Características de un buen plan de viaje

Characteristics of good traveling plan

A company travel plan is…

a strategy for managing the travel generated by your organization, with the aim of reducing its environmental impact.

Travel plans typically combine measures to support walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing. These are reinforced with promotion and incentives and by the management of workplace parking.

Travel plans also include action to reduce the need to travel, such as telecommuting.

They can focus on both commuter and business travel.

Experience shows that the benefits accruing from a travel plan can be extensive. Which benefits are most important to your company will depend on local circumstances and will partly determine the emphasis of your travel plan. Your organisation, its staff, its customers and your wider local community all stand to

gain.

1. Understandable

Ideally, your tour guide should speak a range of languages, including your own, as well as the local lingo. They should also speak clearly, audibly and with confidence. Depending on the type of tour, you might be asked to wear earphones or use other types of audio equipment.

2. Punctual

Your tour leader should be waiting for you when you arrive, rather than the other way around. Ideally, they should also ensure that other tour members arrive and depart on time, and don’t cause delays for the group as a whole.

3. Friendly

A relaxed and friendly manner is key to a great tour guide. They also need to have a certain level of authority, and be able to keep tour members together and focused without coming across as intimidating, patronising or arrogant – not a good look in a tour guide.

4. Knowledgeable

A good tour guide has an in-depth knowledge of the site, its history and importance. A great tour guide has a passion for their subject and can convey their enthusiasm to the group. Such passion can be contagious and inspiring, and make the site really come alive. Being able to convey a sense of the overall cultural background is also important, as it can greatly enhance each tour member’s overall understanding of the site as a whole.

5. Engaging

Great tour guides share their knowledge in an engaging, illuminating and entertaining way, rather than repeating a list of facts by rote.

6. Interactive

Effective tour guides also invite questions and interaction from tour members, rather than treating the tour as a one-person show or a ‘be

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