Corporate travel consultant vs traveling representative

The differences between corporate travel consultants and traveling representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a corporate travel consultant and a traveling representative. Additionally, a corporate travel consultant has an average salary of $50,734, which is higher than the $33,175 average annual salary of a traveling representative.

The top three skills for a corporate travel consultant include reservations, travel industry and booking. The most important skills for a traveling representative are reservations, booking, and data entry.

Corporate travel consultant vs traveling representative overview

	Corporate Travel Consultant	Traveling Representative
Yearly salary	$50,734	$33,175
Hourly rate	$24.39	$15.95
Growth rate	20%	20%
Number of jobs	19,151	50,378
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	51	51
Years of experience	2	2

Corporate travel consultant vs traveling representative salary

Corporate travel consultants and traveling representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Corporate Travel Consultant	Traveling Representative
Average salary	$50,734	$33,175
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $79,000	Between $27,000 And $40,000
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Differences between corporate travel consultant and traveling representative education

There are a few differences between a corporate travel consultant and a traveling representative in terms of educational background:

	Corporate Travel Consultant	Traveling Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Hospitality Management	Business
Most common college	-	-

Corporate travel consultant vs traveling representative demographics

Here are the differences between corporate travel consultants' and traveling representatives' demographics:

	Corporate Travel Consultant	Traveling Representative
Average age	51	51
Gender ratio	Male, 21.1% Female, 78.9%	Male, 30.1% Female, 69.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 13.3% Asian, 7.9% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 13.4% Asian, 8.2% White, 66.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	17%	17%

Differences between corporate travel consultant and traveling representative duties and responsibilities

Corporate travel consultant example responsibilities.

Manage corporate travel arrangements for business accounts, including passport and visa documents.
Experience in booking domestic and international travel arrangements for corporate clients of hundreds of different companies during after hours.
Serve as quality-control agent at hotel/car reservations desk and work in customer service accounts payable/receivables department.
Coordinate all aspects of domestic and international travel reservations for company in house and field personnel.
Used Apollo to book international and domestic air, hotels, Amtrak, cruises, vacation packages, and car rentals.
Increase familiarity with Apollo software system.

Traveling representative example responsibilities.

Manage Facebook and patient communication programs.
Assist customers in booking lessons, purchasing rentals and equipment/apparel, making activity and lodging reservations.
Provide excellent customer service by providing information to tourist and making personal travel reservations for clientele.
Work with SABRE & Apollo.
Provide merchandising assistance to customers by building displays, negotiating placement, replenishing permanent secondary displays and using POS materials effectively.
Determine cross-selling opportunities with other AmEx divisions.

Corporate travel consultant vs traveling representative skills

Common corporate travel consultant skills

Reservations, 34%
Travel Industry, 10%
Booking, 9%
Customer Service, 8%
Apollo, 5%
Business Travel, 5%

Common traveling representative skills

Reservations, 31%
Booking, 13%
Data Entry, 9%
Customer Service, 8%
Travel Arrangements, 7%
Travel Industry, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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