the power of crafting human connection.

On to next year! We're hosting TWO TripCon conferences! Our traditional USA location, and a new conference in EUROPE!!!

The European market deserves an event where tour managers & leaders from across the continent can come together and get hired by tour & river cruise operators, and celebrate their profession! Our first event will take place in Porto, Portugal, open to everyone.

TripCon USA: in Louisville, KY, November 16-19, 2026
TripCon EUROPE: in Porto, Portugal, Oct 26-29, 2026

Interviewing with tour operators is stressful so we decided to bring in emotional support puppies to help the tour directors cope! TripCon 2025 is going amazingly!

An awesome morning of 400 passionate experience makers listening to an array of incredible speakers.

A great first morning of educational content at TripCon/TourWeek!

What was your favorite session?

TripCon is off and running! Well, almost. Our property at Bodega was an amazing venue for such a warm evening! Tomorrow guides and operators will take dozens of free tours & activities before the official kickoff party at the Charleston Music Farm.

TripCon is less than a week away!!! And congratulations (and thank you) Devon Spieker, you just completed the labeling of hundreds of lanyards... can't wait to see everyone in a matter of days!

Our tour guide class was delighted to end our training day by meeting David Harry, one of the most unique and popular guides in London! With over 400,000 TikTok followers he’s cracked the code of social media success by simply being his quirky self; and as an in-person storyteller he does it with heart and panache that delight his guests. We had a great Q&A session, thanks for coming (the_london_spy on TikTok)!

TripSchool’s London Tour Director & Guide Boot Camp class is off and running! What a great, diverse group of talented students gathered from around the world.

Global adult & student tour operators. DMCs. Guide platforms. At TripCon, you'll be introduced to dozens of companies that hire tour directors & guides from around the world. The best companies on the planet are coming to TripCon in 3 weeks... get ready!

If you're not signed up, you're missing the best opportunity to change your life for 2026. Appointments are being booked right now.

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Our TripCon annual conference isn't just about job interviews, although there are plenty of those (hundreds of interviews are currently being booked via our app!).

It's also about the 2 full days of 50+ education sessions we've programmed, from world-class speakers. Every possible topic is covered, from "kinesthetic storytelling" to "AI & tour technology".

And of course there's the camaraderie. The best thing you could do for your tour directing or guiding career is to meet fellow TDs who will support you with advice, friendship, and job referrals. Putting yourself in a room of 350 tour directors, guides & operators will change your life.

Tripcon 2025 starts in 3 weeks!

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