Hire a Guide for Your Tour or Program

We give you access to many of the best tour guides in San Francisco, including our Certified Guides, who have passed rigorous exams of local history and documented extensive experience leading tours in the Bay Area. Choose one of the following simple ways to connect with the guides you need.

Use Our Automated System

• By clicking Hire a Guide you will complete a short form outlining your needs, and we will email your information to several of our Certified Tour Guides. Those who are available will contact you, and you can choose who to hire.

          Hire a Guide 

Browse/Search Our Membership Directory

• You can also browse or search a directory of our members and reach out to those you wish to talk to. You can search on type of tour, language, etc.

         Guide Directory

Send an Email That We'll Forward to Many Guides

• Another choice is to send us an email, and we'll forward your information to approximately 50 guides. Because this method is not automated, there may be a short delay in forwarding your email. It's also possible you'll receive quite a few calls and emails from interested guides.

          Email Us

Recommended Rates

Tours with Narration in English

• $300 minimum for up to four hours, $60 per hour thereafter, rounded up to nearest hour.

Tours with Narration in a Foreign Language 

• $325 minimum for up to four hours, $70 per hour thereafter, rounded up to nearest hour

Airport Meet-and-Greets, Transportation, Other Services

• English: $200 for the first four hours. $40 per hour after + parking/BART/transportation.
• Foreign Language: $225 for the first four hours, $45 per hour after + parking/BART/transportation.
• Reimbursement expected for out-of-pocket expenses (parking/BART/transportation) as well as compensation for items such as use of personal cell phone, printing of documents (manifest, OPS, greet signage), travel time to airport and meal allowance when warranted.

 

Terms & Conditions for Hiring Guides 

Our members work as independent contractors, and all hiring arrangements and expectations for performance should be made directly with each individual. The Guild receives no referral fees.

Do You Need Tour Guides in Other Cities?

Several other tour guide associations have Hire a Guide systems similar to San Francisco's. The following links will take you to their sites:

New York City    Washington, D.C.