Travel With the Dream Makers: Tour Guides' Untold Stories

What job involves travelling to an exotic location organising a dentist for a clients broken tooth or gently breaking the news of a family death? All in a days work for a tour guide. Travel with the Dream Makers presents an intriguing behind-the-scenes account of the little known world of tour guiding. Tour guides deliver the promise; they bring to life the travel dreams of their clients. In Travel with the Dream Makers author Lynette Hinings-Marshall shines a light on the role of tour guides. A series of vignettes written by some of the industrys most experienced tour guides recount delightful stories of everything from flying zebras to the drama of a flight grounded by an insurgent guerilla organization. Whether an armchair traveller adventurer or potential tour guide this enjoyable book holds something for everyone although perhaps it should come with a warning: Beware this book may result in an irresistible urge to plan a trip!