Phenomenal place to work - Trip Leader Backroads Employee Review

5.0
Sep 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Exciting and dynamic workplace. Very employee focused. The trip leading role provides a flexible and well compensated year round guiding job with good benefits and a great community.

Cons

Work can be draining, and comes in fits and starts. Summer time off needs to be planned six months in advance

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5.0
Jan 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- flexible schedule - great culture & peers - travel perks

Cons

- seasonal work (unpredictable) - base rate is not great - company gives too much grace to clients with a known history of bad behavior

2.0
Feb 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Coolest job you’ll ever have - travel, 5 star hotels, food, etc - 0 expenses - AMAZING co-leaders. Friends for life

Cons

- closest thing you can get to being in a cult - you’re not allowed to have an opinion -management praises feedback but can’t take it, even when delivered in the way they mandate it be delivered - terrible base pay and they say it’s “industry standard” - I still work in the industry and it’s not even close to being true. Just a lie - lots of stress from guest scores. Success feels like a relief - the company is currently mandating leaders to work less hours so they can save money and not pay health insurance to as many people. Also gross

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