Category: How to? Help, Guides
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What Tour Guide Qualifications are Necessary for Building a Career?
Are you considering a career in tour guiding? If so, you could be in for a great working life, full of new interactions, plenty of exercise and the chance to exercise your educational instincts. But what sort of tour guide qualifications do you need before you can embark on this career journey? Well, technically, none.…
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What Does a Tour Guide Do? Job Responsibility Guide
Guided tours are a great way for history buffs, holiday makers and, well, tourists to gain a better understanding of the sites that they visit. Tours can take many forms, including explorations around historic ruins, step-by-step walks through museums and galleries or even city–wide regional whistle stop experiences. But, beyond simply acting as a compass…
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Why Should You Consider a Career in Tour Guiding?
We’re currently living through a fairly volatile economic time, with unemployment figures changing year on year and the cost of living crisis showing very little sign of slowing down. Environmental factors such as these, along with new technologies changing workplaces constantly and indeed personal reasons, are inspiring countless people to consider new lines of work.…
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Essential Pieces of Tour Guide Equipment
Tour guiding takes many forms. There are city walkarounds, guided explorations through historical sites and museum tours that offer information display by display. Smaller tours can run with nothing more than a headful of notes and a powerful diaphragm. However, when tours become larger and more dynamic, there are plenty of essential items of tour…
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The Essentials of How to Become a Tour Guide
The United Kingdom is stuffed to the gills with truly fascinating history, ranging from war relics and industrial revolution artefacts to modern media landscapes and so much more. Tourism accounted for $58 billion in economic output in 2024, and with the UK’s storied past, it’s no surprise. If you’re looking to engage with the tourism…
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Do I need a Licence for a Tourguide System?
Well, that depends. Most of our radio tourguide equipment operates on its own radio frequency or band of frequencies that do not rely on external networks like Wi-Fi. Most operate in licence-exempt frequencies in the UK and throughout the EU; these systems operate in frequency bands: However, there may be locations or events where dedicated…
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How to Set Up Simultaneous Interpretation with ListenTALK
Watch this short video for a step-by-step guide to set up interpreter mode on your ListenTALK system. 05 April, 2021 saw the release of firmware 2.0 for ListenTALK devices, bringing a range of new features and updates. Read more… Find out how to update existing ListenTALK devices to firmware 2.0. VIEW ‘HOW TO’ Blog
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How to Update your ListenTALK Devices to Firmware Version 2.
Watch this short video for a step-by-step guide to update the firmware on your ListenTALK system. About ListenTALK