San Diego Professional Tour Guide Association was founded in 1999 by Edwin Lohr. It is backed with 9 years of industry experience and composed of members, some of which have 25+ years experience and many are multi-lingual.
 
We are a non-profit organization known as San Diego Professional Tour Guide Association using the acronym SDPTGA.

Our mission statement: To enhance the visitor's experience in the San Diego region by ensuring a high standard of professionalism within the tour guide industry. 

All members of this association pledge to maintain the maximum degree of professionalism by adhering to the association's Code of Ethics:
 - Strive for excellence in all aspects of the profession and personally guarantee the integrity and accuracy of material presented.
 - Extend professional respect and a spirit of cooperation to fellow guides. 
 - Maintain loyalty to the companies that contract for our services and protect the confidentiality of proprietary information. 
 - Uphold the association's philosophy of aspiring to excellence through a program of certification and continuing education. 


Affiliations:               San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau 
                                National Federation of Tourist Guides - USA 
                                San Francisco Tour Guide Guild


Business Members:   Another Side of San Diego
                                Arrangements Unlimited
                                Destination Concepts, Inc 
                                Destination Services San Diego
                                Fielday Inc   
                                San Diego Insider Tours                              
                                Sampson & Associates
                                TBA Global San Diego
                                The Event Team
                                Tour du Jour/All about San Diego
                                Travis Meeting Mgmt Inc
                                Vision Event Productions


Friend of the Association:  Sundance Stage Lines

Important: San Diego Professional Tour Guide Association aka SDPTGA accepts no legal responsibility for inaccuracies of all or any portion of the information contained in the website. It also accepts no legal responsibility for any opinions or representations made by sites to which it may be linked.