GDS LABby Hazem Magdy
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Travel Consultant (Retail / Leisure)

Also posted as: Travel Advisor, Travel Sales Executive, Holidays Consultant

You sell the trip, not just the seat: flights, hotel, transfers, insurance — and you close the sale.

Entry level with a sales edge

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What you do all day

  • Understand the customer's budget, dates and flexibility
  • Quote two or three options with a clear difference between them
  • Build the package and confirm every element
  • Follow up until payment, then hand over documents
  • Handle visas, baggage and travel requirement questions

Skills they check

  • Selling without pushing
  • Destination knowledge
  • Fast quoting
  • Written follow-up in clean English

How to prepare

  • Learn to price the same route three ways: cheapest, fastest, most flexible
  • Write a one-paragraph quote template and reuse it
  • Know the visa and baggage basics of your top five destinations
  • Practise the objection: 'I found it cheaper online.'

Interview questions

  • Sell me a 5-night trip to Dubai for a family of four with a 2,000 USD budget.
  • The customer disappears after your quote. What is your follow-up?
  • How do you justify an agency fee?

Systems and tools

GDSHotel / package suppliersWhatsApp BusinessCRM

Entries you must know cold

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