Jeremy West

Jeremy@jlwest.com

Gateway City:                     Orlando, FL

 D. C. and New York Licensed

Career Objective:      Tour Director / Guide / Travel Planning / Management

Languages:                 Fluent: Spanish, French

Conversational: Italian

Tour Directing - Tours I offer:

•          Cuba – Havana, Viñales, Trinidad, Cienfuegos

•          London/Paris/Normandy

•          Paris/Loire/Normandy

•          Paris and Versailles

•          Paris/Grenoble/Rhône-Alps

•          Rome, Pompeii, Sorrento, Caprii, Tuscany and Lake District

•          Milano, Florence (with Pisa, Assisi, Lucca), Venice

•          New York/Boston/Québec City/Montreal/Ottawa/Toronto/Niagara/Lancaster/D.C.  

•          New Orleans

•          Dublin/London/Paris/Rome

•          Spain and Portugal Highlights

•          Florida - Beaches and Disney - (Step-on Guiding services available)

•          Heidelberg, Rothenburg, Munich with Füssen

•          National Parks of the American West

•          Pacific Northwest

•          San Francisco, CA – Step-on Guide

•          New York/D.C./Philadelphia – Step-on Guide

Domestic Tour Experience/Destination Knowledge

Alabama: Huntsville (Space Center), Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Dauphin Island; Arizona: Grand Canyon, Lake Powell; California: San Francisco, Sausalito, Napa/Sonoma, Sacramento, Yosemite, Los Angeles, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood; Colorado: Denver, Rocky Mountains, Winter Park, Fraser; Florida: Miami, Orlando, Disney, Universal, Jacksonville; Georgia: Atlanta; Illinois: Chicago; Kansas: Wichita, Lawrence, Topeka, Atchison; Kentucky: Lake Cumberland/Cumberland Falls; Louisiana: Baton Rouge; Missouri: St. Louis, Branson, Kansas City, The Ozarks; Montana: Glacier National Park; Nevada: Las Vegas; North Carolina: Appalachian Mountains; Oklahoma: Tulsa; Tennessee: Smokies, Chattanooga, Gatlinburg, Nashville; Texas: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin; Utah: Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands, Arches, Monument Valley; Wyoming: Jackson Hole, Tetons, Yellowstone 

Cruise Experience

•          Caribbean Performance Cruises 

Other Experience and Skills

•          History and Music Teacher: Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL – Taught applied music and history

•          Music Teacher: The Music Clubhouse, Lawrence, KS – Taught applied music

•          Youth Counselor: Precept Ministries, Chattanooga, TN – Served on staff for youth events and summer camps; led and

coordinated support staff for conferences

•          Medical Missionary/Translator: Puerto Lempira, Honduras – Translated patient symptoms and doctor diagnoses

•          Graduate Teaching Assistant: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS – Taught undergraduate applied music

•          Church Musician: First Baptist Church, Topeka, KS – Pianist and Organist; organized and directed choir

•          Eagle Scout: Participated 12 years as a scout, presently a volunteer

Education

•          International Tour Management Institute, Inc., San Francisco - Certified Tour director

•          The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS – Master of Music

•          Samford University, Birmingham, AL – Bachelor of Arts (French and Spanish), Bachelor of Music

•          Estudio Sampere, Salamanca, Spain – Spanish

•          Centro Lingüistico Conversa, Santa Ana, Costa Rica – Spanish

•          Centre Universitaire d’Études Françaises, Université Stendhal¸ Grenoble, France – French

•          CPR/Red Cross Certified

Personal Interests and Hobbies

•          Volunteer service, music, reading, swimming, sailing, SCUBA diving, triathlons, gourmet cooking, learning languages,

movies, computers, technology, hiking, camping, photography