Monday 29 October 2012

The Secrets of The Perfect Tour Guide



We all wish to travel! We book our flights and patiently wait for the trip to come. We think of all the fun times we will have on our adventure. However, it might not always turn out to be the so. A good tour guide can make it or break it. So here are some of my observations of what makes a good tour guide:

  • He will ignore your wishes and suggestions of what to see and simply reply 'you will see everything that is worth seeing'. In fact, he will take you places where you definitely don't want to go and do things that you would rather not. I promise, by the end of it, these will be the most memorable moments!
  • He will tell the truth about the city's attractions, like 'you will be disappointed, tehre is nothing to see'
  • He will pay more attention to the ugliest, and not the nicest building of the city
  • He will open secret doors, with secret keys. Library closed on Sundays? Not for this guy! He has an access key.
  • He will sneak you into public transport, and claim its free.
  • He will teach you words in his language and then be annoyed when you say them ALL THE TIME.
  • He will not let you pay for drinks, or accept any money, In fact, he will give you money (if you happened to be short for the bus home) just to get rid of you!