Many people want to be private tour guides, thinking that "one needs to know several foreign languages and understand a lot of history", but it's not that complicated - but it's not enough to just show guests around. Think about it, when guests hire a private tour guide, they want "to be able to enjoy the tour freely, understand what is being said, and have a sense of exclusivity". If you take guests to the Roman Colosseum and only say "This was built in 72 AD", without any behind-the-scenes stories; or when meeting Japanese guests, you can only communicate with the help of a mobile translation app, stumbling along; or worse, the device runs out of power and you shout for hours, but the guests still can't hear you clearly - this job won't last long.
In fact, being a private tour guide mainly involves "practicing the basic skills well, providing detailed services, and choosing the right tools". If you follow these three steps, guests will naturally want to hire you and will recommend friends to come. Yingmi has seen the needs of private tour guides abroad and knows that the most troublesome issues are "multilingualism, inability to understand clearly, and unreliable equipment". They have specially developed compatible equipment that doesn't require you to spend extra effort to improve the service quality without you having to do extra work.
I. Develop the ability to "be articulate" well, don't just memorize materials
A private tour guide is not a "repeater of tourist attractions", what guests want is "a warm explanation". For example, when taking guests to the Louvre in Paris, you not only need to say "Mona Lisa was painted by Da Vinci", but also talk about the little anecdote "After this painting was stolen, the whole of Paris was searching for it"; when taking guests to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, you need to know "The stage building didn't use a single nail" - these details are what distinguish a private tour guide from a group tour guide.
But relying only on your brain to remember is not enough, especially when it comes to multiple languages. When foreign guests come to visit, there are Germans, Spaniards, and even people from the Middle East, you can't be proficient in every language. Once a private tour guide told me in a joke that when taking a German guest to the Swiss Alps, you could only use English to gesture "How high is this mountain", but the guest wanted to know "The local herders' living habits", and couldn't have a deep conversation because you couldn't delve into it, which was very embarrassing.
At this time, having an Yingmi E8 team explanation device would be much more convenient. It comes with default languages such as English, French, German, and Japanese, a total of 8 languages. The guest just needs to take a small receiver and press a button to switch to the language they understand. You don't have to bother with translation. If encountering a minority language, such as Dutch or Portuguese, inform Yingmi a few days in advance and they can help you customize the exclusive explanation content - even "The origin of local snacks" and "The folk legend of a certain old building" can be accompanied. You don't have to memorize a bunch of foreign language vocabulary, just focus on chatting about the details with the guests.
Moreover, E8 can store explanations. You can record the knowledge points that are easy to forget, such as "The construction year of a certain church" or "The historical changes of a certain old street", and when explaining, just press it to play. If the guest suddenly asks an extension question, switch to your own voice. It won't delay the rhythm or make mistakes - it's much better than nervously recalling "Did I remember that part wrong?".
II. Pay attention to "small details", what a private tour guide relies on is "exclusive feeling"
Group tour guides don't have to worry about so many things, but private tour guides need to pay attention to the small needs of guests: if a guest wants to take more photos in the old square of Florence, you can't rush and say "The next stop is in a hurry"; if a guest wants to try the local small restaurant, you need to know the place; even if the guest wears a hearing aid, you need to ensure that the explanation sound can be heard clearly by him - these details are done well, the guest will feel "You didn't hire the wrong person".
But among these details, the most likely to go wrong is "inability to understand clearly". For instance, when taking guests to the narrow alleys of Venice, with shops on both sides and people coming and going, if you say "There is a 300-year-old glass workshop in this alley", the guests would have to come close to you to hear clearly. They would feel very uncomfortable while walking. If it's a windy day in Barcelona, when you shout loudly, you would be exhausted, and the guests still wouldn't be able to hear you completely.
Yingmi E8 is particularly considerate in this regard. Its anti-interference ability is extremely strong. Even if there are other tour guides explaining nearby or a lot of people on the street making noise, only your explanation will be clearly heard in the guests' receivers, and it won't get mixed up. Moreover, its receiver is ear-mounted, very light, only 22 grams, and the guests won't feel it's too tight when hanging it on their ears for a whole day. They don't have to always hold it in their hands. Taking photos and shopping are also convenient.
You don't have to worry about battery life either. The E8 can last for 15 hours after a single charge. If you take guests on a tour from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., you don't have to find a place to charge during the journey.
Also, hygiene issues are important for foreign guests. The E8's receiver shell can be wiped. If the guests finish using it, you just need to wipe it with an alcohol cotton pad. This is more reassuring than those devices that can't be cleaned - these small details make guests feel that you have considered everything.
III. Attract customers through "word-of-mouth", making guests willing to "recommend friends"
Private tour guides rarely rely on advertisements. Most of the time, it's guests recommending guests. If a guest tells their friends, "The tour guide we had last time was very good. The explanations were clear, and he knew many interesting places", it's much more effective than saying "I'm very professional" a hundred times yourself. To build a good reputation, apart from good service, guests also need to feel that "The tour with you is very relaxing and there are no hassles".
An overseas private tour guide shared with me that before he took guests to Santorini, Greece, the equipment always had problems: sometimes there was no signal, and sometimes the language switch failed. Although the guests didn't say anything, they never came back to him or recommended friends to come. Later, he switched to Yingmi E8, and there were no more such issues. After the guests returned, they even introduced colleagues to come for a tour - this is the invisible benefit brought by a reliable device.
Also, Yingmi's equipment is compliant. No matter you take guests to Europe, Asia, or America, you don't have to worry about "the equipment is not compliant and cannot enter the scenic spots". For example, when going to Yellowstone National Park in the United States or the Fuji Mountain scenic area in Japan, the E8 can be used normally, and you don't have to find a place to charge after bringing it there.
IV. Actually, being a private tour guide isn't that difficult. Choosing the right tool can save a lot of effort
Many people think that being a private tour guide is difficult. But if you are willing to spend time learning about the stories of the attractions, care about the small needs of the guests, and choose a handy tool, you can gradually do it well. The Yingmi E8 presentation device is not to "replace the explanation", but to help you solve problems like "multilingual, unclear sound, short battery life", so that you can focus on communicating with the guests and taking them to explore interesting places instead of struggling with the equipment.
For example, you no longer have to memorize multilingual vocabulary, you don't have to shout, or have to find a place to charge the equipment halfway - these saved efforts can allow you to talk more interesting topics with the guests and take them to more niche but worth visiting places. The guests will have a good time, understand clearly, and naturally remember you and recommend friends to come, and your private tour business will gradually take off.
So don't think too much. Just follow these three steps smoothly, and pair it with a reliable device, and being a private tour guide won't be that difficult. After all, what guests look for is "ease and gain", and if you achieve these, you have succeeded by half.
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