Careers
Join the Team
Join our team, and your job is more than a salary.
You satisfy your love of travel, create lifelong memories for customers, and learn about the history and heritage of the UK & Europe.
And because we believe in inspiring passionate employees, we share up to 20% of the company’s profit and offer plenty of opportunities for adventures, fun, and career development.
Our current vacancies will be advertised on this page, so please check it out regularly. Every application you make is treated equally and respected for individuality and diversity.
About us
Rabbie's operate one of the largest selection of scheduled tours in the UK and Ireland with a vision to make the world a better place through travel.
We’re an open, friendly, positive and welcoming group of people. We like to ‘live life’ and explore places that have stories to tell. We’re renowned for delivering exceptional customer experiences because of how we look after our guests, each other, and the communities and the environments we travel through.
Benefits
- Discounted or free staff tours (dependent on availability)
- Family and friends discounted travel
- Family friendly policies
- Flexible/Hybrid working options where appropriate
- Bonus scheme
- Training budget
- Cross Company Working Opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Paid volunteer days
- Staff discount in cafe
- Rabbie's sick pay
- Accident Insurance / Death in Service cover
- Paid compassionate/bereavement leave
- Staff conference/Social & parties
- Discounted garage MOT/repairs
- Long service reward
Driver Guides
Our main office is in Edinburgh but we are recruiting for Driver Guides to conduct tours at the following locations: Edinburgh, Inverness, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester, London
Who are Rabbie's?
Founded in 1993, we are an award-winning travel company offering tours a wide variety of tours around the UK, Ireland and Europe.
We deliver small group tours of 16 passengers or less in our fleet of luxury Mercedes mini coaches.
We are recruiting now!
What do we look for in our Driver Guides?
- Are you outgoing, enthusiastic and passionate about meeting people and showing them the best that the UK has to offer?
- If you have a good knowledge of Scotland, its history and are passionate about sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm with people from all over the world, then this could be the role for you
- You will drive, lead and guide small group mini-coach tours throughout Scotland and Northern England and consistently deliver a memorable and enriching experience that will last our customers a lifetime
- You will be talking about the history, geography, culture and traditions of the places you take your passengers - every day brings something different
- Skilled and experienced drivers who love being on the road. Mini-Bus licence is not essential on application - all training provided for successful applicants
Essential skills
- Driving experience – mini-coach driver training provided
- High standards of customer service
- Use your own initiative and problem-solving skills to provide a seamless service to passengers
- An ability to communicate your knowledge and entertain people from all over the world
What you will be doing
- Drive top of the range mini-coaches with due care and attention at all times for the comfort and safety of passengers (training provided)
- Demonstrate an appetite and enthusiasm for learning
- Complete daily vehicle safety checks and legal documentation (training provided)
- Embrace our environmental and sustainable tourism practices
- Provide constructive feedback to continuously improve the quality of the tours
- Display a pride and passion for the country and what it has to offer
- Continually develop a wide-ranging cultural, historical and social knowledge
Requirements
- In order to work as a Driver-Guide you must have a current UK car driving license
- A category D or D1 class driving license would be great, but not essential as all training will be provided
Job Type
- Full-time and part time positions available – from one day per week to full time
- Permanent contracts
- Salary: £26-32K + plus a range of benefits
- Single day tours and overnight tours available to suit - or a mixture of both!
Current Benefits
- Discounted or free staff tours (dependent on availability)
- Family and friends discounted travel
- Family friendly policies
- Flexible/Hybrid working options where appropriate
- Bonus scheme
- Training Budget
- Cross company working opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Paid volunteer days
- Staff discount in our cafe
- Rabbie's paid sick pay
- Paid compassionate leave
- Staff Social & events
- Discounted garage MOT/repairs (Edinburgh garage)
- Long service reward
Driver Guide specific Benefits
- On-site parking at depot
- Driver CPC paid training
- Driver medical renewal costs covered
- Commissions
If you're interested, please fill out the application form and email to jobs@rabbies.com
Please use the subject line ‘Driver Guide application’.