SFTGG Certified Guide
About:
The Credentials You Expect, Plus Industry Leadership:
- Author of A Tour Guide's Guide to San Francisco training manual, published by The Trip School
- Certified Tour Guide, San Francisco Tour Guide Guild
- Certified Tour Director, International Tour Management Institute (ITMI)
- Travel Director of the Year 2019, Insight Vacations
- Board Member and Past President, San Francisco Tour Guide Guild; Certification Chairperson 2024-25
- Past Board Chair, San Francisco City Guides
- Former Lead Tour Guide, San Francisco Shuttle Tours
What Tour Operators are saying...
“Creative, communicative, dependable and professional are just a few of the many possible words to describe Jason. He is the consummate ambassador for the tour and travel industry, and his guests always come back raving about their experiences with him.” -- Jordan A., Director of Operations
"Jason is an outstanding tour guide. He is professional, organized, dependable, proactive, and extremely knowledgeable about the areas in which he works. He takes great care of our guests and always ensures to provide them with an incredible vacation. We love working with Jason!" -- Kristin M., Senior Manager, Field Team
Education:
BA, Archaeology/Anthropology, Northwestern University
Training:
International Tour Management Institute -- Certified Tour Director
Personal Interests:
Broad interests in history (including military history), geology, architecture, natural history, and California agriculture. Hobbies include hiking, visiting historic sites and museums, garden projects and cooking/baking.
Special Tours:
Jason has extensive experience with the full variety of Bay Area tours -- San Francisco, Muir Woods/Sausalito, Napa and Sonoma Wine Country, Monterey/Carmel, Alcatraz and Chinatown bus/walking tours. A specialty is architectural tours (he was a docent with the Chicago Architecture Foundation in the 1990s).
Besides the standard itineraries, he has been been involved in many highly custom experiences, such as an agriculture tour for farmers from Australia and a fam tour for a medical association considering San Francisco for their conventions. He has experience with VIP clients, including a European head-of-state and a member of the British Parliament.
Over-the-road tour experience includes most locations along the California Coast and Yosemite, the desert Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Mountain West and New England.
Languages:
English
Services Offered:
Tour Guide (step-on a bus or other vehicle)
Tour Guide (walking tours)
Over-the-Road Tour Director
Tours Offered:
San Francisco City Tour
Chinatown Walking/Food Tour
Muir Woods/Sausalito
Wine Country (Napa/Sonoma)
Monterey/Carmel
Silicon Valley
Yosemite