This book is a beginner’s guide to tour guiding in a grand house. The different types of tour guides are described, and their strengths and weakness. The various ideal attributes of a tour guide are noted, such as adaptability and a good memory. A list is also provided of questions that you might be asked when interviewing for a tour guide position.
There is advice about your first weeks as a tour guide in a grand house, e.g. read through your notes just before each tour. Also, there is a description of key aspects to consider when giving a tour, including your style of speech, your grooming, and your manner. There are also sections on health and safety and rules.
There are descriptions of ways to begin and end a tour, ways to cater for particular groups, such as children, and ways to really engage visitors. Different approaches to structuring a tour are also noted.
Later chapters list the different types of information a tour guide should know about the house, its content, and the people who have lived in it.
There are various appendixes too, providing information relating to grand houses. Much of the information relates to Irish grand houses and castles.
There is advice about your first weeks as a tour guide in a grand house, e.g. read through your notes just before each tour. Also, there is a description of key aspects to consider when giving a tour, including your style of speech, your grooming, and your manner. There are also sections on health and safety and rules.
There are descriptions of ways to begin and end a tour, ways to cater for particular groups, such as children, and ways to really engage visitors. Different approaches to structuring a tour are also noted.
Later chapters list the different types of information a tour guide should know about the house, its content, and the people who have lived in it.
There are various appendixes too, providing information relating to grand houses. Much of the information relates to Irish grand houses and castles.
