Travel Agents
Plan and sell transportation and accommodations for customers. Determine destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations required. May also describe, plan, and arrange itineraries and sell tour packages. May assist in resolving clients' travel problems.
55,110 people do this job in the US. $50,160 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 39%
- 61%
- 0%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 5%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 39%. Today's estimate: 39%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 8 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 61% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 12% | 33 min13 min to 1.1 h | 100%Half by now | |
| Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Book transportation and hotel reservations, using computer or telephone.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 21 min8 min to 1.3 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | 99%Half by now | |
| Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 8 min4 min to 21 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Print or request transportation carrier tickets, using computer printer system or system link to travel carrier.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 8 min4 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Provide customer with brochures and publications containing travel information, such as local customs, points of interest, or foreign country regulations.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 2% | 13 min4 min to 33 min | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks74% now, 74% by 2028
- Travel Guides24% now, 41% by 2028
- Counter and Rental Clerks53% now, 53% by 2028
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel69% now, 88% by 2028
- Customer Service Representatives67% now, 67% by 2028
- Telemarketers99% now, 100% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).