In some cities to run a tour, even if it’s about ghosts or food, guides must get an expensive, hard-to-get license—one that may have nothing to do with the tour.
8 years ago I covered these absurd licensing requirements and the fight to change the rules. Here’s what’s happened since.
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“I had to pass a college level history exam with tons of obsucre gotcha questions,” says one Savannah tour guide. She says her business almost died because of her city’s rules.
After she got sick, a city official told her, “Well, I guess you’re going to have to find another occupation.”
With the help of the Institute for Justice, she sued Savannah, and won. But that’s just in one city.
In this video, we cover what’s changed since then.
