Senior Luxury Travel Consultant

Travel Trade Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury travel agency in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Travel Consultant to join their award-winning small team. The role involves providing personalized travel experiences, creating and booking tailored trips, and ensuring excellent client service. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years in travel sales, possess extensive destination knowledge, and showcase strong organizational and communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working options, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus uncapped commission

Trade priced holidays for family

Familiarization trips

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of recent travel sales experience.
• Knowledge of a wide range of destinations including city breaks and luxury trips.
• Proven sales statistics and accomplishments.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle pressure effectively.
• Familiarity with multiple systems and technology.
• Commitment to providing excellent client experiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide personalized service to clients from start to finish.
• Create tailored itineraries using various tour operators.
• Book and manage holiday arrangements including ancillaries.
• Build long-term relationships with clients for future trips.

Skills

Recent travel sales experience

Destination knowledge

Sales statistics

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Calmness under pressure

Tech-savvy

Client care

Job description

HYBRID FULL TIME LUXURY TRAVEL CURATOR!

Are you working in Travel sales? Looking to be a luxury Travel consultant? Sell the best of the best that holidays have to offer?

Offering a highly competitive salary this award-winning agency are looking for an experienced travel consultant to join their small team of travel experts Edinburgh.

Job Description

• Liaising with direct clients, this is all about using your knowledge and personality to offer a personalised service from start to finish, giving care & attention and treating each holiday as a privilege to be involved in and create
• Accessing a wide range of Tour Operators to create the right itineraries for your clients, this may be a short-haul holiday, a city break through to a cruise, a long‑haul beach break or a tailor‑made trip
• Creating and booking holidays, offering ancillaries, adding personal touches, ensuring all goes smoothly through to the clients returning home.
• Getting to know the customers, understanding their needs, and making suggestions for future trips

Experience required

• Have recent travel sales experience (min 3 years)
• Large range of destination knowledge (City breaks, cruise to luxury tailor‑made trips)
• Have recent sales statistics
• Are ridiculously organised with eagle‑eye attention to detail
• Communicate like a human, not a robot
• Stay calm when things go sideways (because they sometimes do)
• Are tech‑savvy enough to handle multiple systems
• Really care about clients having amazing experiences

The Package

• Competitive salary plus uncapped commission
• Trade priced Holidays for you and your family
• Fam trips
• Hybrid work
• Training and development opportunities

Interested

For further information please call on 0161 9236120 or email [e-mail]