Travel Consultant

AdventureTravelNews; Conway (AR); In loco; USD 22.000 - 36.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health coverage

401K + Pension

Tuition assistance

Floating holidays

Parental leave

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Descrizione del lavoro

Auto Club Enterprises is seeking a Travel Consultant to sell international and domestic travel packages, including cruises, air, car and hotel. You will share knowledge from personal travel experiences and develop lasting relationships with AAA members.

The role emphasizes sales-driven performance, customer service, and the ability to navigate multiple systems. Training, incentives, and employee travel perks are offered as part of a career path in leadership.

Competenze

• High school diploma required; 2- or 4-year degree preferred.
• Pass a comprehensive criminal background check and drug screening.
• 2+ years of retail sales, banking, or leisure travel agency experience preferred.

Mansioni

• Sells international and domestic travel packages including cruises, land packages, travel itineraries, air, car and hotel.
• Develops long-standing relationships with members and builds referral and repeat business.
• Makes tailored recommendations to ensure the trip exceeds expectations; cross-sell related products.

Conoscenze

Sales experience

Customer service

Organization

Computer skills

Typing 30 WPM

Communication skills

Formazione

High school diploma

2–4 year degree preferred

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

Discovering the World- One Member at a Time!

A love of travel attracts many people to the field, but to succeed a Travel Consultant must be passionate about travel and the endless opportunities it brings to bridge history, cultures and cuisine. Successful Travel Consultants must have a strong sales drive, organizational skills with an eye for detail, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, demonstrated proficiency in navigating computers and various programs; must possess good written and oral communication skills and the ability and interest to be in a continuous learning curve.

What does a AAA Travel Consultant do?

• Sells international and domestic travel packages including cruises, land packages, travel itineraries, air, car, and hotel
• Shares knowledge and expertise from personal experiences and/or education study trips
• Develops long-standing relationships with our members and builds referral and repeat business
• Makes appropriate recommendations to ensure the trip experience is more than expected and tailored to the member's expectations
• Cross-sell relevant products to enhance the trip experience, such as AAA Member Rewards Credit Card, and identify theft referrals

For the right individual, this opportunity will be a career path for future leadership opportunities. As you progress you will be evaluated to determine proficiencies in sales, customer service, administrative, operations, up-selling, cross-selling and meeting goals. Successful completion of evaluations may result in continued growth opportunities to expand into leadership as a manager.

• We offer extensive training to aid you in your career development through The Auto Club University
• Regular recognition through various company programs and incentives for trips, cash and prizes
• Company sponsored IATAN cards, providing exclusive travel consultant discounts
• Love to travel? Personal travel opportunities at discounted pricing
• Corporate benefits for insurance products
• Paid educational study trips are available for our consultants to promote career development
• Quarterly incentives/bonuses for achieving established production tiers

Required / Preferred Skills

• A high school diploma is required, but we prefer a 2 or 4-year college degree
• You need to be able to pass a comprehensive criminal background check and thorough urine sample drug screening
• We prefer candidates with at least 2 years of successful retail sales or banking experience or a leisure travel agency background within a goal-orientated environment

Qualifications, does this sound like you?

• Travel is not just a hobby or a wish, it’s your passion
• You must be available to work most Saturdays and some evenings to support goal achievement
• We prepare all of our Travel Consultant Trainees for their new role by ensuring their successful completion of our Travel ConsultantTrainee program, which requires some travel for training
• You are driven by sales and exceeding your goals
• You are computer savvy with the ability to navigate between multiple systems and web browsers, Microsoft Office, and can type at least 30WPM
• You have a strong and very comfortable relationship with paperwork, and you are very organized!

Remarkable benefits:

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.

"Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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