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TRAVEL CONSULTANT

Red Planet Travel Professionals
Posted a day ago, valid for 5 days
Location

Sevenoaks, Kent TN14, England

Salary

£24,570 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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.

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  • The Travel Consultant (Customer Experience) position is a remote role with a well-established, multi-award-winning tour operator in the UK.
  • Candidates should have experience in a travel-related customer service role and possess a customer-centric personality with a passion for travel.
  • The basic salary for this position is £24,570 per annum, with the potential to earn over £30,000 including commission.
  • The role involves handling customer interactions, booking holidays, and providing exceptional service throughout the customer lifecycle.
  • Successful candidates will undergo a two-week training program, with accommodation provided for those traveling from different parts of the UK.

Travel Consultant (Customer Experience) UK wide Homeworking - This long established, Multi-Award Winning Tour Operator has been bringing together the world’s most popular destinations, hotels, and imaginative holiday itineraries. They are now on the lookout for passionate, talented, outgoing and enthusiastic Travel Consultants / Travel Customer Service Executives to join their UK based remote / homeworking Customer Experience Team.

The Travel Consultant (Customer Experience) role will promptly deal with all customer interactions throughout the customer lifecycle, and to maximise conversion opportunities and to deliver outstanding customer service.

Travel Consultant ( Customer Experience) 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 incoming enquiries received by email, telephone, webchat, post or any other channel.
  • To accurately complete holiday 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.

Now Let's Talk About You!

  • Travel Consultant / Travel Customer Service Executive from a Tour Operator/Retail Travel/Online Travel background
  • Customer centric personality with a passion for travel is a must
  • Professional and courteous in all interactions verbal or non-verbal
  • Great telephone manner
  • Excellent multi-tasking and organisational skills
  • Good communication skills - both written and verbal, Good PC skills

What on Offer?

  • Basic salary £24,570 per annum, with fantastic benefits on offer, plus holiday sales commission OTE £30,000+
  • UK based Remote role
  • On the job professional training and team building events
  • Educational visits overseas and travel opportunities
  • Private pension
  • Private health cover?
  • Work up to 1 month a year from any destination in the world
  • Long service awards scheme
  • Annual leave buy and sale scheme
  • Personal days
  • Professional learning sponsorship and professional subscriptions?
  • Life cover?
  • Enhanced payment for maternity and paternity leave?
  • Nursery vouchers

Interview & Job Offer:

If your video interview (via Teams) with the Tour Operator is successful, you will be offered this exciting role to commence your 2 weeks training programme at an agreed date on full basic salary. The training hours are 9am - 5,30pm, Monday-Friday, which will be held at our client’s HQ situated South-East of London.

For candidates living in different parts of the UK, our client will provide COMPLIMENTARY hotel accommodation, staying at the Premier Inn, during your 2 weeks Monday to Friday training programme.

Tour Operator Opening Hours:

The business opening hours are 9am-8pm Monday to Sunday, you will be working a 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.

Sound Like You? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Important, Please Note: It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK-based role who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation prior to applying.

Due to the high number of applications, we will only get back to suitable candidates. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours of applying, unfortunately your application on this occasion was not successful.

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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.