Makes and confirms reservations for transportation or lodging, or sells transportation tickets. May check baggage and direct passengers to designated concourse, pier, or track; deliver tickets, contact individuals and groups to inform them of package tours; or provide tourists with travel or transportation information.
This career is part of the Hospitality and Tourism cluster Travel and Tourism pathway.
A person in this career:
- Examines passenger documentation to determine destinations and to assign boarding passes.
- Traces lost, delayed, or misdirected baggage for customers.
- Checks baggage and cargo and directs passengers to designated locations for loading.
- Provides boarding or disembarking assistance to passengers needing special assistance.
- Confers with customers to determine their service requirements and travel preferences.
- Announces arrival and departure information, using public address systems.
- Determines whether space is available on travel dates requested by customers, assigning requested spaces when available.
- Assembles and issues required documentation, such as tickets, travel insurance policies, and itineraries.
- Maintains computerized inventories of available passenger space and provides information on space reserved or available.
- Informs clients of essential travel information, such as travel times, transportation connections, and medical and visa requirements.
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