Travel Guides Career, Salary and Skills
No national wage record is published for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Occupation description
Plan, organize, and conduct long-distance travel, tours, and expeditions for individuals and groups.
O*NET code
39-7012.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Salary data is not available for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 4.12 | 3.88 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 3.25 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.88 | 3.25 |
| Coordination | 3.75 | 3.62 |
| Persuasion | 3.75 | 3.38 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.25 | 3.75 |
| Time Management | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.75 |
| Active Learning | 3.12 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites.
- Resolve any problems with itineraries, service, or accommodations.
- Attend to special needs of tour participants.
- Sell travel packages.
- Evaluate services received on the tour, and report findings to tour organizers.
- Give advice on sightseeing and shopping.
- Administer first aid to injured group participants.
- Arrange for tour or expedition details such as accommodations, transportation, equipment, and the availability of medical personnel.
Technology
- Customer information databases
- Data visualization software
- Financial accounting software
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Structured query language SQL
- Tableau
- Travel Agent CMS
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.