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Seasonal Tour Guide Jobs in Alaska

Everyone likes to do cool things, but not many people get paid for it. If you would like to get paid to take people on adventurous outings, then a job as a land tour guide may be perfect for you.

Tourists always want to experience Alaska when they set foot in cool places like Ketchikan, Seward, Juneau, or Haines. They want to see the sights, sounds, and scenery of wild Alaska.

When the cruise ships head to the seaside ports of Alaska, land tour guides are there to show tourists an Alaskan adventure, like…

• Wildlife viewings
• Photo tours

• Gold mining
• Riverboat tours
• Dog sledding
• Flight-Seeing
• Scenic drives
• Sea kayaking
• Bird watching

The land tour guides are called a variety of names depending on the company and activity. They are responsible for organizing activities and coordinating with step-on or adventure guides to make sure the day runs smoothly. They must attend to all aspects of the trip including pick up and drop off times, activities, food, transportation, waivers, and everything else. They also have to deal with any and all surprises that come up – challenging passengers, natural disasters, lost reservations, sick clients, missing sightseers, and more.

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An Opportunity to Organize and Lead

Working as a land tour guide means that you might get to work entirely with cruise ships through their land-based operations, or you may lead entire trips through Alaska on planes, buses, vans, boats, trains, or even bicycles. There are lots of opportunities to earn a paycheck for taking people on super fun tours to places like Denali, Kenai Fjords, Seward, or Prince William Sound.

Plus you help your clients create memories that will last a lifetime.

Land tour guide jobs are perfect opportunities to live in the mind bogglingly cool regions of Alaska. If you enjoy fun things and can make sure people have a good time, then this job is easy. And you’ll love it.

Use AlaskaJobFinder to help your find your dream job. There are hundreds of open jobs right now. Simply click the button below to start your job search.

Alaskan Tour Guides

Alaskan Tour Guides – Employment Opportunities

Jobs available.

• Tour Driver-Guide : Seasonal, June to Mid September
• Accounts Manager : Permanent, Full-time

Job Title: Alaska Tour Driver-Guide, Seasonal

Reports To: Tour Guide Manager and General Manager

Job Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour driver guide to join our team. As a driver-guide, you will be responsible for driving and leading groups of visitors on tours of Alaska, providing them with information about the history, culture, and attractions of the state. You will also be responsible for ensuring that your guests have a safe and enjoyable experience.

• Drive and lead groups of visitors on tours of Alaska
• Manage tour schedule logistics
• Provide informative and engaging narration about the tour route and attractions
• Answer questions from guests
• Ensure the safety and security of guests
• Handle any unexpected situations that may arise

Qualifications

• Must be at least 23 years of age and possess a Valid Drivers license
• Must be able to provide a clean MotorVehicleReport.
• Must be able to pass a UA Drug Test
• Must have a valid DOT medical card, and be able to pass a DOT Physical and lift baggage weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to safely operate small bus with trailer in tow
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong public speaking skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work long hours and flexible schedules
• Ability to be away from home for extended periods of time
• Knowledge of Alaska and its history and attractions
• Experience in the tourism industry is a plus
• Alaska resident preferred, Mat-Su area doubly preferred

Compensation and Benefits

• $225 per day
• Paid lodging when overnighting away from home office
• Gratuity eligibility

Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]

Additional Information

This is a seasonal position from June to mid-September, with some flexibility for those that require shorter term employment (e.g., teachers).

Successful candidate must complete a UA Drug screen, pass a background check and obtain a DOT medical card before hire.

Job Title: Accounts Manager – Full Time, Permanent

Reports To : General Manager

The Accounts Manager is responsible to manage our client and supplier accounts, and help with day-to-day financial tasks. The ideal candidate will have experience with QuickBooks, strong communication, excellent customer service skills, detail oriented and an ability to learn quickly.  Preferred Alaska tourism experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain relationships with key vendors in the tourism industry
• Identify and understand customer needs
• Provide excellent customer service
• Work with others to ensure that customer needs are met
• Manage vendor accounts payable and receivable
• Maintain accurate reservation records
• Assist with tourism-related accounting tasks as needed
• Process sales and resolve customer issues
• Enter data into accounting software

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree in accounting or related field
• 1-2 years of experience in bookkeeping or accounting, A/P, A/R
• Strong understanding of bookkeeping principles and procedures
• Experience with QuickBooks a plus
• Proficient Computer Skills, Mac knowledge a plus 
• Excellent attention to detail
• Tourism experience preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn quickly
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Collaborative and supportive work environment

Starting pay $23 – $25/hr. DOE

Benefits Package – Insurance: Health, Dental and Vision, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays after successfully completing probation period.

If you are a highly motivated and results-oriented individual with a passion for the tourism industry, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Please – no calls to the main office lines.

A call to the office will be seen as an inability to follow direction.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Browse full-time, part-time, and seasonal travel and tourism jobs in Alaska. A wide range of positions are available, from tour guides, cooks, and guest services positions to front office, technical, and management openings. If you want a brag-worthy summer job or are ready to start the next chapter of your career in an incredible Alaska setting, the possibilities are wide open.

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Alaska Tour & Travel Jobs

Who we are and how to join our team.

Who are we?

Alaska Tour & Travel specializes in arranging custom vacation packages to Alaska. Our guests are predominately from outside Alaska, nearly all are from the US and Canada. We have been in business over 25 years, and we have helped well over 250,000 visitors plan and experience a trip of a lifetime to Alaska. Our office is in midtown Anchorage on Arctic Boulevard. Our office staff ranges seasonally from 12 to 20 employees. Most of our communication with our guests is by phone and email.

We also operate the Park Connection Motorcoach , which is a bus service that runs between Denali Park and Seward daily during the summer months. In addition to our reservations staff, we also have a team who work the Park Connection during the summertime.

What types of jobs do we have?

Our primary business is making reservations for visitors coming to Alaska, so naturally our Alaska Travel Specialists (aka Reservation Agents) are the heart of Alaska Tour & Travel. We have three primary Travel Specialist positions:

• Seasonal Alaska Travel Specialists - We generally interview and hire for these positions from November through March, with agents working as early as January through early September. We do have the flexibility of offering positions for college students who want to work part time around class schedules through early May, switching to full time May through the end of August.
• Full Time Flex Alaska Travel Specialists - Full Time Flex position provides full time (40-hour/week) employment from January through mid-September and part time employment (24-hours/week minimum) from mid-September through December. Individuals may also choose to forego the part time employment for this mid-September through December timeframe and return to a full time position (40-hour/week) in January.
• Full Time Travel Specialists - Most of our full-timers first worked for us seasonally. We do hire some team members for this position from outside the company, but they must have plenty of relevant work experience in the Alaska travel industry and solid work references. Full time agents qualify for company benefits.

Our Park Connection Motorcoach team consists of Park Connection Supervisors and Park Connection Expeditors:

• Park Connection Supervisors - Oversee the team and coordinate the daily Park Connection operations to maintain the motorcoach schedule and high level of service.
• Park Connection Expeditors - Greet and check in passengers boarding motorcoaches downtown, load and unload luggage, and answer questions about our state. Often expeditors help in our office with basic duties such as answering emails and processing simple reservations. Since the Park Connection operates May to mid-September, most of the team is seasonal.

What’s the Alaska Tour & Travel Work Life Like?

Our agents work as a team, communicating with guests by phone and email, while preparing custom travel packages using a reservation system. A typical day will include making reservations for Alaska travel products, preparing quotes, answering questions regarding travel to Alaska, processing payments, and other miscellaneous office duties. Work schedules vary depending on the time of year. Our reservation office is typically open 7 days a week from January through September, and 5 days a week from October through December. All Travel Specialists can expect that some weekend work will be required.

How do you apply?

If you are interested in joining our team, come into our office and introduce yourself, or give us a call to see what positions we may have available. We typically interview and hire for reservation agents in December and January, and Park Connection staff in late winter to early spring.

We encourage you to come into our office to apply in person, or download an application here , and email it to us at the address below. Be sure to include a resume if you have one prepared. We will contact you shortly after we review your application. Still have questions? Give us a call!

Physical and Mailing Address

Alaska Tour and Travel 3900 Arctic Blvd, Suite 304 Anchorage, AK 99503

Office: 907-245-0200 Fax: 907-245-0400 Email: [email protected]

Any information you provide us will be held in confidence. Thanks again for your interest in Alaska Tour & Travel!

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Summer Tour Guide Jobs & Park Ranger Jobs

Guide and ranger jobs are some of the most coveted Alaska summer jobs. Imagine working in the great outdoors and sharing Alaska’s exciting scenery and wildlife with guests! However, these jobs are highly competitive and they usually require some previous guide or interpretive experience, or some years of college or education in a natural wildlife field.

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Nature and wilderness guides lead groups on hikes that range from short day hikes to backcountry camping trips that can last more than 10 days. Trip leaders need to enjoy working with people, and experience with natural history interpretation is strongly preferred. There are many types of tours available, as you’ll see below. You will need to have more specific experience for jobs with these tours. Support positions are often available for less experienced candidates. These can include tour assistants or co-leaders, ticket sales agents, phone/customer service reps, and employees who help prep the guests for tour, such as make sure they’ve signed release forms, watched any required videos, have all needed equipment, etc. Some employers require guides to have First Aid and CPR certification.

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2024 march madness: women's ncaa tournament schedule, dates, times.

This is the schedule for the 2024 NCAA women's basketball tournament for March Madness. Elite Eight action continues on Monday, April 1.

• Selection Sunday: 8 p.m. ET Sunday, March 17 on ESPN
• First Four: March 20-21
• First round: March 22-23
• Second round: March 24-25
• Sweet 16: March 29-30
• Elite Eight : March 31-April 1
• Final Four:  Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. with the second semifinal starting 30 minutes after the first game ends. Both will be broadcast on ESPN and hosted at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. 
• NCAA championship game : Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m. ET on ABC, hosted at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

These are the sites for the women's tournament in 2024:

Click or tap here to view the 2024 bracket as a pdf.  |   Click or tap here for the 2024 interactive bracket. ​

2024 March Madness women's TV times and schedule (all times ET)

Friday, april 5 — final four.

• (1) South Carolina vs. (3) NC State | 7 p.m. | ESPN
• (1) Iowa vs. (3) UConn | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN

Sunday, April 7 — National Championship

• TBD vs. TBD | 3 p.m. | ABC

Wednesday, March 20 — First Four 

• (16) Presbyterian 49 , (16) Sacred Heart 42
• (12) Vanderbilt 72 , (12) Columbia 68

Thursday, March 21 — First Four

• (11) Arizona 69, (11) Auburn 59
• (16) Holy Cross 72, (16) UT Martin 45

Friday, March 22 — First round 

• (8) North Carolina 59 , (9) Michigan State 56
• (2) Ohio State 80 , (15) Maine 57
• (11) Middle Tennessee 71 , (6) Louisville 69
• (1) South Carolina 91 , (16) Presbyterian 39
• (7) Duke 72 , (10) Richmond 61
• (1) Texas 82 , (16) Drexel 42 
• (4) Virginia Tech 92 , (13) Marshall 49 
• (3) LSU 70 , (14) Rice 60
• (4) Kansas State 78 , (13) Portland 65 
• (8) Alabama 82, (9) Florida State 74 
• (5) Baylor 80, (12) Vanderbilt 63
• (5) Colorado 86,  (12) Drake 72
• (7) Iowa State 93,  (10) Maryland 86 
• (3) Oregon State 73,  (14) Eastern Washington 51 
• (2) Stanford 79 , (15) Norfolk State 50
• (6) Nebraska   61 , (11) Texas A&M 59

Saturday, March 23 — First round

• (6) Tennessee 92 , (11) Green Bay 63
• (3) UConn 86 , (14) Jackson State 64
• (4) Indiana 89 , (13) Fairfield 56
• (8) Kansas 81 , (9) Michigan 72 (OT)
• (2) Notre Dame 81 , (15) Kent State 67
• (3) NC State 64 , (14) Chattanooga 45
• (1) Iowa 91 , (16) Holy Cross 65
• (6) Syracuse 74 , (11) Arizona 69
• (5) Oklahoma 73 , (12) FGCU 70
• (1) Southern California 87 , (16) Texas A&M Corpus Christi 55
• (7) Ole Miss 67 , (10) Marquette 55
• (8) West Virginia 63 , (9) Princeton 53
• (7) Creighton 87 , (10) UNLV 73
• (4) Gonzaga 75 , (13) UC Irvine 56
• (2) UCLA 84 , (15) California Baptist 55
• (5) Utah 68 , (12) South Dakota State 54

Sunday, March 24 — Second round

• (7) Duke 75 , (2) Ohio State 63
• (1) South Carolina 88 , (8) North Carolina 41
• (5) Colorado 63 , (4) Kansas State 50
• (3) LSU 83 , (11) Middle Tennessee 56
• (3) Oregon State 61 , (6) Nebraska 51
• (1) Texas 65 , (8) Alabama 54
• (5) Baylor 75 , (4) Virginia Tech 72
• (2) Stanford 87 , (7) Iowa State 81 (OT)

Monday, March 25 — Second round

• (2) Notre Dame 71,  (7) Ole Miss 56
• (3) NC State 79, (6) Tennessee 72
• (3) UConn 72, (6) Syracuse 64
• (4) Indiana 75, (5) Oklahoma 68
• (1) Iowa 64,  (8) West Virgina 54
• (2) UCLA 67, (7) Creighton 63
• (1) Southern Cal 73, (8) Kansas 55
• (4) Gonzaga 77,  (5) Utah 66

Friday, March 29 — Sweet 16 

• (3) Oregon State 70 , (2) Notre Dame 65
• (1) South Carolina 79 , (4) Indiana 75
• (3) NC State 77 , (2) Stanford 67
• (1) Texas 69 , (4) Gonzaga 47

Saturday, March 30 — Sweet 16 

• (3) LSU 78 , (2) UCLA 69
• (1) Iowa 89 , (5) Colorado 68
• (1) Southern California 74 , (5) Baylor 70
• (3) UConn 53 , (7) Duke 45

Sunday, March 31 — Elite Eight

• (1) South Carolina 70,  (3) Oregon State 58
• (3) NC State 76 , (1) Texas 66

Monday, April 1 — Elite Eight

• (3) UConn 80, (1) Southern California 73
• (1) Iowa 94, (3) LSU 87  

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Di women's basketball news.

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• Caitlin Clark wins second-straight Naismith Award
• NIT, WBIT finalists 1 win away from the title
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• Caitlin Clark and Iowa are back in their second-straight Women's Final Four
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Complete List of Job Locations in Alaska, Canada, & Seattle

Here’s a convenient & complete list of our job locations sorted and organized by region – Click on any of the location or job title links to get more information. And if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us anytime!

Anchorage, AK Cooper Landing, AK Copper River, AK Denali, AK Fairbanks, AK Juneau, AK Ketchikan, AK Mt. McKinley, AK Skagway, AK

Washington & Canada

Seattle, WA Dawson City, YT Whitehorse, YT