How to hire a corporate travel consultant

How to hire a corporate travel consultant, step by step

Here's a step-by-step corporate travel consultant hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a corporate travel consultant job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new corporate travel consultant
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your corporate travel consultant job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a corporate travel consultant for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect corporate travel consultant also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of corporate travel consultants.

   Type of Corporate Travel Consultant	Description	Hourly rate
   Corporate Travel Consultant	Travel agents sell transportation, lodging, and entertainment activities to individuals and groups planning trips. They offer advice on destinations, plan trip itineraries, and make travel arrangements for clients... Show more	$15-37
   Travel Manager	The duties of a travel manager depend on their industry or place of employment. In general, they are in charge of making travel plans and arrangements for an organization's work-related trips... Show more	$21-47
   Travel Agent	Travel agents help plan, choose, and organize travel schedules. Generally, they ensure that clients can efficiently process their travel plans and get the best travel experience possible... Show more	$12-19

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Reservations
   • Travel Industry
   • Booking
   • Customer Service
   • Apollo
   • Business Travel
   • VIP
   • Excellent Client
   • Travel Services
   • Corporate Clients
   • Air Travel
   • Onsite
   • Ground Transportation
   • Rental Cars

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   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.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your corporate travel consultant job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A corporate travel consultant salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, corporate travel consultants' average salary in alaska is 58% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level corporate travel consultants earn 59% less than senior-level corporate travel consultants.
   • Certifications. A corporate travel consultant with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a corporate travel consultant's salary.

   Average corporate travel consultant salary

   $50,734yearly

   $24.39 hourly rate

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   Entry-level corporate travel consultant salary

   $32,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

4. Writing a corporate travel consultant job description

   A corporate travel consultant job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a corporate travel consultant job description:

   Corporate travel consultant job description example

   As a Travel Advisor III - Corporate Travel Advisor, your primary responsibilities include:
   
   * Arranging all elements of business travel from initial request to completion for corporate account clients
   
   * Providing best-in-class customer service that exceeds clients' expectations
   
   * Projecting a positive attitude with high energy, diplomacy, and creativity in work strategies
   
   * Facilitating client support with a high degree of initiative, confidentiality, and professional demeanor
   
   * Developing relationships with clients to improve their overall service level
   
   * Working with a team to ensure worldwide coverage for clients
   
   * Participating in operational projects, trainings, and functions as appointed by your manager or team lead
   
   * Utilizing Global Distribution Systems (GDS) to arrange appropriate segments of travel including car, hotel, air, and rail
   
   * Communicating operating standards, protocols, and core values to suppliers and clients appointed to specific arrangements
   
   * Preparing and distributing clients' travel documents
   
   * Utilizing proprietary and authorized vendor technologies to manage client profiles, documents, policies, unused ticket management, compliance, and savings documentation
   
   Work Environment
   
   * FROSCH covers the cost of most work-related equipment for remote employees. Other tools, unless deemed essential for your job or medically necessary, may not be covered.
   
   Requirements: Skills & Attributes
   
   * At least 5 years of experience arranging travel for C-suite and professional service clientele is required
   
   * At least 3 years of recent experience as a Corporate Travel Consultant/Agent or 3 years within an equivalent position is required
   
   * At least 3 years of full functional use with Global Distribution Systems (GDS) such as Sabre or Apollo is required
   
   * Ability to use GDS to execute seat assignments and upgrades, and create and send itineraries, ticketing, exchanges, refunds, queue sorting, MCOs, Amtrak tickets, and Phase IVs is required
   
   * Extensive expertise of domestic and international airports and cities, as well as their inherent logistics as it relates to business/corporate travel is required
   
   * Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, etc.)
   
   * Excellent recordkeeping skills is preferred
   
   * Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment under stringent deadlines
   
   * Strong sense of urgency as well as ability to adapt to change as needed
   
   * High school diploma or GED equivalent is required
   
   Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America's households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.
   
   We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
   
   The health and safety of our colleagues, candidates, clients and communities has been a top priority in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. JPMorgan Chase was awarded the "WELL Health-Safety Rating" for all of our 6,200 locations globally based on our operational policies, maintenance protocols, stakeholder engagement and emergency plans to address a post-COVID-19 environment.
   
   As a part of our commitment to health and safety, we have implemented various COVID-related health and safety requirements for our workforce. Employees are expected to follow the Firm's current COVID-19 or other infectious disease health and safety requirements, including local requirements. Requirements include sharing information including your vaccine card in the firm's vaccine record tool, and may include mask wearing. Requirements may change in the future with the evolving public health landscape. JPMorgan Chase will consider accommodation requests as required by applicable law.
   
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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find corporate travel consultants for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your corporate travel consultant job on Zippia to find and attract quality corporate travel consultant candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit corporate travel consultants, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new corporate travel consultant

   Once you've found the corporate travel consultant candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new corporate travel consultant. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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