Part-Time Travel Consultant

Travel Trade Recruitment; Aspley Guise; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Travel Trade Recruitment is seeking an experienced Travel Consultant for a luxury travel agency in the United Kingdom. The role is part-time, Monday to Friday with no weekend work, offering a tailored service and opportunities to craft bespoke itineraries.

You will handle enquiries, quote holidays, and convert quotes to bookings while upselling additional products. A strong track record of meeting sales targets is preferred in this independent retail agency.

Qualifications

• Experience achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Excellent customer service and rapport-building abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills with clients and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Face-to-face and phone inquiries from customers.
• Quote holidays and convert to bookings; upsell where appropriate.
• Manage bookings, communications and travel partners; keep product knowledge up to date.
• Hit personal and team targets and contribute to overall profitability.

Skills

Sales targets

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Job description

We're seeking an experienced Travel Consultant to work for a truly independent Travel Agent specialising in luxury travel. This established Travel Agency offer a tailored and personal service, and a variety of Tour Operators, to ensure they can create the perfect holiday for their customers. They are seeking an experienced Travel Consultant, with a clear passion for travel, to join them on a part-time bases . Salary is dependent on experience and they work Monday to Friday, no weekends! Opportunities like this in the Travel Industry are few and far between, so this could be the part-time Travel Advisor role you've been waiting for!

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Working face-to-face and over the phone taking enquires from customers
• Offering excellent customer service, listening and building rapport with your clients and potential client
• Quoting holidays and converting these to bookings.
• Upselling of additional products to enhance profitability.
• Hitting personal and team targets.
• Managing bookings, customer communications and travel partners.
• Keeping your product and brand knowledge up to date whilst having in- depth knowledge of the company's brochures and destinations.
• You can expect to be dealing with dynamic packaging/tailor-made itineraries, along with package holidays.
• Monday to Friday, no weekends

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

The successful candidate will ideally be an experienced Travel Consultant, looking for a new challenge within an independent retail travel agency. You will have great inter-personal skills and proven background of achieving and exceeding sales targets.

THE PACKAGE

You will receive a competitive salary of circa £25k pa - £27k pa pro-rata, along with incentives and the opportunity to work in a friendly, like minded team!