Job Description

Tour Guide

Can you imagine yourself opening the eyes of visitors to Edinburgh to all the city has to offer from the top of an open-top double decker bus? If you think you can you bring the city to life in an engaging and entertaining way, then Edinburgh Bus Tours would like to hear from you.


Edinburgh Bus Tours, part of the Lothian family, is one of Scotland's top paid-for visitor attractions and offers a five-star visitor experience. We help over 700,000 visitors each year create unforgettable memories as they discover our breathtaking capital.


Our Guides are responsible for providing an enjoyable and informative tour of Edinburgh, in English, on an open top bus. Each tour is unique and unscripted. To help with this, useful information and training will be provided. Guides must have the ability to combine knowledge of the cultural heritage of the city with information about current events and not to be missed experiences as well as exhibiting a passion for showing off Scotland's capital to the world.


If you know your Old Town from your New, can tell the difference between a castle and a palace and can suggest the best places to try haggis or to get the best views over the city, you may be exactly who we are looking for.

Tour Guide Requirements

No experience required! Our Tour Guides come from a wide variety of backgrounds but good cultural knowledge of Edinburgh and its history is desirable Guides need to be customer focused and to understand, anticipate and deliver on the customers' needs and expectations, on and off the bus. They need to have good people skills and be able to think on their feet Excellent English verbal communication skills are required. Our tours are delivered in English only Good presentation skills are required. Guides must be able to engage with their audience and give a lively and entertaining as well as informative tour. Guides should actively support and contribute to the EBT operations team

What's in it for you as our Tour Guide?

13.26 p/h Free travel in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas on all our buses and Edinburgh Trams Access to a range of benefits including discounts in 100s of retailers and an Employee Assistance Programme Opportunity to return the following season Shifts are allocated on a rolling rota system. Different days off each week, weekend working is essential. To help you look the part, a full uniform will be provided

So, if you want to climb on board and be part of the journey, we would love to hear from you.