Tour Leader, India

At Intrepid Travel we exist to inspire, create, share and lead the best travel experiences ever – for both people and the planet. More than 34 years later, we’re proud to be a certified B Corp with hundreds of trips in over 100 countries.

The world needs more Intrepid people:

Do you love India and sharing about it with others? As a Tour Leader with Intrepid, you’ll use your passion for your community to educate and inspire our travelers, immersing them in your local culture – so they’ll want to return, again and again!

With Intrepid you’ll be ensuring that the work you do has meaning; Intrepid focuses on giving back and investing in your local community, which is why we use local leaders, local operators and ensure we give back to the destination at every opportunity.

As a Tour Leader with us you will:

• Be the face of Intrepid and provide exceptional customer service
• Host, lead and execute tours on budget, following the itinerary and ensuring the overall successful operation of each trip
• Ensure the safety and well-being of your travelers, assisting with any difficult situations that may arise.
• Tell stories, deliver travel advice and organise your customers’ experience
• Reconfirming suppliers, hotels, activities and doing administration along the way
  
  

To be considered you must have:

• Full rights to work across India region
• Previous Tour Guiding/Leading experience across India
• Valid Level 2 Senior First Aid Certificate, completed prior to starting with us
• Excellent communication skills in English and ideally one other local language (the more the better!)
• Great availability during our peak seasons of September to April to lead our trips
• Passion for travel in the Intrepid style and sharing your region with our travellers
• Basic computer skills including email, word and excel
  
  

You’ll also have amazing customer service skills, with some experience in budgeting.

What you need to know:

• This is a freelance contract position
• With extended hours, lots of walking and activities, and engaging with travelers, it’s important that you are prepared both mentally and physically for the challenge!
• You’ll need the ability to travel and spend time away from home, as our leaders often travel for extensive periods at a time and some tours can span up to four weeks.
  
  

Our people reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities we visit:

Intrepid is made up of 58 nationalities across 46 countries, and we recognise that diversity makes us a stronger business. We support a culture where people can be themselves and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Including First Nations People, LGBTQI+ people, those living with a disability, or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and all people from different ethnicities, races, and religions.

For our Tour Leaders, the work perks may vary from country to country, but some of the work perks we offer include:

• Diverse departures through the year to lead! Including hiking or biking adventures, festival, family, premium and foodie trips
• Travel to where the trip starts (and home again) is included and covered by us
• Some meals and all accommodation included (often where the guests are staying, such as hotels, camping, homestays etc)
• Access to learning and development programs, e-learning and comprehensive tour leader training before you even start
• Internal career opportunities to further your your career in travel and beyond
• Amazing travel discounts for you to experience Intrepid as a passenger
• Recognition and celebration with awards nights and the chance for our top performers to travel to our yearly Global Summit!
• Opportunity to support not-for-profit Intrepid Foundations projects
  
  

We are Real. Together. Ambitious. Impactful. These are our values and to us they're more than just words, they are the pillars of our success and every day it's our people and the work they do that bring them to life.

At Intrepid ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion is an important part of our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit your application, please email [email protected] with your name, location, and the accommodations you need, we will then be in touch to support your application.