English Speaking Tour Guide

TN France; Versailles; Sur place; EUR 20 000 - 30 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

An established industry player in bicycle rentals seeks enthusiastic guides for exciting bike tours in Versailles. Join a multicultural team and share your love for cycling while exploring the stunning sights of the city. With comprehensive training provided, you will engage with tourists, ensuring they have a memorable experience. This role is perfect for those who enjoy interacting with people and have a passion for history and cycling. If you’re ready to embrace this vibrant opportunity, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Excited and energetic individuals who enjoy cycling and presenting.
• Fluent English speakers; Dutch is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Welcome customers and assign bicycles.
• Inform participants about the tour and safety instructions.
• Guide clients through Versailles while explaining sights.

Connaissances

Social Skills

Public Speaking

Fluent English

Biking Enthusiasm

Description du poste

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Holland Bikes is a Dutch and French company that rents and sells normal-and electric bicycles and accessories and offers repair and maintenance all around France.

We give guided bike tours in Paris, Versailles, Nice, Bordeaux, Lyon and New York.
For the latter, we are looking for you!

You will give guided bike tours that last 3 hours including half an hour break. The groups can vary from 2-15 people. Departure is from the Versailles Château Rive Gauche train station. We start in the old village, with time for shopping at its charming farmers' market. We'll then hop on a luxurious Dutch city bike to ride through the estate's magnificent avenues, with breathtaking views of the castle, and along the Grand Canal, we'll explore the Trianon estate and Queen Marie-Antoinette's hamlet.

You don’t need to be experienced in the field: as long as you are excited and full of energy you will learn along the way. We will train you, so that you will become the best tour guide in Versailles!
Our group of guides all differ in ages (from 18-70 years old), countries of origin and languages, everyone is welcome here at Holland Bikes.

• Do you like to cycle ?
• Do you love the city Versailles ?
• Do you get excited talking about the city ?
• Do you enjoy standing in front of a group ?

Are the answers above 'yes' ?
Don’t hesitate to contact us and join our multicultural team of guides at Holland Bikes !

Tasks

• Introduce yourself and welcome the customers
• Assigning the clients to their bicycle
• Inform the participants about the organization of the tour and the safety instructions
• Cycle 3 hours through Versailles and make stops to explain to the clients about the monuments/ sightseeings.

Requirements

The ideal guide ...

• Likes to ride a bike
• Has good social capacities and has affinity with presenting/standing in front of a group
• Speaks fluent English. If you speak Dutch = that's a real plus
• Is available on a regular basis and can give 1 month's notice of availability for guided bikes tours. (freelance status)

A leader in city bikes and electric bikes for more than 20 years, Holland Bikes offers a wide choice of quality bikes and accessories, as well as a professional maintenance and repair service for all makes, thanks to a number of shops and service outlets across France and its e-commerce site.

Holland Bikes is also France's No. 1 bicycle rental company, with more than 60,000 customers to be served by 2022 across its rental fleets located throughout France.