Travel Guide Licensing
States Licensed
37
of 50 states and D.C.
Burden Rank
75th
for average burdens 1st is worst
Combined Rank
33rd
for states licensed x average burdens 1st is worst
Change from 2017 to 2022, if any:
- ↑
- Burden increased
- ↓
- Burden decreased
- ↕
- Mixed burden change
- N
- New license
- E
- Eliminated license
2022 Licensing Burden Rank
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Travel guides plan, organize and conduct long distance cruises, tours and expeditions for individuals and groups. This report looks at what is required to run one’s own business as a travel guide. Where requirements vary by work setting, we observe the setting with the least burdensome requirements. See Appendix B for details.2022 Snapshot
- 14 unlicensed states
- Days lost range from 0 (28 states) to 1,095 (Maine, New Mexico)
- Fees range from $10 (West Virginia) to $2,370 (Wyoming)
- 12 states require 1+ exam
- 17 states set minimum age
- 0 states set minimum grade
Changes Since 2017
- No licenses created or removed
- 9 states increased fees, while New Hampshire and Maryland decreased them; Wyoming and Hawaii increased exams
- Burden rank worsened 3 spots and combined rank worsened 1 spot, largely because of fee and exam increases
2022 Licensing Burden in Detail
Data Notes: 2022 data collected between February 3, 2020, and March 18, 2022. Fees include charges for application review and license issuance; exams; background checks, credit reports and fingerprinting; recovery fund contributions; third-party certification; and certain fees for training courses. Calendar days lost were estimated based on required education and experience; except for amounts smaller than one day, days lost are rounded to whole days and thus may not reflect very small changes between 2017 and 2022. Appendix A details methods for estimating days lost and calculating burden ranks. Complete data, including revised 2017 data, are available at https://ij.org/report/license-to-work-3/ltw3-data/.