Coach Tour Driver

Alfa Travel; England; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Travel is seeking motivated Coach Tour Drivers to enhance our customer experience on holiday tours. With an annual salary of £32,025, you'll enjoy benefits like a bi-annual tax-free dividend, training funding, and a quarterly safe driving bonus. Join a respected employee-owned company that values its staff and offers job security.

Benefits

Bi-annual tax-free dividend

Funding for relevant training courses

Job Security through employee ownership

Quarterly safe driving bonus

Annual CPC training

Free accommodation and meals while on tour

Employee assistance programme

Provision to take partners on tour

Occupational Sick Pay Scheme

Discount scheme for employees and families

Qualifications

• Previous experience of operating Coach Tours would be an advantage.
• Comfortable spending periods away from home.

Responsibilities

• Operate feeder routes and ensure customer satisfaction during tours.
• Be responsible for excursions and managing customer experiences.

Skills

Customer Service

Safe Driving

Technology Use

Education

Valid Driving License

Job description

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Alfa Leisureplex Group has an opportunity for a Coach Tour Driver to join the team and work out of the Isle of Wight area.

Coach Tour Driver working hours:

As a Coach Tour Driver, you will work an average of 219 working days and a maximum of 232 worked days with the average shift length of a tour driver being less than 8 hours. This role would suit an Isle of Wight resident. You will be paid an Annual Salary of £32,025.

Being a Coach Tour Driver:

As a Coach Tour Driver, you will be allocated your own coach once you have completed your initial training. Your week will start by operating a feeder route into one of our six interchanges situated throughout the country. You will then board customers for onward travel to the resort and will be responsible for the excursions through the week. The importance of the coach driver is ultimately down to the success of the tour, and as this is important, we aim to keep the same driver on the tour with those customers until return to the interchange. You will then be allocated a return feeder route.

• Previous experience of operating Coach Tours would be an advantage, but if it is something you are interested in, have the correct licence, and are keen to learn, then please do get in touch.
• Customer service comes naturally as you will be representing the Alfa Travel brand throughout the holiday.
• You will be a safe and efficient driver, comfortable with the use of technology and a maximum of 3 points on your licence.
• Comfortable with spending periods of time away from home; this is very much a lifestyle choice, and you will be away on tour with limited time back at home.

Benefits of being an employee owner:

• Bi-annual tax-free dividend due to our employee-owned status (circa £1,500 in 2024)
• Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
• Job Security – our employee-owned status provides better job security, as we can't be sold to another company
• Dependent on legal breaks, you may also get the opportunity to earn additional money by covering optional excursions.
• Quarterly safe driving bonus with the potential to earn an additional £800 for the year for safe and efficient driving
• Annual CPC training
• Full uniform provided
• Free accommodation and meals whilst out on tour
• Employee assistance programme – Health Assured
• Provision to take partners on tour up to three times per year for no charge
• Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
• Discount scheme for our employees and their families/friends on both coach tours and hotel stays
• Build your pension – we have a pension scheme in place that the Company contributes towards

The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most highly respected coach holiday and hotel companies with a consolidated turnover of over £70 million per year. We are the UK’s only employee-owned Travel Group, and our brands include Leisureplex Hotels and Alfa Travel. Our mission is to provide high-quality memorable holidays for our guests.

Leisureplex Hotels own and operate 24 hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside locations. We have a combined bed stock of over 2,000 rooms and achieve strong all-year-round occupancies due to our sister brands Alfa Travel, plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers.

You would be joining the group during an exciting period as we continue to see significant growth in the number of customers choosing to holiday with us each year. As an employee-owned business with almost 1,000 employee owners, we see our people as our most valuable asset in growing our business and continuing to provide a high-quality service to our customers.

If you feel you are friendly, positive, and passionate and have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this Coach Tour Driver role,