Fellow museum guides - launching a tool for tours soon, tell me what's missing before I do
Hey everyone! I'm about to launch a tool for tour guides and want input from people who actually do this work before it goes public. The core idea: guests scan a QR code at the start (no app, works in any browser), and during the tour everything happens on their phones, controlled from yours:
- Slides synced live - you flip, they see it on their screens. Old photos, maps, details you can zoom into and point at
- Built-in audio guide - you speak, guests hear you through their earbuds right in the browser. No radio sets or transmitters to haul around
- Quizzes and live reactions between stops ("what style is this building?")
- At the end: guests rate the tour, happy ones get nudged to leave a review on Google/TripAdvisor, and there's a tip prompt at the right moment
- Contacts collected on join, so you have a list for repeat tours, plus per-guest analytics
- Private cheat sheet for you on every slide - dates, names, what to say next
What I'd love your honest take on:
- Would you actually run a tour this way, or is asking guests to look at phones a dealbreaker for group dynamics?
- What's missing that would make this a no-brainer for you?
- What would make it a hard no?
Not dropping a link - genuinely trying to figure out what other guides need vs what a founder imagines they need. Brutal honesty very welcome.