Senior-Level

Senior Automobile Travel Club Counselor

Senior counselors at automobile travel clubs handle the complex trip planning that less-experienced counselors escalate — multi-stop itineraries, international travel, anniversary or milestone trips, RV touring across multiple regions.

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Conventionalorganizing, detail-oriented
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Job markets for Senior Automobile Travel Club Counselors
Employment concentration · ~118 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Senior Automobile Travel Club Counselor

The senior counselor's clients are often repeat members planning their most significant trips — golden anniversaries, retirement RV tours, dream international journeys. You're often the trusted travel partner across multiple trips and life events. Member retention, trip complexity, and referral generation anchor the visible measures.

The harder part is often the depth of product knowledge across many destinations — senior counselors hold extensive knowledge of hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, rental cars, and the rules around each. Variance across employers is wide: AAA-affiliated clubs offer structured senior-counselor positions with training; smaller motor clubs often consolidate senior roles with broader travel-agency scope.

It fits people who are travel-deep, relationship-grown, and patient through complex trip-planning conversations. The trade-off is modest pay offset by industry travel benefits and the long-term satisfaction of being someone's trusted travel resource.

RelationshipsAbove avg
SupportLower
IndependenceLower
AchievementLower
Working ConditionsLower
RecognitionLower
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Senior Automobile Travel Club Counselors (SOC 43-4181.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$35K–$75K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
127K
U.S. Employment
+2.8%
10yr Growth
14K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

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BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

SpeakingService OrientationActive ListeningSocial PerceptivenessReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingPersuasionTime ManagementCoordinationWriting
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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