
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
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 386 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Places & TravelBusinessSociety & CultureEntrepreneurship | |||

When AI bots can generate endless facts and flawless narratives, what’s left for human tour guides? This week Mitch Bach sits down with VoiceMap founder Iain Manley to explore the future of storytelling in travel, from his perspective as a journalist... more
Mitch Bach talks with Jenn Barbee, co-founder of Destination Innovate, about the real inner workings of DMOs, those three letters that every tour operator has an opinion about but few actually understand. Jenn has spent 30 years inside destination ma... more
How do you scale a company without losing your soul or passion?
Mitch Bach talks this week with Paul Whitten, founder of Nashville Adventures, about how a former combat veteran, Peace Corps volunteer, UK Parliamentary Fellow, and Amazon project mana... more
This is an episode all about the hard stuff. Politics. Disagreement on tour. Tour sites where the truth itself is in debate. Confronting places with complicated, dark histories.
Most of the advice out there is: avoid this stuff at all costs. People ... more
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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!
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
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!!!
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.
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!!
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The show focuses on practical strategies for running and growing experiences-based travel businesses, with frequent guests offering hands-on lessons in areas like operations, marketing, client experience, and technology adoption. Key topics span founder stories, scaling with a people-centered approach, ethical and inclusive touring, leveraging AI and no-code tools, and building long-term customer relationships through unique, local, and culturally rich itineraries. The pace is business-forward and implementation-heavy, often featuring real-world anecdotes, tactical tips, and guest profiles ranging from solo operators to multi-guide outfits. A notable strength is the mix of frontline operator perspectives with thought leadership on responsib... more
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Recent guests on Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast include:
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2. Jenn Barbee
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5. Dr. Anu Taranath
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7. Drew Falkman
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