NBC News Calls Travel Advisor One of the Fastest-Growing Jobs

Travel advisor is “one of the fastest-growing jobs in America,” NBC News told its Nightly News audience on Nov. 7 – even though “little more than a decade ago, this job was seen by some as useless.” 

The national news channel cited LinkedIn, which found that the travel advisor profession saw a 23% surge in popularity over the last three years, “fueled by people looking for more flexibility and more travelers looking for premium experiences.” 

NBC Reporter Aaron Gilchrist spoke to Amira Bixby, a Wall Street worker-turned-travel advisor, for the piece, who said she entered travel four years ago because “I really reassessed my life, my goals, what my priorities are, and decided to make a switch into something that I absolutely love.” 

Bixby noted that many of her colleagues are also formerly from the corporate world – “It’s all about really being detail-oriented to the nth degree.” 

The NBC news package also addressed the AI elephant in the room, assuring viewers that while AI can build an itinerary, it could never deliver the service that travel advisors provide for their clients. 

“Right now, people are looking for specialized, high-reward, high-cost trips,” said Andrew Seaman, Editor-at-large at LinkedIn Jobs & Career Development, “reaching out to people who are experts in planning those getaways and who can get them really good deals and also troubleshoot if anything goes wrong.”