WORK FOR TREKAMERICA
Recruitment for this season has come to an end. If you are interested in being a tour leader for TrekAmerica next season, please contact us in December.
Please remember that the amount of applicants we receive is much higher than the positions available, so please return your application as soon as possible for consideration
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Who can apply for a position?
All Tour leader applicants must be American citizens and be at least 23 years of age (insurance requirement), have a clean driving record, good communication skills, and a keen interest in meeting people from all over the world. Please note that we do not hire non-US citizens for Tour leader positions. -
How do I become a Tour leader
Initially, please send a resume and brief cover letter to our Operations Office via e-mail at jobs@workfortrek.com in order to receive more information on the position and an application. Once we have received your completed application and have had time to review it we will get in touch with you. We do require an in-person interview due to the nature of the position. If you do not live close to one of our operations bases (Los Angeles, New York, or Seattle), we also have former employees positioned throughout the United States to assist in the interviewing process. -
Who are we?
TrekAmerica offers small group adventure tours for a younger international crowd who want to experience North America. Our type of tours are the best way to discover this continent with a unique combination of sightseeing and adventure activities and going "where the crowds can't go". We explore America on trips that take you to big cities, National Parks, beaches, small towns, and many places away from the tourist routes. -
What are we looking for?
We are looking for safe, adventurous, dynamic, flexible, reliable and organized US citizens for Tour leader positions for our adventure camping programme. A Tour leader organizes outdoor activities, provides city sightseeing excursions and arranges night time entertainment, teaches campground etiquette and delegates camp chores ranging from cooking to loading the equipment onto the trailer.
A leader performs daily administration tasks such as accounting, handling all driving, arranging the daily logistics, researching unfamiliar territory and managing the ever-changing group dynamics. Our Tour leaders' certainly are an incredible collection of individuals - both men and women - and represent a variety of backgrounds.
Summer tour leading jobs can run from late March through the middle of September, but we are looking for good people and can employ you for a shorter or longer period.
Still interested?
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Special skills
Americans with foreign language skills and a good sense of North American geography, history and culture should consider those qualities a bonus. However, the TrekAmerica Tour leader experience is not for everyone! If you are one of the individuals whose motivation is ignited by this type of challenge and whose lifestyle is compatible, or can become compatible, with this concept then, please let us learn more about you. -
Where do I apply?
Please send your resume by e-mail (for quickest response), fax or mail. (No telephone calls please).
Email: jobs@workfortrek.com
Fax: (310) 719 1478
Mail: Tour Leader Recruitment
Premiere International Corp.
P.O. Box 1338
Gardena, CA 90249
USA
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Tour leader comments
"Great company to work for. I had one of the best summers of my life. I love the work and the lifestyle."
Chris Tsirbas
"This is the wackiest, most wonderful, awesome, exhausting, fantastic, painful, thrilling thing I have ever done."
Christine Marcinkowski
"Best moral of anywhere that I have worked. This was an awesome job with the best managers I've ever had."
Erin Halloran
"Although challenging and hard this has been the BEST company I've worked for, and the best personal experience in terms of self-esteem, self-knowledge, etc. Awesome! Thanks."
Tafline Laylin
