Travel Consultant

Travel Consultant at Auto Club Of Southern Calif summary:

Provide personalized travel sales and planning services for members, selling domestic and international packages (air, car, hotel, cruises, land) while cross-selling related products and building long-term client relationships. Meet sales goals through strong product knowledge, customer service, organization, multi-system computer proficiency, and weekend/evening availability; participate in training and potential advancement into leadership. Compensation includes hourly base plus commission/incentives, benefits, paid training/study trips and opportunities for career development.

Discovering the World
- One Member at a Time!

A love of travel attracts many people to the field, but to succeed a Travel Consultant must be passionate about travel and the endless opportunities it brings to bridge history, cultures and cuisine. Successful Travel Consultant must have a strong sales drive, organizational skills with an eye for detail, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, demonstrated proficiency in navigating computers and various programs;

must possess good written and oral communication skills and the ability and interest to be in a continuous learning curve.

What does a AAA Travel Consultant do?

• Sells international and domestic travel packages including cruises, land packages, travel itineraries, air, car, and hotel

• Shares knowledge and expertise from personal experiences and/or education study trips

• Develops long standing relationships with our members and builds referral and repeat business

• Makes appropriate recommendations to ensure the trip experience is more than expected and tailored to the members expectations

• Cross sells relevant products to enhance the trip experience such as AAA Member Rewards Credit Card and identify theft referrals

For the right individual this opportunity will be a career path for future leadership opportunities. As you progress you will be evaluated to determine proficiencies in sales, customer service, administrative, operations, up-selling, cross-selling and meeting goals. Successful completion of evaluations may result in continued growth opportunities to expand into leadership as a manager.

• We offer extensive training to aid you in your career development through The Auto Club University

• Regular recognition through various company programs and incentives for trips, cash and prizes

• Company sponsored IATAN cards, providing exclusive travel consultant discounts

• Love to travel? Personal travel opportunities at discounted pricing

• Corporate benefits for insurance products

• Paid educational study trips are available for our Agents to promote career development

• Quarterly incentives/bonuses for achieving established production tiers

Required / Preferred Skills

• A high school diploma is required, but we prefer a 2- or 4-year college degree

• You need to be able to pass comprehensive criminal background check and thorough urine sample drug screening

• We prefer candidates with at least 2 years of successful retail sales or banking experience or a leisure travel agency background within a goal orientated environment

Qualifications, does this sound like you?

• Travel is not just a hobby or a wish, it’s your passion

• You must be available to work most Saturdays and some evenings to support goal achievement

• We prepare all of our Travel Consultants for their new role by ensuring their successful completion of our Travel Consultant Trainee program which requires some travel for training

• You are driven by sales and exceeding your goals

• You are computer savvy with the ability to navigate between multiple systems and web browsers, Microsoft Office, and can type at least 30

WPM

• You have a strong and very comfortable relationship with paperwork, and you are very organized!

Our Travel Consultant start with an hourly rate of $23.50. After completion of our training program, Travel Consultants successfully meeting sales goals earn on average between $67,300 - $82,300 with the opportunity of uncapped incentives.

Remarkable benefits:

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision

• 401(K) saving plans…