What: Tours by Locals allows you to play tour guide in your own city, creating an itinerary, pricing it and determining the schedule.
Expected pay: $15+ per hour (set by you)
Husl $core: $$$$
Commissions & fees: 25%
Where: National and international
Requirements:
- 18 or older and be able to enter into a legally binding contract;
- pass a phone interview;
- reference checks;
- submission of documents establishing your tour guiding credentials (if any);
- pass a criminal background check;
- and provide a tour experience that is likely to be in demand and not repetitive of other adventures that Tours by Locals offers in the same town
Review:
Like Viator, Tours by Locals allows you — the guide — to set the itinerary and price it, based on the amount of time it’s likely to take, your expenses and profit margin. You also determine how many people can participate in each tour.
The site takes 25% off the top. Viator has you set your net price and it marks that up by an unspecified amount.
However, unlike Viator, ToursbyLocals rejects new tour guide applicants if they are offering tours that would compete with tours offered by existing guides. Thus, if you design a tour that’s unique, it’s likely to remain unique here.
In their words: “We are committed to the success of our Tour Guides. Therefore, we may not accept additional Tour Guides in a particular area if we feel that the demand is satisfied by existing Tour Guides.”
Although we were unable to find complaints or plaudits from tour guides, this is an employee-friendly structure, which explains the high Husl$core. If this opportunity appeals to you, also check Viator. If you are already in Europe, Asia or the United Arab Emirates, you may also want to sigh up at WithLocals.
What their tour guides say:
We found countless reviews from travelers but none from tour guides. If you have provided tour guide services for Tours By Locals, please hit “contact us” and tell us about the experience.
*Updated 4/30/2021
Suggested Options.
Newly discovered side gigs
We are always on the hunt for new gigs that offer engaging work and good money. Several of these…
Vacation season opportunities
Whether you're looking for work or respite from work, more than a dozen online platforms can help…
How to earn $500 fast
The editors at SideHusl.com searched through our database of 450 side hustle platforms to find…
Make money while killing time
Waiting on jury duty? For a late flight? Suffering through a bad movie? Pull out your phone and…
Make money with greeting cards
You don't have to be employed by Hallmark to make money with greeting cards. All you need is a…
Jobs for people who love to shop
Do you love to shop? You can make money shopping for others with mystery shopping concerns and…
How to teach English online
Native English speakers have a simple, and often lucrative, side hustle. They can teach English…
Remote customer service jobs
If you want to work in your pajamas at odd hours of the day or night, you may be a perfect…
Side hustles for the opinionated
Opinionated? Don't limit yourself to arguing with strangers on social media. Get paid to…
Make money playing games
You don't have to be a YouTube or Twitch star to make money playing games. You could just be an…
We are Tour By Locals Guides in Panama. We are very disappointed to be having to charge so much for our tours due to TBL’s increase in commission to 25% which is EXHORBITANT! We are rethinking our relationship to TBL because we don’t feel good about increasing our charge to accommodate this charge. It is time for TBL to have a competitor who has a more effective business plan that allows guides to charge reasonable rates while also being reasonably compensated.