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Good advice. Although I am not a full time guide, I have a lot of domain experience and have guided in the past. I have intimate knowledge of the adventure/guid

Good advice. Although I am not a full time guide, I have a lot of domain experience and have guided in the past. I have intimate knowledge of the adventure/guiding community and what's involved with adventures, but need to research more about guiding companies and legals involved with that. I think partnering with someone who has run an adventure guiding company would be ideal.

joshwb84 14y ago
To get your idea off the ground, you might consider partnering with tour operators (aka tour guides) that maintain expertise in their individual adventures. That way, at the beginning, you leave the "guiding" up to the experts while you work to measure demand, create a brand and iterate on the value proposition. By handing off the actual "guiding", you can focus on developing the business. Also, I think this method demands less startup capital and/or licenses. While vayable.com does this for small (relative to your past trips) experiences, perhaps a market exists for the grand adventures? Your expertise would be useful in identifying exactly what people want/need when pursuing this type of adventure, then finding a way to deliver just that. Best of luck!