
- Providing consultations and in most cases, sale of individual holidays.
- Organisation and booking of package trips (Can include: flight, hotel, car hire, campervan reservations, train tickets, language and city trips, group tours etc..)
- Preparation of customised quotations for each individual customer
- Processing of e-mail enquiries in a timely manner ensuring to not sacrifice quality during busy periods
- Sales of additional services such as insurance, travel literature, myclimate and Globetrotter magazine subscriptions
- Contact & communication with airlines, hotels and tour operators to ensure my clients have a smooth experience
- Rebooking and cancellation of customer bookings in the event of any problem
- Processing customer complaints following the company’s complaint procedure
- Taking payment from customers for their travel package
- Adding the appropriate amount of profit for each package/item, remaining within the company guidelines and ensuring my profit margin targets are maintained
- Master (Company Champion) of GDS Galileo/Smartpoint (Travelport)
Sales Department for 2 Years, 1 Month
- All Skills are as per the above Travel Agency description, however during this time I was an apprentice, and therefore learning on the job and required assistance / training in these topics.
Central administration for 6 Months
- This was additional training I undertook in another department to develop my administrative skillset and to learn about the companies procedures
This entailed:
- The control, provision and dispatch of travel documents for our customers
- Administrative monitoring of pending customer dossiers
- Processing of customer payments
- Processing and payment of creditors
Financial accounting for 5 Months
- As per the above, this was additional training I undertook in another department to further my skills and knowledge in Financial Accounting
This entailed:
- The tracking of currency & exchange rate fluctuations throughout the day
- The control and processing of transactions via post, bank and cash accounts
- The control and recording of creditors including bank payments
- The dispatch, debt collection and control of vouchers within the company and transactions
- Assistance in compiling statistics and maintaining various Excel tables in relation to the company’s finances and transactions