Connecting travelers with local guides.
Worldwide.

About TourByLocals Guides

Tour guides are the foundation of ToursByLocals. Here's how we make sure they're great.

1. Before they become a guide, each undergoes a selection process:

initial telephone interview
tour guide agreement to our business principles
document verification - driver's license and/or passport
reference and background check
second telephone interview

2. After acceptance, we provide our guides with:

all the tools needed to create a professional web presence
training tools to help design quality tour offerings
review of tour offerings for clarity and language before they're posted

3. Ongoing quality measures:

unedited reviews of tours from travelers like you
assistance from ToursByLocals if problems arise between you and your guide
removal from system for failure to abide by our business principles (money refunded if your guide fails to adhere to them)
guides don't get paid until they've successfully delivered your tour

Thinking of becoming a ToursByLocals tour guide? View a 3 minute movie about what it means to be a ToursByLocals guide. Then start the guide application process.

Already a ToursByLocals tour guide? Please use the tour guide log in.

TESTIMONIALS

Tour in Moscow, Russia:
"We had other private tour guides in both Moscow & St Petersburg. By far, Daniel is the most professional and knowledgea,..." [more]
Maria Teresa Relatos - Sep, 2009 [view tour]

Tour in Saint Petersburg, Russia:
"Albina’s 2-day tour of St Petersburg was the highlight of our Baltic cruise. She made us feel confident right away. tha,..." [more]
Anthony Irons - Aug, 2009 [view tour]

Tour in Vancouver, Canada:
"It was an excellent way to spend a few hours before the cruise. I particularly liked the fact that we were met at the a,..." [more]
Martin Newland - Sep, 2009 [view tour]

THE TOURSBYLOCALS DIFFERENCE

Let a local person from ToursByLocals be your private tour guide:

FIND THE SECRET PLACES that only locals know.
CUSTOMIZE YOUR TOUR or choose one of the suggested tours.
GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TRIP - no worries about what the 40 other people on your bus want to do.
IT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE as you might think!
ONLY THE BEST GUIDES. Guides can't buy their way onto our system - each is chosen by ToursByLocals.