The Benefit

A tourguide is way more than just the person who leads a group of motorcyclists.

The experience customers have on a motorcycle tour stands of falls with the tourguide. A good tourguide will be able to respond to each rider individually, as well as tie a group together into a community.

A good tourguide never appears to be stressed or strained – no matter if there’s heavy rain or any unforeseen events of obstacles along the way.

The tourguide is the person of trust on a motorcycle tour or travel. He is trusted by both the individual group members and the company on whose behalf and in whose name he is leading the group. A demanding job.

Your Personal Gain

In the A.R.T.T. tourguide training, the professionals from Edelweiss Bike Travel will teach you all aspects and facets of your exciting and varying tasks as a tourguide. In addition to the wide-ranging topic of „riding in a group“, you will learn the complete skill set for the perfect management of a trip, for best behaviour in legal matters and group dynamic processes, for dealing with unforeseen problems – and of course there’s the First Aid course.

The A.R.T.T. training makes you a convincing tourguide and brand ambassador for Touratech.

This training is not only a gain professionally but also on a personal level.

The Price

The Prices 2023

Germany Thailand
5 days & 6 nights 6 days & 7 nights
Total Price Tourguide Certification €3.100 €3.200
Accommodation and Meals
(not included: additional Beverages)		 €690 €780
PRICE (without bike) €3.790 €3.980
Optional: Bike rental incl. fuel, insurance €250 €675
PRICE  €4.040  €4.655

Including

  • 4 1/2 days of intensive training by Edelweiss Bike Travel
  • Quick Reference Guide, all training material
  • training infrastructure
  • food & beverages during the day (lunch packages/sandwiches)
  • certificate, patch, branded artwork
  • Hotel and dinner

Optional

  • bike for training, fuel, insurance (if you don’t use your own motorcycle)

Not included

  • travel expenses, shuttles, accommodation, breakfast, additional beverages at dinner

Please note: The A.R.T.T. Tourguide Certification gives a lot of knowledge that is not related to riding skills: first aid, group dynamics, conflict management, technical and bike know how, brand behaviour etc.)

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The Content

  • Touratech basics and tour preparation
  • Motorcycle handover preparation
  • Touratech branding (hotel, motorcycle, van, …)
  • Meet and greet with customers
  • Standard content of welcome and daily briefing
  • How to deliver a quality briefings
  • Customer service during tour
  • Group riding rules
  • The role of the Tour Guide in general
  • Tour Guide rules and behavior
  • Safe riding lines
  • How to deal with technical issues while on tour
  • Technic workshop
  • How to deal with customer issues while on tour
  • How to deal with accidents issues while on tour
  • First aid training (motorcycle and tour related)
  • How to scout a new tour, how to pre ride a tour
  • Data handling
  • Tour preparation with GPS and maps
  • Role of the support vehicle
  • Etc.

The Schedule

In general, the A.R.T.T. Tourguide Certification process consists of 5 full days, of which 4.5 days are training and preparation, and 0.5 days are exam. Riding skills are not trained and not verified in the exam.

Usually, before the first official training day, there is a possibility to ride a first tour together to get familiar with the group and to give the traininers an indication of the skills of the participants.

Depending on the country where the certification takes place, transfer routes have to be scheduled. This will be communicated separately.

(Please remember that classes and exams are given all in English. You must both understand and be able to express yourself well in English.)

Details for each certification event depend on the date / the country where the certification will be held. However, the general outline (duration, group size, etc.) remains the same for each A.R.T.T. certification.

Accommodation: Close to the training areas. Accommodation will be booked by Touratech.

Travel information: Will be given according to location.

Group Size: In general, the group will consist of min 8 to max 12 participants. Individual solutions may be found according to special demands.

Bikes: If the participant does not use his own bike, we provide a pool of rental bikes of different brands and current models for training and exams.

The Participant

The participants of the Touratech A.R.T.T. certification programs come from all over the world. They are employees or authorized agents of Touratech importers and business partners.

Each participant must meet specific legal requirements as well as personal qualifications in order to complete the certification week and the final exam in a valuable and successful way.

  • The participant must be an Official Touratech Business Partner’s employee or must have a contract with an Official Touratech Business Partner covering his work as a guide or must be invited/recommended by an official Touratech Partner with purpose to plan and/or guide and/or accompany Touratech tours on behalf of the Business Partner in the future.
  • The participant is holder of a valid international driving license.
  • The participant is mentally/physically able of guiding a group. He will confirm that he is in good health condition and not addicted to drugs.
  • The participant must understand, speak and write English fluently (in order to unterstand course contents and to be able to pass the final exam).
  • The participant is able to handle and manoeuvre a bike without problems (e.g. loading/unloading, pushing a bike, correcting a parking position, picking up a bike etc.).
  • The participant is able to ride very slowly on all different kinds of ground.
  • The participant is a prudent rider with very good riding skills in every condition; riding experience of minimum 5 years is required; he is experienced in every weather condition, on different grounds and different road / track characteristics (e.v. steep mountain passes, main traffic arteries etc.)

Participation requirements

The participants of the Touratech A.R.T.T. certification programs come from all over the world.

Each participant must meet specific legal requirements as well as personal qualifications in order to complete the certification week and the final exam in a valuable and successful way.

  • The participant is holder of a valid international driving license.
  • The participant is mentally/physically able of guiding a group. He will confirm that he is in good health condition and not addicted to drugs.
  • The participant must understand, speak and write English fluently (in order to unterstand course contents and to be able to pass the final exam).
  • The participant is able to handle and manoeuvre a bike without problems (e.g. loading/unloading, pushing a bike, correcting a parking position, picking up a bike etc.).
  • The participant is able to ride very slowly on all different kinds of ground.
  • The participant is a prudent rider with very good riding skills in every condition; riding experience of minimum 5 years is required; he is experienced in every weather condition, on different grounds and different road / track characteristics (e.v. steep mountain passes, main traffic arteries etc.)

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