Job Description

The Opportunity

At Riviera Travel, our guests experience the world's most captivating destinations through carefully curated escorted land tours and river cruises, as well as ocean and yacht cruises.

Our success as a leading escorted tour operator is made possible by our incredible

Tour Managers, Cruise Directors and Cruise Concierges.

You are an imperative part of our success, and we are excited to expand our passionate team to support our on-going growth.

Do you have extensive knowledge and experience, and a flair for bringing destinations to life, if yes, then we would love to hear from you.

Locations

Current opportunities are available in across the world, with our main areas of focus in 2026 being:

Amalfi Coast & Sorrento

Lake Garda & Venice

Lake Como & the Bernina Express

Sicily

Puglia

Sardinia

Andalucia (Seville, Cordoba & Granada)

Austrian Tyrol

Swiss Alps & the Matterhorn

Norway

Montenegro, the Dalmatian Coast & Dubrovnik

France: Provence, the Dordogne & Normandy

Please note that opportunities exist across our range of destinations around the world.

Please check out our website, www.

rivieratravel.co.uk

to see our full range of destinations.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Tour Manager with Riviera Travel, you'll embark on a journey with one of the UK's most successful escorted tour operators. This role offers the thrill of travel, but it's also demanding, with significant responsibilities and high expectations.

You will enrich our itineraries by sharing your insights into the history, culture, and local life of each destination. Your role also includes coordinating with hoteliers and local suppliers to manage any logistical needs.

We value individuality, so we encourage you to bring your personality and unique style to the role. Your primary goal is to ensure our customers have an unforgettable experience, stepping in to assist whenever needed. Going above and beyond is what sets you apart as a Riviera Travel Tour Manager.

Who You Are

You might be...

Already be an experienced Tour Manager with a deep understanding of various destinations and a passion for learning more.

You'll possess excellent listening and communication skills, paired with a natural talent for planning and organization.

You will ooze confidence, be articulate with the ability to assess and adapt to different group dynamics...this is essential in this role.

Being a Tour Manager can be very demanding and include working long hours, so it is important that you are able to perform the essential physical tasks of the job.

Or you might be...

Someone who is not an experienced Tour Manager, but you have lots of relevant skills when it comes to being organised, friendly and knowledgeable plus,

Previous experience working in retail, as aircrew or in the hospitality industry. You may have honed your organisational skills working in the police, the military, nursing, or teaching. Face-to-face experience of dealing with people is essential.

Excellent listening and communication skills, paired with a natural talent for planning and organisation. Confidence, articulation, and the ability to gauge and adapt to different group dynamics.

Demonstrable experience in providing outstanding customer service and possess the resilience to look after your group for a week at a time then this could be the perfect fit for you!

Additional language skills are always a bonus as a Tour Manager. If you do have additional language skills, please note this on your application form.

The application process, assessment centres and all paperwork, tour information and tours themselves are conducted in English. Please ensure you have a sufficient level of spoken and written English to be able to comfortably complete all these areas with confidence prior to applying.

Join Us!

Does this sound like your dream job? If so,

send your CV

to tmapplications@rivieratravel.co.uk. Once we have reviewed your CV, you will be sent a link to complete our online application form. More details about how to complete this will be provided at the time.

If English is not your first language, please note that advanced level or fluency in English is necessary for this role.

We welcome applications for Tour Manager roles from around the world.

The Application Process

Following your email with your CV, you will then be sent a short application form to help us to process your application as quickly as possible. The deadline to complete the application form is

Wednesday 15th October 2025.

If you are selected to move to the next stage of the application process following your application form, we will contact you from

Monday 20th October 2025

to invite you to attend an online assessment centre, which will last half a day (4 hours, 1100-1500 UK time). More information will be provided to successful candidates at this stage, and you will have the opportunity to book on to a selection of dates for your assessment centre, though late October and early November.

The assessment centre will be held online and will involve some group activities and an interview. The assessment centre will be conducted in English. Each date has limited availability, so we advise successful candidates to book an assessment centre as soon as possible.

We will confirm if you have been successful following your assessment centre

on 10th November 2025

, with on-boarding sessions being held online throughout December 2025 and January 2026.

Full details can be found on our UK website: https://www.rivieratravel.co.uk/about-us/careers/tour-manager-vacancies

Applications should be sent via email to tmapplications@rivieratravel.co.uk.

Contract Terms

This is a self-employed role. If not already, you would be required to register yourself as self-employed and, if successful, you would be contracted as a service provider to Riviera Travel on a tour-by-tour basis.

The tour schedule is based on your availability, preferences and experience payment is made on invoice, in advance of each tour.

Further support and details will be provided during the recruitment process.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, Riviera Travel is committed to ensuring equal treatment for all current and prospective employees, contractors and suppliers. We do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marital and civil partnership status.

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds to join the Riviera Travel team.

Job Type: Freelance

Pay: 132.00-185.00 per day

Benefits:

Company events Discounted or free food Employee discount Free or subsidised travel
Work Location: Remote