Job Demand: High
Average weekly wage: $1,318
Where you could work:
Flight Centre, Airlines, Hotels, Local Travel and Tourism Operators
Travel Agents do the following tasks:
- Determining clients' requirements for travel, accommodation and special interests
- Suggesting itineraries based on available travel routes and cost, availability and convenience of transport
- Making and confirming travel and accommodation reservations and informing clients of bus, plane, ship and train connections
- Notifying clients of travel dates, baggage limits, and medical and visa requirements
- Providing information on tourist attractions and tour availability, and procedures for dealing with lost and stolen documents
- Assisting with travel clearances
- Collecting payments and issuing clients' itineraries, relevant documentation, tickets for travel and vouchers for accommodation
- Providing information on travel insurance, relevant government regulations such as customs regulations, and use of credit cards and traveller's cheques
- Answering inquiries from tourists and offering suggestions about tours, travel routes, accommodation and local customs
- Providing literature and information on local and interstate tours and places of interest
- Discussing transport availability and cost