This role advises motor club members on the routes, road conditions, and travel decisions they're about to make — fielding member calls, providing route recommendations, and the small travel-counseling work that goes with road-trip planning.
This role lives inside the member-services rhythm — calls from members asking about routes, road conditions, lodging options for an upcoming trip. You're often working from a club-specific system, maps and travel guides, and the day's road-condition updates. Member satisfaction and useful recommendations anchor the visible measures.
Where it gets uncomfortable is the breadth of geography members ask about — every state's roads, highways, scenic routes, construction zones, and weather considerations. Variance across employers is wide: at AAA-affiliated clubs road advisors work within member-services rhythms; at smaller motor clubs advisors often handle broader travel-counseling scope.
It fits people who are map-curious, travel-informed, and warm with members planning road trips. The trade-off is modest pay offset by member-services benefits and the satisfaction of helping people plan trips they'll remember. Travel-industry credentials anchor advancement.
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View all Admin & Office roles →This role advises motor club members on the routes, road conditions, and travel decisions they're about to make — fielding member calls, providing route recommendations, and the small travel-counseling work that goes with road-trip planning.
Median pay for a Road Advisor is about $41K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $35K to $75K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Service Orientation, Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, and Reading Comprehension.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 2.8% through 2034, with roughly 127,440 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Group Reservations Coordinator, Ticket Dispatcher, and Tourist Agent.
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