Travel Agent
Make travel arrangements and provide expert travel advice.
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- What's it like to be a Travel Agent?
- How to become a Travel Agent
- Latest Travel Agent jobs
- Top skills and experience for Travel Agents
- Travel Agent role reviews
What's it like to be a Travel Agent?
Travel Agents are in charge of planning, booking, and providing tour packages for clients who may be travelling for holiday, business, or both. They find and book the best flights, accommodation, and entertainment activities for travellers based on their needs, budget, and preferences.
Tasks and duties
- Suggesting travel routes, itineraries, and flight details based on client needs and budget.
- Putting together tour packages depending on the client's preferred length of stay and budget.
- Customising travel packages as needed.
- Arranging flight and hotel details for travellers.
- Managing aspects of the booking process including reservation and final fees, as well as important documents.
- Advising travellers on required documents for entry such as visas.
- Making transportation arrangements for travellers.
How to become a Travel Agent
While there is no required degree or prerequisite to work as a Travel Agent, an educational background in tourism can be an advantage. That said, companies may prefer jobseekers with at least a secondary school certificate or any diploma, as well as any valid ID.
- Complete a qualification in tourism or another related field.
- If you plan on operating as a Travel Agent and you plan on starting your own travel agency, you will be required to register for a Licence to Carry on or Operate a Tour Operating Business and Travel Agency Business (TOBTAB). You may register online, upload the required documents, and pay the required fee.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Travel Agent employers on Jobstreet are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Tourism
Amadeus GDS
Travel Industry
Ticketing
Hospitality
Customer Service
Travel Coordination
Flying
Fares Services
Corporate Travel
Travel Consulting
Tour Operations
Invoicing
Solutions Focused
Email
Communication Skills
Online Sales
Spoken Chinese
Travel Booking
English
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Latest Travel Agent reviews
Nov 2022
Travel Consultant is challenging and growing
Reviewer's QualificationMaster of Information Systems
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationHospitality & Tourism
The good thingsMany fresh graduates came to work as Tour Operators hoping to travel abroad. The truth is you travel less when you are new.
Being a travel consultant is a challenging job. You need to handle issues ...
The challengesI am staying up late and working during weekends and public holidays. Creating harmony between my work and family is a big learning curve. My work centres on people, culture, history and places. Advic...
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