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Newport Tour Guide

Newport, RI · On-site

$50 - $80/hr

Newport Tour Guide Location: Newport, RI Compensation: $33 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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Ashland Tour Guide

Ashland, VA · On-site

$40 - $80/hr

Ashland Tour Guide Location: Ashland, VA Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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Louisville Tour Guide

Louisville, KY · On-site

$33/hr

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Ashland Tour Guide

Ashland, VA · On-site

$40 - $80/hr

Ashland Tour Guide Location: Ashland, VA Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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Arlington Tour Guide

Arlington, TX · On-site

$27/hr

Arlington Tour Guide Location: Arlington Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal * Theater or acting ...

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Newport Tour Guide

Newport, RI · On-site

$50 - $80/hr

Newport Tour Guide Location: Newport, RI Compensation: $33 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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Casper Tour Guide

Casper, WY · On-site

$20/hr

Are you the type of person who loves diving into local lore, true crime, theater or acting, and ... Ghost Tour Guide in Casper . Our passion is enchanting, authentic storytelling. We thrive on ...

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Hudson Tour Guide

Hudson, NY · On-site

$40 - $80/hr

Hudson Tour Guide Location: Hudson, NY Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

ALOHA KE AKUA TOURS LLC

Tour Guide / Driver

Honolulu, HI · On-site

$25 - $35/hr (+ commission)

We are a highly-rated local business, proud to hold a 2025 Viator Best Half-Day Tour Award . We are hiring a passionate Tour Guide to share the beauty, culture, and history of Oʻahu. Multilingual ...

Underground Tour

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Seattle, WA · On-site

$26.67 - $44/hr

Tour Guides Bill Speidel Enterprises Inc., operator of Seattle's famously humorous Underground Tour ... under local, state or federal law. Company Description It's the mission of the world famous ...

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Billings Tour Guide

Billings, MT · On-site

$20/hr

Are you the type of person who loves diving into local lore, true crime, theater or acting, and ... Ghost Tour Guide in Billings . Our passion is enchanting, authentic storytelling. We thrive on ...

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Dover Tour Guide

Dover, DE · On-site

$40 - $80/hr

Dover Tour Guide Location: Dover, DE Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ghost ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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Montgomery Tour Guide

Montgomery, AL · On-site

$27/hr

Montgomery Tour Guide Location: Montgomery Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal * Theater or acting ...

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Temecula Tour Guide

Temecula, CA · On-site

$25/hr

Temecula Tour Guide Location: Temecula, CA Compensation: $33 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal * Theater or acting ...

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Laredo Tour Guide

Laredo, TX · On-site

$27/hr

Laredo Tour Guide Location: Laredo Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ghost ... Individuals passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal * Theater or acting ...

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Spokane Tour Guide

Spokane, WA · On-site

$20/hr

Are you the type of person who loves diving into local lore, true crime, theater or acting, and ... Ghost Tour Guide in Spokane . Our passion is enchanting, authentic storytelling. We thrive on ...

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Pocomoke Tour Guide

Pocomoke City, MD · On-site

$40 - $80/hr

Pocomoke City Tour Guide Location: Pocomoke City, MD Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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Lynchburg Tour Guide

Lynchburg, VA · On-site

$50 - $80/hr

Lynchburg Tour Guide Location: Lynchburg, VA Compensation: $33 per hour Are you brave enough to be ... Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal. About US Ghost ...

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McDonough Tour Guide

Mcdonough, GA · On-site

$27/hr

McDonough Tour Guide Location: {LIST CITY} Compensation: $27 per hour Are you brave enough to be a ... Individuals passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal * Theater or acting ...

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Newport Tour Guide

Newport, RI • On-site

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$50 - $80/hr

Part-time

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Job description

Title: Newport Tour Guide
Location: Newport, RI
Compensation: $33 per hour
Are you brave enough to be a ghost tour guide? Ready to share incredible experiences as you bewitch and enchant audiences? Then embrace the shadows and become our next ghost tour guide.
Our passion at US Ghost Adventures is enchanting storytelling. We specialize in dark, forgotten, and secret history. We are looking for theater and acting experience, creatives, history buffs, true crime junkies, and paranormal enthusiasts willing to dive deeper into the dark side of humanity. We thrive on igniting a sense of wonder in every guest on our ghost tours, and as a guide, you will weave enthralling stories as you lead tours down the ghastly streets of Newport.
The Perks (Pay & Benefits):
  • Pay: $50 per 90 minute tour.
  • Fantastic Tip Potential: $20 to over $100 per tour.
  • Bonuses based on performance.
  • Free or discounted tours for you and close family/friends all over the country
  • Flexible scheduling that fits your lifestyle

Who We Are Looking For:
  • Skilled and confident public speakers
  • Individuals truly passionate about storytelling, local history, and the paranormal.

About US Ghost Adventures: US Ghost Adventures offers entertaining, historic, and authentic ghost tours of the United States' most haunted cities. We aim to deliver fun yet honest accounts of the hauntings that are so prevalent nationwide. While our stories are derived from historic research, a ghost tour wouldn't be the same without the ghost stories from our guide network across the country.

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