Overview & Salary

Overview

Plan, organize, and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.

On the job, you would:

  • Arrange for tour or expedition details such as accommodations, transportation, equipment, and the availability of medical personnel.
  • Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites.
  • Resolve any problems with itineraries, service, or accommodations.

Education

  • high school diploma/GED
  • some college

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $25,930
Annual median $36,060
Annual 90th percentile $58,620

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Business

  • customer service
  • sales and marketing

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Social

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

  • Concern for Others
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Cooperation
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Independence

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things

Attention

  • do two or more things at the same time
  • pay attention to something without being distracted
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