An update on tours for 2020
Many businesses in England are reopening, and at the time of writing, six people are allowed to meet outdoors, at a distance.
As an accredited Green Badge Guide for Manchester, I am an associate of several professional bodies, including the Institute of Tourist Guiding which has released guidelines specifically for resuming tours. You can read this on their website https://www.itg.org.uk/news-and-events/institute-news/covid-19-guidance-for-guides/
However, I will not be starting tours or netwalks again just yet, given the ongoing risk to health. In my view, I would not be able to deliver my type of tours sufficiently safely for guests and the wider public, to the high quality that I would want.
Each guide will take their own view. You may see tours on a small scale in coming weeks, particularly in locations with greater space. Qualified Green and Blue Badge guides will be working hard to put the new guidelines into practice – please be tolerant, give them a wide berth and remember many have been without any income for many months.
I look forward to resuming tours when I judge it is safer to do so and when guests will be able to relax and enjoy the experience. I have some new themes that I am excited to reveal. Until then, do keep reading my blogs on Manchester history. Stay safe.