Travel Agent
Last updated January 20, 2020
Travel Agent plans and sells transportation and accommodations for travel agency customers. The job requires determining the destination, modes of transportation, travel dates, costs, and accommodations.
Some of the duties required to be done by a Travel Agent:
- Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer
- Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required
- Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs
- Book transportation and hotel reservations, using computer terminal or telephone
- Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers