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Tour Guides Needed for NYC FOOD TOUR

Ahoy New York Tours and Tasting

Date Posted March 28, 2022
Location New York, NY
Category Culinary / Education
Job type Part-Time

Company description

Ahoy New York Tours and Tasting offers nationally recognized food themed walking tours of New York City’s Chinatown, Little Italy and Nolita.

Job description

** PLEASE CAREFULLY READ APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS**

Do you love New York City and its history and cuisine? Can you command a crowd, make them laugh, and have everyone literally eating out of the palm of your sanitized hand? If so, then this job is for you!

Ahoy New York Tours and Tasting, LLC which offers nationally recognized food themed walking tours of New York City’s unique neighborhoods is seeking passionate, highly energetic, and empathetic people as Tour Guides. Positions are part-time.

Applicants must possess strong leadership abilities, charisma, a wonderful sense of humor, excellent communication skills, a passion for New York City and its food and culture. We conduct on average 6-8 tours per week during the spring, summer and fall seasons. We also operate during the winter months.

Leading a food/walking tour is a combination of quick thinking on your feet, advanced storytelling, and helping navigate groups of 12-13 persons to various locations. We provide you all the training and get you up to speed on the ins and outs of the neighborhoods we tour and their marvelous foods and history. Once you’re up and leading a food tour, you’ll be amazed that you’re getting paid for something that is very fun and rewarding. If you think that you have the skills and passion required, please apply!

WHAT TO KNOW:
Only applicants living within close proximity to the New York City area will be considered. Self-employed individuals and/or flexible schedules preferred. This position will fill the role of one to two tours per week. Applicants MUST be able to work weekends--and will need to work each weekend during our peek months.

TRAINING:
There will be a thorough training period over the course of three to four weeks. Training is paid.

PAY:
Once hired and trained, Tour Leaders receive an average of $78.00/tour. Including gratuities, most Tour Leaders average between $120.00-$130.00 per tour. All tours are 3-hours long, with required tasks pre and post tour, on average the tour and required tasks take 4.5 hours in total. A Tour Guide never guides more than one tour in a day.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $18.00 - $20.00

Application instructions