A professional who provides fare information to passengers traveling on nonscheduled or chartered motor trips, using rate tables. Responsibilities include:

• Interviews customer or reviews written requests to obtain data on proposed trips.
• Studies maps to select or lay out and measure travel route.
• Refers to rate tables to gather rate data considering such items as type of vehicle, distance, destination, estimated travel and waiting time, cost of tolls, and passenger or freight service.
• Computes rates, using calculator.
• Prepares written report on rates or informs customer orally.
• May arrange travel accommodations for tourists (travel clerk).