About - Tourpreneur

Our Mission

Tourpreneur was created to unite the world of small and medium sized tour businesses around the world. We believe these experience creators are the most magical part of a trip, and a great way to be an entrepreneur. Not easy, but it's a passion business. And we bring together those passionate individuals from around the world, to offer support and direction for your business.

The Team

BuilT by tour operators, for tour operators.

Every TP team member has been or is a tour operator. Day. Multi-day. Walking. Food. Adventure. We know what we're talking about, because we live and breathe the same kinds of businesses as you.

Peter syme

Partner

Peter Syme is an in-demand strategist for travel technology companies, and a former operator of a whitewhater rafting company in Scotland and a multi-day tour company taking people on "1,000 mile journeys". He's based in a tiny town in rural Scotland.

mitch bach

Partner

Mitch is based in Brooklyn today, but got his start as a guide in Paris, France. He saw what everyone was doing there, and while studying for his Ph.D. he started a day tour company then a multi-day "surprise" tour company across Europe, before moving to NYC and starting TripSchool, the leading global training organization for tour guides, and helps run Tourpreneur, as well as a multi-day educational student travel company called TripAdventures.

aubrie campbell canfield

head of operations & community

Aubrie runs the show. Based in Orlando, Florida, she also runs a bike tour business and a multi-day tour company focused on teaching people how to create documentary films.

Kyle Campbell

gathering coordinator

Kyle is the founder of Sudden Journeys, a multi-day tour company based in London, taking small groups on truly transformative journeys throughout Europe. For Tourpreneur, she helps organize our hundreds of local meetups across the globe, recruiting and training local leaders and helping build our IRL community.

Shane whaley

founder emeritus

Shane is the grandfather of Tourpreneur. While Shane has personally moved on, his spirit remains and infuses everything we do. His motto of "Always Be Learning".