Other Tour Guide Associations

There are associations of tour guides throughout the world working to improve the quality of tour guiding and the opportunities to network with fellow guides in their areas. For your convenience in contacting these associations we provide a list below of those associations in North America.  Click to see the list of associations in Canada or the list for the U.S.A. For associations on other continents, please proceed to the Web site of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations.

Associations in Canada and the U.S.A., if we have missed you when compiling our list, we would be glad to include you in our next update.  Just send the necessary information to info@ctgaoftoronto.org.  Corrections and updates are also welcome.

Canada:

Association des guides touristiques de Québec Inc. (AGTQ)
Collège Mérici
755, Grande-Allée Ouest, C.P. 17
Québec, QC  G1S 1C1

Téléphone: 418 683-2104
Contact: Suzie Lapointe suzielapointe@videotron.ca
 

  The Alberta Tour Directors Association
  Box 8044
  Canmore, AB  T1W 2T8
  Telephone: +1 403 678-2833
  Contact: Allison Day ctconsultants@monarch.net

  Association professionelle des guides touristiques

  - Chapître de Montréal (APGT)

  C.P. 982, Succursale Place d'Armes

  Montreal, QC   H2Y 3J4

  Telephone: +1 514 990-9849

  Web site  http://www.apgt-montreal.org/

Contact: René Lemieux   renelemieuxguide@hotmail.com

  Canadian Tour Guide Association of British Columbia

  Box 2440

  Vancouver, BC  V6B 3W7

  Telephone +1 604 876 2576 (9 am - 8 pm Pacific Time  

  daily)

  Fax +1 604 872 2640

  Web site  http://www.ctgaofbc.com

  Contact: Jeff Veniot jeffv@ctgaofbc.com

  Canadian Tour Guide Association of Toronto

  122 - 250 The East Mall, Suite 1705

  Toronto, ON  M9B 6L3

  Telephone +1 416 410 8621

  Fax + 1 416 410-8621

  Web site  http://www.ctgaoftoronto.org

  Email:  info@ctgaoftoronto.org

  Capital Tour Guide Association (Ottawa)
  Lenore Leon
  496 Parkdale Ave
  Ottawa K1Y 0A3
  Tel: +1 613 722-5939
  Fax: +1 613 722-5743
 

U.S.A.

  Arizona Guides Association

  925 West Baseline, #105 E

  Tempe, AZ  825283

  Telephone +1 480 756 2839

  Fax +1 480 756 2839

  Contact: Laura Vandegrift  laurav925@hotmail.com

  Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides

  Gettysburg, PA

  Web site  http://www.gettysburgtourguides.org

  Contact: albgtours@hotmail.com

  Chicago Tour Professionals Association

  2993 Old Tavern Road 

  Lisle, IL  60532-1486

  Telephone +1 630 717 9004

  Fax +1 630 717 9055

  Web site http://www.chicagotourguides.org

  Contact:

  Donna Marie Primas  president@chicagotourguides.org

  Dallas-Fort Worth Area Tour Guide Association

  4601 Dusk Meadow Drive

  Carrollton, TX  75010

  Telephone +1 214 869 4393

  Fax +1 972 578 0991

  Contact: dfwtourguides@yahoo.com

  Greater Boston Tour Guide Association

  14 Shore Drive

  Winthrop, MA  02152

  Telephone +1 617 846 5965

  Fax +1 617 569-3911

  Contact: Cheryl Toby  cdt@worldnet.att.net

  Guides Association of New York City

  PO Box 1585 Ansonia Station
  New York, NY 10023-1585
  Telephone +1 212 969 0666

  Web site  http://www.NewYorkCityTourGuides.com

  Email: info@ganyc.org

National Federation of Tourist Guide Associations - USA

6520 Adair Drive
San Antonio, TX 78238
Telephone: (210) 684-3523
Fax: (210) 684-4488

Web site http://www.nftga.com

Contact: Carolyn Hennessee president@nftga.com
 

  The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington,

  D.C.

  P.O. Box 242

  Washington, DC  20044-0242

  Telephone +1-202-298-1474

  Web site:  http://www.washingtondctourguides.com

  Contact: dcguild@washingtondctourguides.com

  Professional Tour Guide Association of Houston
  P.O. Box 2844
  Houston, TX  77252-2844
  Telephone: 1+ 281 586-2161
  Web site http://www.ptgah.org

  E-mail: mrk1807@houston.rr.com
 

  Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio

  6520 Adair Drive

  San Antonio, TX  78238

  Telephone +1 210 228-5097

  Fax +1 210 684 4488

  Contact: Sharon Knibbe  sknibbe@gvtc.com

  Rocky Mountain Guides Association

  6393 South Reed Way

  Littleton, CO  80123

  Telephone +1 303 979 7594

  Web site : http://tourcolorado.com/tourprofessionals/steponguide/rocky_mountain.htm

  Contact: Barbara A. Foos  ibfoos@msn.com

   San Diego Professional Tour Guide Association

  (SDPTGA)
  P O Box 19541, San Diego, CA 92159
  Telephone +1 619 685-5159
  Web site:

  http://www.sdptga.com/  

   E-mail sdtourguides@yahoo.com
 

  San Francisco Tour Guide Guild
  P. O. Box 170610
  San Francisco, CA  94117-0610
  Telephone: +1 415 753-8600
  Web site: http://www.sftgg.org

  Email  information@sftgg.org

  Savannah Tour Guide Association

  19 North Cromwell Road

  Savannah, GA  31410

  Telephone +1 912 897 3965

  Contact: Vicky Buck  vbuck39452@aol.com

  Silicon Valley Tour Guide Association

  2747 Kring Drive

  San Jose, CA  94125

  Telephone +1 408 978 9543 

  Fax +1 408 978 7006 

  Contact: Lynn Dyche  dyche@earthlink.net

  Tour Guides Association of Greater New Orleans, Inc

  Telephone +1 504 888-4657

  Web site http://www.neworleanstourguides.net

  Contact: tgagnoi@neworleanstourguides.net