Travel Specialist

Logoslabs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is seeking a Travel Specialist to craft bespoke itineraries and curate unforgettable experiences for cardmembers. You will coordinate transportation, accommodations, insurance, tours, and activities while maintaining meticulous records and ensuring fast, precise communication.

The role emphasizes luxury travel knowledge, strong negotiation, and exceptional client service. It is a fully remote position with US timezone availability and a focus on both domestic and international itineraries.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success in sales and white-glove service.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Skilled in effective negotiation.
• Extensive knowledge of travel reservation/booking platforms.
• Highly effective problem-solving skills.
• Exceptionally precise, accurate, and detail-oriented.
• Outstanding time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Fluent in English; multilingual abilities are a plus.
• Experience coordinating music tours or adhering to business travel policies a plus.
• Available during US timezone business hours.

Responsibilities

• Speak with clients to determine travel needs, budgets, and preferences.
• Oversee the sale and coordination of transportation, accommodations, insurance, tours, and activities.
• Offer clients insights on destinations, cultural norms, customs, weather, and activities.
• Manage payment collection, arrange travel bookings, and facilitate payments of necessary fees.
• Resolves travel issues, conflicts, complaints, cancellations, and refunds with vendors.
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with travel and tour vendors.
• Stay up to date on the latest in travel trends.
• Maintain records and ensure accurate documentation of bookings, payments, transactions, and client/vendor interactions.

Skills

Sales & white-glove service

Communication skills

Negotiation

Travel platform knowledge

Problem solving

Detail-oriented

Time management

English fluency

Music tours experience

US timezone availability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in tourism/travel/hospitality/business

5+ years travel agent experience

State licensing/certifications (if applicable)

Startup environment experience

Job description

Flex is building a finance super app for business owners — reimagining every single aspect of the financial workflow and financial services for any entrepreneur. The company has grown revenue 25x+ since publicly launching in September 2023 and is on track to achieve profitability by early 2025. Flex is focused on mid-market businesses ($3 - $100M revenue) that are largely overlooked by existing fintech solutions and reliant on slow and outdated regional banks. We are targeting a ~$1T revenue opportunity that is largely up for grabs.

Flex is a fully remote company and this role can be performed from anywhere.

About the Role

As a Travel Specialist at Flex, you will collaborate with Flex cardmembers to respond to their requests, design memorable experiences, craft bespoke travel itineraries, and arrange soothing retreats in their ideal home‑away‑from‑home.

Be Creative: Envision and design extraordinary travel adventures for our cardmembers, turning imaginative ideas into extraordinary realities. Be Transparent: Report on key successes, challenges, pipeline details, metrics, and forecasts with the team to foster collaboration and collectively address any obstacles. Responsiveness: As the client facing representative of Flex Travel, you will ensure fast response times, precise communication, and delivering results.

Influence Product: Flex cardmembers are passionate about travel and adventure. As a Travel Specialist, you'll have the opportunity to use your industry expertise to curate unforgettable experiences for our cardmembers.

What You’ll Do

• Speak with clients to determine travel needs, budgets, and preferences.
• Oversee the sale and coordination of transportation, accommodations, insurance, tours, and activities.
• Offer clients insights on destinations, cultural norms, customs, weather, and activities.
• Manage payment collection, arrange travel bookings, and facilitate payments of necessary fees.
• Resolves travel issues, conflicts, complaints, cancellations, and refunds with vendors.
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with travel and tour vendors.
• Stay up to date on the latest in travel trends.
• Maintain records and ensure accurate documentation of bookings, payments, transactions, and client/vendor interactions.

What You Bring

• Demonstrated success in sales and white-glove service.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Skilled in effective negotiation.
• Extensive knowledge of travel reservation/booking platforms.
• Highly effective problem‑solving skills.
• Exceptionally precise, accurate, and detail‑oriented.
• Outstanding time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks.
• At least 5 years experience booking and coordinating international and domestic luxury group travel.
• Fluent in English; multilingual abilities are a plus.
• Experience coordinating music tours or adhering to business travel policies a plus.
• Though the position is remote, you must be available during US timezone business hours.

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in tourism, travel, hospitality, business, or a related field, or a minimum of five years (5+) of relevant work experience as a travel agent.
• Current with any applicable state licensing, certificates, and registration requirements.
• Experience in a fast‑paced startup environment

At Flex, we value passion, determination, and honesty. Unusual career paths and unique skills can help you stand out. We believe diversity drives our success.