Join us for a first-ever TripCon'26 EUROPE: a hiring & education event for tour managers/leaders and tour operators.

If you are a RECRUITING Tour Operator, please email devon@thetripschool.com to express your interest in attending the 2026 event BEFORE registering here (and wait for his response). Recruiting Tour Operators are committed to participating all day on interview day with Tour Directors and Guides. This will take place on Wednesady, November 18 from 9am to 5pm.

For the first time ever, TripSchool is expanding our TripCon hiring & education event to go to the European market! TripCon is the world’s largest tour director & guide hiring conference—where guides & tour managers from around the world come to celebrate the craft, sharpen your skills in targeted sessions, and meet the operators who are actively recruiting.

For 2026, we’re bringing the energy to Porto, Portugal—a city that blends warmth, water, river, wine, history and a creative energy that makes it theperfect stage for the first-ever event for tour managers in Europe.

You'll leave with inspiration, a feeling of connection to the global community of tour leaders, and new job prospects!

Hotel room & rates will be coming soon.

We offer travel insurance as part of travel protection plans from our partner TripAssure.

To cover you for the unforeseen, we encourage participants to purchase travel insurance, which may include benefits for trip cancellation, trip interruption, missed connection, travel delay, medical expense/emergency evacuation, baggage and personal effects, baggage delay and more. 

TripAssure offers the Basic, Deluxe Plan, and Deluxe Plus Plan options. Familiarize yourself with the contents of each plan to ensure to get the one that best suits your needs.

Get a quote for travel protection as well as view complete plan details & disclaimers.

The $99 deposit secures your spot at TripCon and TourWeek 2026 and is nonrefundable.  The remaining cost of your ticket will be due by June 1, 2025. Tickets are always transferrable up until the start of the event, however, after June 1, 2025 the ticket is non-refundable. 

*You can always transfer your ticket to anyone on our waitlist for a $50 fee, however, if you find someone on your own, there is no charge to transfer.