Your training / course
to become a
state-certified tourist guide.
For whom?
Tour guides
Cultural workers
Cab drivers
Bus drivers
Museum guides
Career changers
Receptionists
Art Educators
Interested
For whom?
On the “Search Guide” page, we include guides or clubs that are more or less a placement agency. We want to offer the customer a quality service here. findaguide.at is responsible for listing all guides.
Would you like to be there? Then:
- Just write an email
- Attach logo
- List cities and regions where you offer guided tours
- Specify the domain of your website
- There are no costs for you.
In the meantime, there are various tour portals. The most important are:
- Get your Guide
- Tripadvisor / Viator
- Expedia
- Google Reserve
In addition, you should also be bookable on your own website and perhaps on the pages of the local tourist board.
There are some channel managers that bundle all these functions into one application. The best ones here are Bookingkit, Regiondo, Trekksoft, FareHarbor because they work directly with Google.
We chose Regiondo because they already work with local tourism boards in some regions of Austria and also offered the best price / service package for tour guides.
Bundling of all marketing activities
Special offer for guides in the Corona crisis
Bookability via Google Search and Google My Business
Store can be installed on own website
Store can be installed on local website of tourist guide associations
Guide minimum price of local guide clubs must be respected.
no content copies from colleagues allowed
only tours by state certified guides are allowed
How can I specifically participate?
A Regiondo account is required to offer a tour. We were able to negotiate a framework agreement with Regiondo with special conditions. Instead of at least 49,- € you get an account from 0,- € per month.
Beginner
You don’t have your own website yet and are happy if you can offer your tours somewhere.
You pay a monthly fee. Your tours will only be displayed on austriaguide.at.
Advanced
You have your own website and you can book your tours directly there. You also want to advertise more and offer your tours on Google, Tripadvisor and many other portals.
The basic fee is only 25,- € per month.
1. analyze the target
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetur adipisicing elit sed do.
4. test the concept
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetur adipisicing elit sed do.
1. analyze the target
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetur adipisicing elit sed do.
4. test the concept
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, con sectetur adipisicing elit sed do.
frequently asked questions
Who is behind this platform?
This platform is operated by Sebastian Frankenberger. He completed his training as a tour guide in Linz in 2006 and passed the exam in 2007. From 2015 to 2019, he served as the industry spokesperson for tour guides in Upper Austria and thus as an elected member of the Sports and Leisure Businesses Professional Group.
The domain austriaguide.at was offered to him by an online retailer in 2017. He immediately forwarded this information to the Federal Economic Chamber, but they declined to purchase it. So he secured the site and is now trying to use it for the tourist guide community and for his business.
If a tour is booked via austriaguide.at, what commission is due?
austriaguide.at uses the tour store of Regiondo. Therefore, the following basic fees apply:
- 0,19 € per tour, for open tours per ticket.
- 1% of the tour / ticket system fee from Regiondo
- 2% for the payment provider if a payment is made online
Commission to austriaguide.at
- 5% of the tour / individual ticket
Can any guide participate?
In principle, this portal is available to all certified tourist guides. Since this is a privately operated portal, the operators reserve the right to refuse requests from guides for marketing without giving reasons.
How does the booking work?
austriaguide.at acts only as an intermediary. The guides place their offers in their own Regiondo account and manage it independently.
The booking is therefore made between the customer and the respective guide. austriaguide.at will not communicate with the customer or use customer data.
I am not technically fit. Can I still participate?
- 1 time a month there is a free webinar from austriaguide.at with many practical tips for enrollment.
- Regiondo helps all tourist guides to set up their personal store.
- On www.guide-training.com regularly held training for guides
In which languages can I offer my tours?
- Guides can set any language as bookable in the store. For the time being, however, the tour display appears only in German.
- This website will be offered only in German until the end of 2020.
- In the winter months, it is translated into English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
- From 2021, the tour offers in the store can then also be displayed in the respective language.
World Federation Meeting - WFTGA Convention
approx. 30-40 austriaguides participate regularly
Every two years at the end of January, the general assembly of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations takes place in a different country. During these two weeks, there is an extensive pre- and post-conference program in the regions of each country. In addition to lectures, workshops, and tours, the main program also offers plenty of time to explore the cities on your own. A perfect family vacation with like-minded people.
The advantages
Professional networking
Mutual support
Vacation with like-minded people
Learning from each other
