Good advice. Although I am not a full time guide, I have a lot of domain experience and have guided in the past. I have intimate knowledge of the adventure/guiding community and what's involved with adventures, but need to research more about guiding companies and legals involved with that. I think partnering with someone who has run an adventure guiding company would be ideal.
Love it. Kickstarter for adventures. It wouldn't even need to be big expeditions (although they would be awesome), it could simply be that for a canyoning guide to justify spending a day taking people through a canyon, they'd need at least x amount of paying clients. It could deal with the payments, booking etc... and let the guide deal with what they do best - the adventure.
Thanks for the feedback people. All great points and worth considering. I am inclined to focus on outdoor adventure rather than the looser 'experiences/tours' approach. A system pointed out by a couple of people (thanks!) that I particularly like is to wait until you get a minimum amount of interested people before going ahead with the adventure.
Glad to here it Steven. Quick question. Would you be looking to go on hard (Everest) or soft (Surfing at Bondi) adventures? Both equally good in my books.