Nobody knows a place like someone who lives there. If you are a local with deep knowledge of your city, region, or country, travelers will pay for your insider tips -- the best street food spots, hidden gems, safety advice, transport hacks, and itinerary planning.
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Ways to earn
Ways to earn as travel guides
Trip Planning Call
Audio Call
Help someone plan their itinerary -- where to stay, eat, visit, and what to skip.
Virtual City Tour
Video Call
Walk someone through your city over video. Show them neighborhoods, markets, and landmarks live.
Travel Q&A Session
Group Video
Group session for people planning trips to your region. Answer questions, share tips.
Local Insider Tips
Channel
Monthly curated tips about your city -- new restaurants, events, seasonal activities.
Why travel guides & locals choose TrunkCall
You already know everything about your city. Now get paid for sharing it with excited travelers.
Tourism is seasonal. During peak season, your call volume and earnings spike naturally.
A 10-minute call about the best route through Ladakh is effortless for you but invaluable for the traveler.
Your channel becomes the go-to resource for people visiting your region.
Beyond just calls
1:1 Audio Calls
Scheduled or instant voice calls. Clients book a slot or reach you on demand. Set per-minute or flat rates.
Rs 500-2,000 per session
1:1 Video Calls
Face-to-face consultations over video. Perfect for lessons, reviews, demonstrations, and detailed guidance.
Rs 800-3,000 per session
Group Video Sessions
Interactive group calls with up to 100 participants. Workshops, masterclasses, and collaborative sessions.
Rs 2,000-15,000 per session
Channels
Broadcast-only channels where you share exclusive content. Subscribers pay monthly. Pure recurring revenue.
Rs 5,000-50,000/month
Groups
Community groups where members interact, share, and learn together. You moderate and set subscription pricing.
Rs 3,000-30,000/month
Webinars
One-to-many live events with Q&A. Great for workshops, talks, and educational sessions. Recurring or one-time.
Rs 3,000-20,000 per event
Livestreams
Go live to up to 1 million viewers. Run polls, answer questions, and build your audience at scale.
Audience building + conversions
Courses
Multi-chapter video courses students can follow at their own pace. Record once, earn repeatedly. True passive income.
Rs 10,000-1,00,000+/month
Instant Connect
On-demand, pay-per-minute calls. Toggle availability and receive calls from anyone who needs immediate help.
Rs 5-50 per minute
Real results
Tenzing W., Local Guide, Leh
Challenge
Had expertise and passion but no scalable way to monetize it beyond local clients.
Solution
Started offering Trip Planning Call and Virtual City Tour on TrunkCall.
Result
Tourists call me before their Ladakh trips for route advice and safety tips. I earn from my couch what I used to earn from full-day treks.
A travel guides from India
Challenge
Trading time for money in 1:1 sessions with a hard ceiling on earnings.
Solution
Launched a Travel Q&A Session and a Local Insider Tips to reach multiple people at once.
Result
Tripled monthly income while working fewer hours. Group sessions and recurring subscriptions created predictable revenue.
Earnings potential
Earnings breakdown
Realistic monthly scenarios
5 instant calls/week (10 min avg)
Rs 8,000 - 20,000/month
3 scheduled sessions/week
Rs 12,000 - 36,000/month
1 group session/week (15 ppl)
Rs 10,000 - 45,000/month
Channel with 100 subscribers
Rs 5,000 - 50,000/month
One course (sell 50 copies)
Rs 50,000 - 5,00,000 one-time
Combined potential
Rs 50,000 - 5,00,000+/month
As a founding expert, you keep 100% (13% commission returned)
“Tourists call me before their Ladakh trips for route advice and safety tips. I earn from my couch what I used to earn from full-day treks.”
Tenzing W.
Local Guide, Leh
Getting started
Sign up, add your name, bio, and expertise. Takes less than 2 minutes. No documents, no approval process.
Choose when you are available. Set per-minute rates for instant calls and flat fees for scheduled sessions.
People find you, book you, and pay you. Earnings go straight to your wallet. Request payouts to your bank anytime.
Limited-time offer
We return our entire 13% platform fee back to you as a founding bonus. You effectively earn 100% of what clients pay.
Example
Client pays Rs 1,000 — you get Rs 1,000
Top 500 experts get professional ad campaigns run by Voy Media — a top US advertising agency. Worth Rs 3,00,000/month, completely free.
Value
Rs 3,00,000/month
Founding experts appear first in search results and category pages. More visibility means more bookings from day one.
Benefit
Your profile ranks above non-founding experts
Your professional identity
Your Trunk ID is your unique professional identity on TrunkCall. Share it anywhere — social media, business cards, your website. People use it to find you, book you, and pay you. No personal number exposed, ever.
Unique identity
A memorable Trunk ID that represents your professional brand.
Privacy protected
Your personal phone number is never shared with clients.
Ratings compound
Every review builds under your ID. Your reputation grows with every session.
Shareable everywhere
Share your Trunk ID on Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp -- people find you instantly.
Instant payments
Earnings from all session types flow to your Trunk wallet. Withdraw to bank anytime.
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Questions about TrunkCall for travel guides & locals
Absolutely. TrunkCall is built for professionals like travel guides & locals who have expertise people are willing to pay for. You can offer 1:1 calls, group sessions, courses, channels, webinars, and more -- all from your phone or laptop.
Nothing. TrunkCall is completely free to join. We only charge a 13% platform fee when you earn. As a founding expert, even that 13% is returned to you as a bonus for your first year.
Earnings go to your TrunkCall wallet instantly. You can request a payout to your bank account anytime. Payouts are processed within 2-3 business days.
Yes, you have complete control. Set per-minute rates for instant calls, flat fees for scheduled sessions, subscription prices for channels and groups, and course pricing.
Just a smartphone with a decent camera and internet connection. That is it. No studio, no fancy equipment. TrunkCall handles video, audio, chat, and payments.
We are in our founding phase with limited spots. Early joiners get priority placement, which means more visibility and bookings. The sooner you join, the more advantage you have.
The first 5,000 experts who join TrunkCall get exclusive benefits: 13% commission returned on every earning, priority placement in search results, and a chance to have professional ad campaigns run for you -- for free.
Never. You get a unique Trunk ID -- a professional identity that keeps your personal phone number completely private. All calls happen through the TrunkCall app.
Earnings go to your TrunkCall wallet instantly. You can request a payout to your bank account anytime. Payouts are processed within 2-3 business days.
Absolutely. You have full control over your pricing -- per-minute rates for instant calls, flat fees for scheduled sessions, subscription prices for channels and groups, and course pricing.
Nine formats: 1:1 audio calls, 1:1 video calls, group video sessions, channels (broadcast), groups (community), webinars, livestreams, courses, and instant connect (on-demand calls).
TrunkCall works for 50+ professions