The Tourpreneur community comes together for a week

“The un-conference format is exactly what this community needs.”

Sean Grant, Great Falls Travel

• “Love this group and the podcast, connecting with other passionate tour operators from all around the world. Being a small hiking business here in Western Australia with a home office, you feel like you’re alone sometimes. But Tourpreneur helps you feel sane, stay on track.”

• “Suddenly I have a humongous network of people who have lots and lots of years of experience. And so for me, suddenly I have a huge group of people that I can go to when I need help or if I just need to vent or brainstorm. So it’s been amazing. It’s been completely life changing.”

• “It’s encouraging. I’m not doing it alone. I’m doing it with a whole host of people, some of whom are friends, some of whom are new friends, some of whom are just friendly competitors even. But we’re all in this together.”

• “Favorite part was getting to meet so many people from this group IRL.”

• “So this is my favorite people in the entire world. … And to have the support system is incredible because when I started my thing 22 years ago, this kind of thing didn’t exist. And to be part of this community, it’s amazing.”

• “And honestly, the highlight for me was just getting to know so many other inspiring tour operators. Like, the inspiration to me is the most important thing because it’s so, so energizing, and I don’t feel like I’m alone like I normally am.”

• “But the reality is we’re working together to change the narrative on how tours and experiences can really be delivered in a transformative, exciting, revolutionary, innovative way. We’re not alone. There’s a whole community of us out there.”

• “It’s nice to get together with business owners to talk about business, to be in a space with people who shorthand understand your business and your challenges, and just to talk about things that we all have in common.”

• “You know when you’re doing everything yourself you sometimes feel isolated. You can’t talk with anybody about your problems … being part of the community helped us kind of like help me seeing that there are similar problems, there are similar goals so you get a sense of community.”

• “The same thoughts that swim in my head all the time swim in their heads too. I am not as crazy as I thought I was, and that’s really reassuring.”

• “The energy was off the charts.”

• “It’s just really about getting to know the people and realizing they’re actual human beings and not just on the web. And this, the doing the shindigs and the gatherings, I feel like is very empowering because again, it’s that connection you’re building with people.”

• “Every time I found myself facing a roadblock, I sure found someone here to listen, to help or to support in one way or another.”

• “Learned a lot and had so much fun hanging out with acquaintances but we left that event feeling like old friends. Great job! This is the longest event hangover I’ve ever had.”

• “I’m so grateful to this community and its founders. … it kept me sane and connected to the industry in the darkest days of the pandemic and since then you have done so much to inspire, evoke, create and connect me to other likeminded Tourpreneurs that I’ll never be able to repay it.”

• “My favorite part was just getting to know a community of like minded folks that are doing similar things in the industry. I definitely did not have that community prior to, prior to this retreat and prior to Tourpreneur.”

• “I am so thankful I found Tourpreneur right after I created my business. It was serendipity! I found my people.”

• “I came last year and I didn’t think you could top it, but you did. I’ve made so many great connections.”

• “It had sense of place, space for connection, and a true community feel.”

• “Thank you extended family, amazing to be part of a community of global travel crazies 🙌”