Thursday, September 12, 2013

How To Have The Best Of Your Tours

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By Helene Norris


You may be planning to visit a certain place for adventure, fun or your other personal reasons. You are not familiar with the place so in order to get the most of your Haida Gwaii tours, it all boils down to right information and communication or the quality of your tour guide. Below are the important qualities of a guide that you must choose.

First is the ability to understand. Ideally he or she should speak a number of languages including your very own as well as the local ones. If they do then it will be better for them to speak clearly and with much confidence to be more understandable.

Punctuality is a must. Waiting for your guide is not a good indication. They must be the one waiting, not the visitors to them. They should realize that some visitors are very particular with the time and to waste it is a big mistake. You must be able to spend the time duration given that you will be staying with the place.

A friendly and approachable guide is all what you need. It is for you to have a good experience along the travel. They should possess the ability to make everyone follow them without being bossy. A practice of authority must not lead to being arrogant. They should know how to keep each one focused.

Their knowledge to the place especially the history is very important. A leader is there to help, explain and guide everyone. They must answer and clarify each question that you are planning to ask. They must enhance your overall understanding of the entire site.

Tour leaders must be able to partake the knowledge effectively to the visitors. It must be in an engaging and illuminating way that will not confuse anyone. All the facts must be delivered clearly and in a very understanding manner. Any repetition must be avoided for the visitors not to lose interest. They should know how to encourage the listeners to participate in each discussion.

A guide must know when to be serious and when to be funny. A very serious person is most of the time not taken as effective while a very funny one cannot deliver the real message as well. It is good to take a break and talk of the things they love. Every one must be encouraged to speak about the site or about the things they love to do.

An observant leader is significant. They must not expect that every visitor is of the same age, race or anything you can think of. They must expect for differences and these must not be the reason for any complications. They must master how to do the adjustment when it comes to various differences that they will be dealing.

To make the most out of your Haida Gwaii tours, your attendant needs to be flexible in every situation that you will be having. Being one means they must be open to any possibilities that could happen. They must good masters in terms of reacting in various moments particularly during difficult times without losing patience and posture.




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