Travel Advisors
- KORE Travel Education
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Nov 20, 2024
Job Description
Job Summary: We are seeking passionate and knowledgeable Travel Advisors to join our team. As a Travel Advisor, you’ll play a critical role in helping clients plan and book memorable trips that suit their personal preferences and needs. This role involves researching destinations, coordinating travel arrangements, and offering personalized recommendations. Ideal candidates are customer-focused, detail-oriented, and eager to keep up with travel trends and industry changes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Consult with clients to understand their travel preferences, needs, and budgets.
- Research and recommend destinations, accommodations, flights, cruises, and activities.
- Plan and coordinate trip logistics, including booking flights, hotels, car rentals, and tours.
- Stay informed about global travel restrictions, health guidelines, and relevant travel regulations.
- Develop and maintain relationships with travel suppliers and partners to secure exclusive deals and ensure quality service for clients.
- Provide guidance on travel insurance options, required documentation, and any other pre-trip requirements.
- Offer exceptional post-booking support, including itinerary changes, cancellations, or travel-related emergencies.
- Keep up-to-date with travel trends and enhance knowledge of destinations, products, and services.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a travel advisor or a Graduate of the KORE Travel Education program.
- Strong customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively and empathetically.
- Detail-oriented, with excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Familiarity with travel booking software (e.g., GDS systems) is a plus.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional weekends, to accommodate client needs.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to work remotely with flexible scheduling options.
- Access to travel discounts, FAM (familiarization) trips, and exclusive perks.
- Professional development and training opportunities to stay current in the industry.
- Joining a collaborative team of travel experts with a shared passion for exploration and client satisfaction.
Join us in making clients' travel dreams come true! If you have a love for travel and a commitment to excellent service, we’d love to hear from you.
KORE: Your Passport to Travel Agent Success
KORE unites online learning with real-world experiences that provide a high-quality travel agent education. KORE’s curriculum covers every aspect of the industry and is rooted in skills unique to travel. By combining a comprehensive curriculum with the power of industry leaders and suppliers, KORE’s travel agent training is second to none.
As a KORE graduate, you’ll have the essential knowledge, insight, foundation and expertise to prosper in the travel industry. You will learn to be both a travel professional and profitable business owner.
As a KORE graduate, you’ll have the essential knowledge, insight, foundation and expertise to prosper in the travel industry.
Benefits for Learners
- In-depth learning: KORE is the equivalent of a college-level course: a comprehensive, intensive travel agent education with 16 modules and about 135 hours of study time
- Self-paced curriculum: Students complete the curriculum on their own timeline from any location courtesy of the fully digital platform, which offers the ultimate flexibility for busy lives
- Modern topics: The curriculum provides expertise on the most relevant subjects in today’s industry. It includes topics not always covered in travel agent career programs, such as technology tools, social media marketing and industry compliance and fraud protection co-created with attorneys.
- Business skills: Graduates will hit the ground running with the ability to research, design and book travel; serve clients; and build a profitable business in this rapidly shifting industry
- Personal mentors: Students who aren’t already affiliated with an agency will have the opportunity to be paired with an agency owner or manager as a mentor to work with them every step of the way
- Job placement: Graduates not already affiliated with an agency will be given the chance to work with top travel agencies
- Certificate of completion: KORE graduates will walk away with a certificate as a sign of their achievement, demonstrating their knowledge and readiness for a travel agent career
Benefits for Agencies
- Attracting talent: KORE is drawing new entrants to a travel agent career to resolve the critical shortage of advisors while building a strong foundation for the future of our industry. You’ll have a pipeline to highly trained professionals ready to contribute to your success.
- Training advisors: KORE solves an important challenge for agencies: it helps them recruit and train new travel advisors to grow their business. This saves agencies time and money while helping them increase sales.
- Gold-standard program: KORE has partnered with The Travel Institute, the industry’s standard for continuing education excellence. Travel agency owners can have full confidence that graduates of KORE’s travel agent training are ready to sell.
- Customized solutions: We can tailor our travel agent education programs to meet your specific needs, ensuring your team is equipped with the latest industry knowledge and best practices.
- Staying ahead of the curve: With our up-to-date curriculum, your agency can stay ahead of trends and maintain a competitive edge in the market.