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Homebased Travel Consultant

Travel Trade Recruitment
Posted 16 hours ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Maidstone, Kent ME17 2BE, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job is for an experienced Travel Consultant to work remotely with an established Tour Operator as a Customer Experience Executive.
  • Candidates should have experience in a customer-facing role, preferably in the travel industry, and be able to manage customer interactions throughout the lifecycle.
  • The position involves answering calls, responding to inquiries via various channels, completing bookings, and maximizing upsell opportunities.
  • The salary for this role is £24,000 plus commission, with a requirement to work five days a week, including one weekend day.
  • The working hours are generally from 9am to 5:30pm, with occasional variations.

Are you an experienced Travel Consultant? Are you experienced working remotely and looking for your next homebased role within the Travel Industry?

We are working with an established Tour Operator who are looking for an experienced Customer Experience Executive to join their Reservations / Customer Service team.

Promptly dealing with all customer interactions throughout the customer lifecycle. To maximise conversion opportunities and to deliver outstanding customer service.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

  • To ensure all incoming calls are answered promptly and dealt with to the best of ability.
  • Respond to and follow up any sales or customer care enquiries received by post, email, telephone, webchat or any other channel.
  • To accurately complete bookings and amendments following instructions and using correct codes, prices and taking care to update new client database.
  • Maximise upsale opportunities by ensuring that clients are offered all upgrades and extras on every booking.
  • Assisting clients with all further customer care activities including collecting payments, booking ancillaries with airlines, informing clients of changes to their holiday, processing brochure order requests and general queries from the clients.
  • Attend any relevant training/educational visits provided by the company to develop knowledge and skills.
  • Ensure clients are sent any relevant holiday documentation upon booking and explaining online check in and Manage my Booking.
  • To ensure all email enquiries, web chat, social media interactions, text message and whatsapp enquiries are answered promptly and dealt with to the best of ability.
  • Any other duties deemed necessary by either your Supervisor, Manager or Director.

Core competencies

  • Customer centric attitude
  • Professional and courteous in all interactions verbal or non-verbal
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to deal with difficult situations or points of conflict

Experience

  • Experienced in a customer facing role in a busy environment
  • Experience in travel is desirable

The package:

  • Salary - £24,000 + commission
  • Fully remote
  • Opening hours are open are 9am-8pm Monday to Sunday - working 5 days per week (1 of those days includes a weekend day). The shift is generally 9am-5.30pm (occasionally 10am-6.30pm and 11am-7.30pm)
  • Lots of travel perks

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.