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Travel Consultant

Travel Trade Recruitment
Posted 12 days ago, valid for 8 days
Location

Maidstone, Kent ME15 8ED, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The company is seeking a Travel Sales Consultant based in Kent, preferably with experience in the Travel Industry or recent graduates in Travel & Tourism.
  • Key responsibilities include handling customer inquiries via phone and email, making holiday bookings, and maximizing upsell opportunities.
  • Candidates should have experience in customer service or sales, ideally in a busy environment, and possess strong communication skills.
  • The position offers a salary range of £24,000 to £25,000, depending on experience, along with commission and travel incentives.
  • This is a Monday to Friday role with occasional Saturday work and the option to work from home one day a week.

Are you Kent based?

Do you have experience within the Travel Industry?

Or have you just returned from travelling / graduated from Travel & Tourism and looking to break into the Industry?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

We are working with a Tour Operator / Online Travel Industry based out in the Maidstone area, who are looking for a Travel Sales Consultant to join their small and growing team!

Job responsibilities?

  • Dealing with the public via the telephone and email, making holiday bookings.
  • Answer telephone calls and handle all e-mails, written and personal enquiries from customers relating to new / existing bookings & web-bookings.
  • To work to set targets (quantity) and ensure customer care (quality)
  • Maximise up sale opportunities by ensuring that clients are offered all upgrades and extras on every booking.
  • Ensure clients are sent any relevant holiday documentation upon booking and explaining online check in and Manage my Booking.

Job Requirements:

  • Experience within Customer Service / Sales
  • Experienced in a customer facing role in a busy environment
  • Experience within the Travel Industry (desirable)
  • Experience working towards targets
  • Knowledge of both long-haul & short-haul destinations
  • A high standard of verbal and written communication skills
  • A professional and friendly manner. Approachable to both colleagues and customers

Package:

This is a Monday - Friday position (with the occasional Saturday) - flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.

A salary of £24,000- £25,000 (dependent on experience) plus excellent commission and travel incentives.

Interested?

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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.