Subject: [Tweeters] birding tour guides
Date: Nov 2 19:14:35 2017
From: Gary Bletsch - garybletsch at yahoo.com


Dear Tweeters,
A post just came up, asking about a particular birding tour company. I cannot say anything about Birdquest, but I have been wishing for a number of years that some enterprising person would come up with a sort of TripAdvisor for birding tours. It could be set up as a sub-section of TripAdvisor or some other such entity, or be a separate entity of its own.
Interestingly, I ran this idea by a birding tour leader a few months ago, and he said that he would welcome it--but only if it were possible for the tour guides themselves to rate the customers! I've been thinking about that one for a while now.
I think the criteria for rating a tour company (or freelance tour guide) would include some of these:
--people skills;
--logistical skills;
--birding skills;
--technological skills;
--language skills;
--cost;
--flexibility;
--safety.
There are assuredly more to consider.
Yours truly,
Gary Bletsch