Travel Agent
Provide travel advice and arrange travel accommodations for clients.
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- What's it like to be a Travel Agent?
- Latest Travel Agent jobs
- Top skills and experience for Travel Agents
- Travel Agent role reviews
What's it like to be a Travel Agent?
A Travel Agent assists clients in making travel plans, offering advice on destinations, creating travel itineraries, and making arrangements for transportation, hotel accommodations, car rentals, and tours. They may also provide information about local customs, attractions, travel advisories, and weather conditions. Travel Agents work with individuals, families, and businesses, using their knowledge of various travel destinations and the travel industry to provide a valuable service.
Tasks and duties
- Booking airline tickets for domestic and international travel.
- Making travel and accommodation reservations.
- Suggesting itineraries and travel routes based on costs and availability.
- Managing all aspects of the booking process including deposits and final payments.
- Providing information about tours and places of interest.
- Preparing travel documents and itineraries.
- Promoting travel packages on behalf of cruise lines, resorts and speciality travel groups.
- Advising on visa requirements,vaccinations, and travel insurance.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Travel Agent employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Booking Systems
Travel Retailing
Hard Working
Amadeus GDS
Travel Consulting
Multitasking
Invoicing
Tourism
Thoroughness
Travel Industry
Customer Service
Travel Coordination
Self Motivation
Resilience
Sales
Organised
Communication Skills
Time Management
Results Focused
Problem Solving
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Latest Travel Agent reviews
Jun 2024
If you love Organizing/Planning and are a costumer service pro, with a lot of geographical knowledge, this is your your job!
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationHospitality & Tourism
The good thingsThe good things
Helping people find the perfect holiday and make their most out of it; it's wonderful when everything comes into place and you hear all the lovely/funny stories of traveling.
Also th...
The challengesSometimes it's hard to figure out what costumers want and they can be pretty picky as well. Also weekend work, because most of the people book their vacations when they are off, meaning a few busy wee...
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Feb 2024
A fulfilling yet consuming role
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Commerce
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationHospitality & Tourism
The good thingsI personally love being in touch with and helping customers so this role gave me the perfect opportunity to, not only, be able to help them but also make their (travel) dreams come true. I loved being...
The challengesIt is a particularly time consuming job because you take a journey with a customer from the moment they contact you, to meeting them and then preparing their travel plan (which can take a while) final...
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