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Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast

Tourpreneur
Tour Operators
Airbnb
Tourism
Customer Experience
Travel Industry
Multi-Day Tours
Social Media Marketing
Google
Experiences Market
Curation
Travel Experiences
Group Travel
New York Adventure Club
Vibe Coding
Local Tourism
Italy
New York City
Travel Industry Trends
Artificial Intelligence
Covid-19

Tourpreneur is a community of passionate tour business owners eager to improve their skills and increase their profits. Our community is passionate about helping each other. As small tour business owners, we understand it’s a lonely job, a daily grind, and easy to become a busy fool… working harder but not smarter. The Tourpreneur community helps you get advice from your peers as well as experts i... more

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Latest Episodes

A Google Business Profile does a different job than it did a year ago. Travelers now describe the exact trip they want in long, specific searches, and Google answers with AI that draws on what it knows about each business, trusting what comes from th... more

Tony Carne has lived the whole arc of how day tours get sold. He started as a guide, built Urban Adventures into a global day tour brand for Intrepid, and watched the channel that built it disappear when the platform changed its rules. He has spent t... more

Operators keep asking Tourpreneur co-founder Pete Syme to automate their customer communication, and he tells them to stop.

Pete Syme and Mitch Bach open a new monthly series, Pete & Mitch Are Angry, with AI, whose noise has grown too loud for a sma... more

Maria Petrenko runs a private guiding business on Santorini, one of the most visited islands in the world. Cruise-ship crowds and a mounting overtourism backlash have turned the destination's own reputation into a liability for anyone selling tours t... more

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Recent Guests

Maria Petrenko
Owner of Santorini by Maria, private Santorini tours
Santorini by Maria
Episode: Small Operator, Overtouristed Island: How Maria Petrenko Competes in Santorini
Philippe Hertzberg
CEO of Secret Journeys (experience-focused luxury travel designer)
Secret Journeys
Episode: Ultra Luxury Is Ultra Personalization: How Secret Journeys Grows Through Relationships, Not Ads
Kevin Durkee
Owner of Culinary Adventure Co.
Culinary Adventure Co.
Episode: How Culinary Adventure Co. Built a Food Tour Business Nobody in Toronto Can Copy
Stephanie Tiboris
Co-owner of Mid-America Productions; long-time leader in the company
Mid-America Productions
Episode: Building Tours Around A Single Unforgettable Experience
James Redcay
Co-owner of Mid-America Productions; strategist behind expansion and partnerships
Mid-America Productions
Episode: Building Tours Around A Single Unforgettable Experience
Jeanette Pierce
Founder of the City Institute
City Institute
Episode: How Jeanette Built a Local Tour Business … Only For Locals
Kevin Currie
Director of New Scientist Discovery Tours
New Scientist
Episode: How 'New Scientist' Turned a Media Brand's Readership Into a Multi-Day Tour Audience
Jean-Vladimir Deniau
Founder/ creator of Elyrea, a company producing character-based immersive tours
Elyrea
Episode: From Coco Chanel to D-Day Beaches: Building Pilgrimages Around Characters
Mary Collins
CEO and founder of Blue Fern Travel; owner/CEO of Far Horizons Archaeology and Cultural Tours
Blue Fern Travel; Far Horizons Archaeology and Cultural Tours
Episode: An Anthropologist's Operating System for Running Day Tours and Multi-Day Tours Without Diluting Either

Hosts

Mitch Bach
Host with long-running involvement in tour business media; central figure in discussions on experience design, leadership transitions, and community-focused tours.
Kyle Campbell
Co-host focusing on event design, retreats, and community-building formats for operators and experiences businesses.
Peter Syme
Co-host with a focus on strategy, partnerships, and scaling tour-related ventures within the community.
Mike Fishback
Guest frequenting civil discourse and education-themed episodes; brings perspectives on inclusive storytelling and sensitive topic navigation.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 103 ratings
  • So many incredible topics and contributors!

    I forget just how long I’ve been listening to Tourpreneur and realized I hadn’t reviewed. The topics covered are always so valuable and they bring in such great speakers and contributors. Definitely one for tour operators and those in the experiences business to make sure you have on your regular rotation!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Cre8iveZen
    United States2 years ago
  • Outstanding episode 234

    I am an early adopter of this podcast thanks to Mitch. I have been a fan of his contributions tour guides like me for many years.

    Episode 234 brings us something new: a man with industry expertise at another level, talking about use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our business.

    I loved this episode, particularly an example drawn from Crete, a destination I visited a month ago. Similar to the presenter , my visit went to another level because I hired a brilliant local guide (an archeologist... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Joe the Guide
    United States3 years ago
  • This is THE podcast for Tour Operators!!

    This is a game changer for your tour business. Can’t get enough because every episode is so rich and full of wisdom and practical help. It’s been an essential part of growing my tour company and I can’t thank them enough. The community surrounding it is so welcoming and helpful. Listen to every episode!!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    CLH80
    United States4 years ago
  • Great information

    As a tour business owner, this podcast is what I listen to with my morning coffee. Great source of new innovative info on how tour operators are operating and adapting in an ever changing landscape.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Colin81
    United States5 years ago
  • Better than a degree in tourism

    I’m starting a new mountain bike tour business. I have done some University level study in tourism but to be honest I have learned more about the tour business listening to real world operators on this podcast than at the Uni!!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tarrylegs
    Australia5 years ago

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Guests and host are seen as engaging and actionable for growing tour businesses.
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The show consistently provides valuable topics and great contributors.
Listeners praise practical, real-world insights for tour operators.

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Small Operator, Overtouristed Island: How Maria Petrenko Competes in Santorini
Q: What life crisis brought you into our industry?
She describes a pressure to fit into one role and a realization that translating a place's unique language into meaningful experiences was a better fit, leading to a career as a private guide.
How Jeanette Built a Local Tour Business … Only For Locals
Q: What life crisis brought you into tour operating?
Detroit was in crisis, and a perfect storm pushed me to create the kind of tours that reflect the real life and resilience of the city; I wanted to show people what it's really like from someone who lives here, not just what headlines say.
How 'New Scientist' Turned a Media Brand's Readership Into a Multi-Day Tour Audience
Q: How do you balance brand credibility with the need to expand beyond your readership?
We leverage the New Scientist reputation to establish trust, but we also create accessible, curiosity-driven experiences that appeal to broader audiences; our aim is to translate science storytelling into compelling travel that stands on its own.
How 'New Scientist' Turned a Media Brand's Readership Into a Multi-Day Tour Audience
Q: How do you start the development of a new Discovery Tour?
We begin with a story we want to tell, identify where we'll visit to illustrate that story, and then bring in experts to curate and validate the content, iterating with travel partners until the tour feels perfectly aligned with the narrative.
The VAWAA Story: Building a Niche Tour Business on Human-Centered Design
Q: How did you validate the idea of multi-day, hands-on apprenticeships?
The guest describes that lengthy, hands-on engagement is essential for transformation in creative work; artists themselves validated the approach as aligned with their practice, and the designer-entrepreneur translated that into a formal multi-day framework.

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A resource for tour business owners and operators, the show centers on practical strategies for growing and running experiential travel ventures. Episodes cover building and scaling niche tours, human-centered storytelling, partnerships with DMOs, and the interplay between brand credibility, technology, and authentic guest experiences. Noteworthy angles include leadership transitions in legacy businesses, design-led experience development, and the role of personal branding, storytelling, and community collaboration in sustainable growth.

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Recent guests on Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast include:

1. Maria Petrenko
2. Philippe Hertzberg
3. Kevin Durkee
4. Stephanie Tiboris
5. James Redcay
6. Jeanette Pierce
7. Kevin Currie
8. Jean-Vladimir Deniau

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