Guide verification standard

Clear review steps before guides receive traveler requests.

Globotrip uses guide profile review, local expertise signals, safety agreement checks, and ongoing quality signals to help travelers understand who they are contacting.

Core checks

3

identity + safety

Profile quality

Reviewed

before matching

Approval

Manual

with audit trail

Verification checklist

Checks that support traveler trust, guide quality, and safety review.

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RequiredAdmin

Identity check

Confirm legal name, profile photo, primary location, and contact method before guide approval.

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RequiredAdmin + guide

Local expertise review

Review destination knowledge, languages, sample tour ideas, and local experience evidence.

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RequiredGuide

Safety agreement

Guide accepts marketplace rules: public meeting points, no unsafe detours, no pressure, no off-platform payment requests.

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RecommendedGuide

Profile quality

Guide profile should include a strong bio, clear languages, tour categories, availability notes, and real traveler-friendly details.

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OngoingAdmin

Ongoing marketplace monitoring

Reports, low response quality, suspicious requests, and repeated cancellations should affect guide status.

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Guide approval workflow

1Apply

Guide submits profile and local expertise.

2Review

Team checks identity, languages, safety agreement, and profile quality.

3Approve

Guide tools unlock and profile can appear in matching.

4Monitor

Reports and quality signals affect account status.

Traveler trust copy

Use “verified local guide” only for profiles that have passed required review. Use “guide applicant” or “pending guide” until approval is complete.

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