Travel Advisor

Travel Advisor

Sports, Leisure and Environment

A Travel Advisor for a retail travel agency deals directly with customers. Their role is to offer advice and support as well as make bookings in order to provide the best holiday service for customers.

Personal skills

This position is most commonly achieved via an apprenticeship. Entry is usually available to anyone from school leaver up. Training for the relevant skills and qualifications leading to NVQ level 3 is generally carried out inhouse. Skills: good communication skills; team-working; adaptability and flexibility; good numeracy and literacy skills; good geographical knowledge.

Salary

£15,000 to £22,000 per year

Key skills

Organisational

Innovation

Diagnostic

Sports, Leisure and Environment

  • There are 230,708 organisations throughout the UK in public, private and voluntary sectors
  • There are over 5 million volunteers in the sector across the UK
  • There are 576,000 people in paid employment in the sector
  • The sector has to recruit 85,000 annually to cope with replacement demands
  • Over the next 10 years, it is predicted that the sector will grow faster than the economy as a whole