On the east side of the National Constitution Center, where a copy of the country?s birth certificate rests in a glass case, Richard Frey squints under the hazy sun, looking for his day?s first tour, which is a few minutes late.
Buses pull in and out of the parking strip, most unloading grade schoolers in matching T-shirts followed closely by chaperones. Frey is waiting on a travel club, a group of women from Chicago who spent the night in the glitz of Atlantic City before coming to see America?s birthplace.
Frey, 67, a chatty, soft-spoken man with a head of gray hair, comfortable shoes, and a bottle of water tucked in his pocket, has been a city tour guide for 15 years. He guides welcome tours and specialized tours, from trolleys, chartered buses, double-deckers, and storied sidewalks. The summer season can bring him four 90-minute tours a day, five days a week, when he revives a rich tapestry for hundreds of visitors.
Three years ago, after complaints that some tour operators dotting Independence Hall were giving an unauthorized, revisionist history, a group formed the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides. Frey joined his brethren, about 80 members, about a year ago. Last month, the organization issued its first exam to certify their skills.
via Philly group has begun certifying on its own | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/30/2011.
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Source: http://leisuregrouptravel.com/philadelphia-certifies-tour-guides/
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