In this quick call, we check in with Chef Forrest Parker, the tour operator behind Underdiscovered Charleston – history, walking, and food tours! We learn how he is coping with the COVID-19 lockdown and how he plans to come back stronger.
Forrest shares with us why he decided to offer food and history tours of Charleston and what he is doing to improve his tour business so he can come back stronger after the COVID-19 lockdown.
What tours does Undiscovered Charleston offer?
Chef Forrest shows you HIS Charleston, distilling 400 years of history into a 3-hour guided walking tour experience culminating with a cooking demonstration and 3-course lunch featuring the iconic flavors of the South Carolina Lowcountry with perfectly paired wines. Click here to book a tour & lunch experience.
Check out our interview with John LaVerne at Bulldog Tours, Charleston.
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Hello, and welcome to episode 88 of Tourpreneur, the world’s only weekly independent podcast for tour operators.
On our Tour Operator COVID-10 sessions, we call a tour operator from around the world, and take their pulse on where they are in terms of their business, finding out how their tour business is dealing with the Coronavirus crisis,
- What are their action plans during quarantine,
- What’s the daily routine,
- What’s their message to other tourpreneurs around the world,
- What are they learning, to make sure their business comes out of this stronger than before?
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Episode Resources
- Undiscovered Charleston
- Meet Chef Forrest Parker
- Bulldog Tours, Charleston
- John LaVerne interview on the Tourpreneur Podcast
- SEO courses on Skillshare
- Jason McDonald – SEO Expert.
Shane Whaley
Shane Whaley is the Producer and Host of the Tourpreneur Podcast. He is also the curator in chief for the Tourpreneur Daily Brief. Shane has worked in the travel industry for almost twenty years.
