LinkLinks Washingtonian: Coronavirus Could Wipe Out the Busiest Season for DC’s Professional Tour Guides By Editor On Mar 11, 2020 Last updated Mar 11, 2020 19 Share They stand on the wrong side of escalators. Their buses take up valuable street space. Some of them even swan around in MAGA hats! Yes, student tour groups often break the unwritten rules of DC-area life. But for the region’s hundreds of professional tour guides, March through June is not just peak student-tour season, it’s also when they traditionally make most of their annual income. “I get it, people want to hate on student tours,” says Tim Krepp, a former full-time professional tour guide who now coordinates student tours for a national company. “But they spend a lot of money here in DC.” 19 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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