Interview with Jo Wong: Founder of MyProGuide

Not only your tour guide but also your friend!

This is the motto of MyProGuide’s founder Jo Wong, and also the purpose and vision of his company. Tour-guiding isn’t just walking around, telling people information they already can get from google. The true fun of hiring a tour guide is because they are locals.

Bringing The World Closer as Your Professional Tour Guide

Local tour guides know the city better than anyone else. They know fun stories that have happened but were never shown in online articles.

They know the culture, and they know “traveling is not just about a destination, but the everyday life people are experiencing.”

The best part about the tour guides in MyProGuide is that everyone is very passionate about our job, and we are full of enthusiasm. We are here to make sure our customers have a great time and make the most of their stay.

The Irreplaceable Value of Customized Tours

The Internet combines the world together, there are no boundaries in between. People are starting to travel as backpackers or solo travelers. What these people need is local tour guides that can show them the daily life of local people.

As transportation is improving over the years, people tend to save a lot more time on transportation. And the time that is saved can be used for a short tour. Big tour guide companies often provide day-long tours or even more, but Jo thought that we should make use of those small pieces of time.

Jo enjoys showing his foreign friends and clients around the city, so he got himself a tour guide license. As Jo used to go on business trips, all he had was a few hours of spare time to get to know the country he was in. But without a trusted tour guide. it was very difficult for Jo to experience local culture, and that was when he had the idea of setting up a platform for tour guides and people who need them. 

In MyProGuide, short tours are very popular. As a tour guide himself, Jo saw the opportunity to put together people’s need for tour guides and customized tour service on the internet.

Browse tours in Taiwan with MyProGuide

In 2016, MyProGuide was ready for business, with the goal to help travelers make the most of their stay to experience local life and to provide customized tours that can meet every traveler’s need.

Let the world see us, and let us find you

The design of our logo uses bright colors bright yellow and blue, which represents youth and our enthusiasm like the burning sun. The blue sky above us represents the freedom that every soul seeks in their travel. When our tour guides wear our uniform, the bright colors are also easy for travelers to find.

MyProGuide is not only a platform for travelers to book their ideal tour, but also to connect all the amazing tour guides around the world! Tour guides with amazing experiences and travel ideas are everywhere, but when you know where to look for them, travelling just got a whole lot easier.

Look for amazing tours with MyProGuide

Our tour guides are all professionals with a tour guide license. What’s best is that the majority of them know multiple languages!

You are guaranteed to find the best tour guide for you. We are looking for tour guides from all corners of the world, we believe that local tour guides know best about their country and culture, which is a great part of why people travel the world.

We want people to feel like hanging out with a friend rather than just a tour bought online. What started with short tours in Taipei has grown into a network of licensed local guides in 32 countries, and the world is still ours to explore.

Feeling inspired? We’d love to hear how you think. Let’s talk!

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