What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tour Manager position at Nowak Tours?
We are primarily a student educational tour company for students in grade 5-12. We have 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-day trips. We are primarily based in Ohio and have schools across the state of Ohio. All our trips leave and return from the school site. We assign a Nowak Tours tour manager on each bus, and our trips range from 1-9 buses. Our destinations include Washington DC, Orland Disney, Chicago, Nashville, New York City, Put ‘n Bay, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia, Williamsburg, and Pittsburgh. Our tour managers are on each bus as the trip begins and ends.
Here is an overview of the tour manager’s primary duties and responsibilities.
General Responsibilities of Tour Manag
The tour manager’s primarily responsibilities are twofold: providing the educational background of the city and the sites and managing the transitions from site to site, meals, to the hotel, and staying on ti
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• Provide historical and cultural background of Washington DC and each sit
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• Serve as a point of contact for vendors an