Travel Agents
Sales and Related
Talks with clients to pin down destinations, travel dates, budgets, and lodging needs, then prices options using computers, carrier tariffs, and hotel rate books. Books transport and hotel reservations by computer or phone, collects payment, and prints or requests tickets. Also plans and sells tour packages, keeps records on clients and vendors, and hands out information on customs, local sights, and foreign rules. When trips go wrong, helps sort out the problems. Suits people who like matching options to a budget, keeping details straight, and explaining choices clearly.
Typical education: Associate’s Degree (2-year)
Annual Median Wage in Field (2025)
$50'160
Median Wage Market Position
$50'160
What you might do
- Talk through destinations, dates, and lodging choices
- Book transportation and hotel rooms for clients
- Work out trip costs and quote package prices
- Arrange and sell itineraries and tour packages
- Take payment for tickets and accommodations
- File details on clients, vendors, and packages
Skills that matter
- Intake on destination, dates, and budget
- Tour packages and full itineraries
- Fare and hotel cost calculations
- Flight and hotel booking
- Help when a trip runs into trouble
- Destination facts, customs, and rules
AI & the future of this role
Booking flights, hotels, and standard itineraries is work online tools and AI assistants already handle well, and that trend may intensify. Crisis support and highly customized trip planning still need a person, yet overall demand looks especially fragile.
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