Open Positions

We will start looking for guides for the 2020 season late February/early March 2020. In the mean time, if you’d like to file an application, please do! We will save your application and get in touch late February/early March.

English speaking guides needed!

We are currently looking for English speaking Bike Tour Guides, Food Tour Guides, and Wine Tasting Experts. Apply now!

Dutch speaking guides needed!

We are also looking for Dutch speaking guides (minimum level C1) for all our open positions below. Apply now!

German speaking guides needed!

We are also looking for German speaking guides (minimum level C1) for all our open positions below. Apply now!

Bike Tour Guide

Our Nice Cycle Tour takes guests to the Old Town, the Promenade des Anglais, Place Massena, Place Garibaldi and up the Castle Hill. It’s the best introduction to the city of Nice. Ideally if guests do the tour on their first day in Nice, we can set them up for the rest of their holidays.

A good Cycle Tour guide knows how to ride a bike, has elementary bike maintenance skills, is a good storyteller, easily connects with people and has a winning smile.

If you are interested in this position, and can say YES to all of our General Requirements (see Overview tab), we would be very interested in receiving your application!

Food Tour Guide

On our A Taste of Nice Food Tours, which is a walking tour, guests taste and drink themselves through the unique gastronomy of Nice, which is neither French nor Italian but uniquely in-between!

The ideal Food Tour guide has extensive knowledge of food and wine, is a great storyteller, easily connects with people and has a winning smile.

If you are interested in this position, and can say YES to all of our General Requirements (see Overview tab), we would be very interested in receiving your application!

eBike Tour Guide

For guests that want to go further afield, we offer a selection of French Riviera eBike tours. Going to Villefranche, St Jean Cap Ferrat, or the Bellet area, we use bikes with electrical assistance (eBikes) to cover the extra distance and climbing with great ease.

As an eBike guide, you need to be comfortable riding a bike for a long time, have extensive bike maintenance skills, great autonomy and the ability to improvise when problems arise, be a good storyteller and have a winning smile.

If you are interested in this position, and can say YES to all of our General Requirements (see Overview tab), we would be very interested in receiving your application!

Recruitment and training process

Step 1 Application

Please fill in the application form.

You will need to attach your CV.

To optimise your chances of getting an interview, we strongly suggest also providing a confidential link to a short informal video (3-5 minutes) where you introduce yourself and explain why you think you’d be perfect for this job. Further details and instruction are provided in the Application Form tab.

Please note that we DO NOT accept applications via e-mail or by phone.

Step 2 Initial phone call

We call all candidates considered for an audition for a quick informal chat.

Step 3 Interview & audition

The audition consists of a face-to-face interview (exceptionally we can organise a Skype video conference if meeting in person is impracticable). For this interview, we ask you to prepare a story that will keep us entertained for five minutes. It could be on any topic as long as it’s engaging and keeps us hooked!

Step 4 Coming along on a tour

After the interview, we may ask you to come along on one of our tours. This is to give you the opportunity to experience a typical tour and to ensure that you have a good understanding of what working for us entails.

Step 5 Additional interviews & tests

Depending on the position applied for, we may test your bike riding and bike maintenance skills and other relevant skills.

We will also call your referees to get a better understanding of your personality and background.

Step 6 Training program

We offer paid training of approx 10-20 hrs, depending on which tours we are training you for, plus we expect you to do significant self study. The elapsed time from when you start your training until you start doing tours with fully paid clients is typically 2-4 weeks.

Step 7 Quality assurance and continuous training

Your training doesn’t stop there! A director will come on your tours regularly to help you improve your presentation and storytelling skills as well as group management and safety aspects. You are expected to continue to learn throughout your employment with us!

Application Form

If you think you’d make a good guide on one or several of our 5-star tours and tastings, please submit an application below!

We suggest you prepare all the answers for the form below in a separate document (e.g. using Word) to make sure you don’t lose your information.

At the bottom of the application form, you will need to attach your CV.

And to optimise your chances of getting an interview, we strongly suggest also providing a confidential link to a short informal video (max 3-5 minutes) where you introduce yourself and explain why you think you’d be perfect for this job. Further details and instructions below.

Note: All questions marked with a ‘*’ are mandatory.

Internship at an international tour company

We offer internships for students of International Tourism and Management and related subjects. Join our multinational and diverse team for a unique insight into a small but dynamic international tour company!

We offer tours by foot and by bicycle in Nice and its surroundings. Our clients are from all over the world. We offer tours in English, Dutch, Swedish and French. Many of our tours have a focus on gastronomy and wine.

The internship exposes you to all aspects of the tour business including guiding tours (if you want), front and back office work, and you’ll have extensive interaction with customers and travel agents.

There are also specific projects in these areas:

• IT systems (scheduling and administration)
• Expand our network of incoming travel agents/Destination Management Companies (DMCs)
• Boost international marketing and improve our websites

Requirements – please apply only if you can say YES to these questions

• You are a student and your university recognises the internship as part of your curriculum
• You can stay, study and work in France legally (you hold an EU or EEC passport or hold a valid student visa)
• You speak English proficiently (minimum level: C1) and you are used to interacting professionally with an Anglo/Saxon and international crowd
• You are highly computer literate (some programming skills are a plus)
• You are able to learn and retain a lot of information quickly
• For those interested in guiding:
  • You have a minimum level of fitness and some bike maintenance skills
  • You are a good storyteller and have a natural ability to entertain
  • You are outgoing, open minded, energetic and fun
  • You enjoy being around people of all backgrounds
  • You are the kind of person that will strike an instant connection with Anglophone and international tourists
  • You are not scared of standing in front of people and managing a group
  • You are safety conscious
  • You have a passion for our region
  • You have a winning smile!

Nice-to-haves

• You speak Dutch and/or German
• You speak French
• Ideally, you live in Central Nice for some time already

Conditions

• There will be an internship contract between you, TAG TOURS, and the university
• The internship can be part time or full time, up to a maximum of 6 months/924 hrs
• The internship can start from 1 April 2020 onwards but the start date is flexible.

Application

If you think doing an internship for us is the right thing for you, please submit an application below!

We suggest you prepare all the answers for the form below in a separate document (e.g. using Word) to make sure you don’t lose your information.

At the bottom of the application form, you will need to attach your CV.

And to optimise your chances of getting an interview, we strongly suggest also providing a confidential link to a short informal video (max 3-5 minutes) where you introduce yourself and explain why you think you’d be perfect for this job. Further details and instructions below.

Note: All questions marked with a ‘*’ are mandatory.