How to hire a travel consultant

How to hire a travel consultant, step by step

Here's a step-by-step 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 travel consultant job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new travel consultant
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your 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 travel consultant for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   A travel consultant's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, travel consultants from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of travel consultants.

   Type of Travel Consultant	Description	Hourly rate
   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	$13-35
   Corporate Travel Agent	A corporate travel agent assists people in planning, choosing, and arranging holidays. Corporate travel agents will work to the budget set out by those planning the holiday... Show more	$12-21
   Corporate Travel Counselor	A Corporate Travel Counselor prepares ground travel, hotel, rail travel, and air transport arrangements for customers. They keep accessible online materials to ensure conformity with the client's travel policy... Show more	$18-41

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Reservations
   • Booking
   • Car Rentals
   • Hotel Reservations
   • Corporate Travel
   • Travel Industry
   • Apollo
   • Ground Transportation
   • Travel Reservations
   • Airline Tickets
   • Corporate Clients
   • Air Travel
   • Group Travel
   • Leisure Travel

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage small scale projects to ensure profile databases and scripts properly transfer information in GDS.
   • Negotiate contracts, book event/meeting space; manage corporate housing for independent contractors, including RFP's and ROI's.
   • Collaborate with other offices on VIP and unusual international reservations for better quality of reservations.
   • Provide customer service by providing administrative support to associates using the online reservation booking tool Apollo.
   • Modify business travelers airline, car and hotel reservations including exchanging tickets in emergency and non emergency situations.
   • Book transportation and hotel reservations using a computer or telephone, collecting payment for transportation and accommodations from the customer.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the travel consultant job description is a good way to get more applicants. A travel consultant salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a travel consultant in Wyoming may be lower than in Virginia, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level travel consultant. Additionally, a travel consultant with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average travel consultant salary

   $46,705yearly

   $22.45 hourly rate

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   Entry-level travel consultant salary

   $29,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 31, 2025

   Average travel consultant salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$65,144	$31
   2	Virginia	$64,918	$31
   3	Indiana	$60,519	$29
   4	District of Columbia	$54,759	$26
   5	Illinois	$51,614	$25
   6	Arizona	$48,563	$23
   7	Texas	$47,888	$23
   8	New Mexico	$45,731	$22
   9	New York	$43,933	$21
   10	Georgia	$43,757	$21
   11	Florida	$41,969	$20
   12	Ohio	$41,776	$20
   13	Massachusetts	$41,338	$20
   14	North Carolina	$41,308	$20
   15	Colorado	$40,256	$19
   16	Pennsylvania	$40,165	$19
   17	Rhode Island	$39,608	$19
   18	Michigan	$37,535	$18
   19	Missouri	$32,428	$16
   20	Minnesota	$31,604	$15

   Average travel consultant salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Visa	$91,229	$43.86
   2	Accenture	$83,068	$39.94
   3	AECOM	$76,626	$36.84
   4	Raymond James Financial	$75,370	$36.24
   5	Gensler	$69,822	$33.57
   6	RemX	$49,000	$23.56
   7	BI WORLDWIDE	$48,951	$23.53
   8	Flight Centre	$47,296	$22.74	27
   9	Medulla Llc, Healthcare Management Solutions	$46,544	$22.38
   10	ITA Group	$45,652	$21.95	4
   11	Gavin de Becker & Associates	$44,931	$21.60
   12	Kairos Prison Ministry	$44,891	$21.58
   13	BCD Travel	$44,362	$21.33	10
   14	World Travel Service, Llc	$43,585	$20.95
   15	Robert Half	$42,539	$20.45
   16	TravelPerk	$41,550	$19.98
   17	Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited	$38,094	$18.31
   18	StudentUniverse	$36,206	$17.41
   19	BJ's Wholesale Club	$32,045	$15.41
   20	Vail Resorts	$30,225	$14.53	8

4. Writing a travel consultant job description

   A 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 travel consultant job description:

   Travel consultant job description example

   Work type: Full time
   Join others like you, who simply love travel
   
   If you have a passion for travel and some experience in retail, hospitality, sales, or customer service, then you'll fit right in as a Travel Sales Consultant at Flight Centre. Join other like-minded travel enthusiasts and get paid to make people's travel dreams come to life.
   
   Our purpose is to open up the world for those who want to see. Every day, we give people all around the world the opportunity to do something really amazing - travel!
   
   As a Sales Travel Consultant in a customer facing retail store, you will help to plan, book and coordinate your customer's next amazing travel experience. You will make travel easy while providing excellent service, and irresistible deals for every traveller. You will be working towards KPI's and incentive targets, therefore building your customer relationships will be critical to your success in this role.
   
   Please note our Flight Centre Maryborough store will be opening in early November! Initially, the store will open 2 days per week. This position would however be full time with the remainder of your week working from our Flight Centre Bay Central store.
   
   You will be:
   
   * Using your travel experience to sell the products and destinations you love
   
   * Delivering exceptional service in order to sell flights, accommodation, cruises, tours and related travel products in person, over the phone and via email
   
   * Preparing and issuing invoices, receipt payments and maintain financial documents
   
   * Keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest travel regulations and government restrictions
   
   * Working towards nationally recognised qualifications (Cert 3 & 4 in Travel)
   
   All about you:
   
   * Experience working towards and achieving sales targets and KPI's
   
   * Have a passion for customer service
   
   * Comprehensive computer skills and the ability to confidently learn new computer systems
   
   * You're ambitious, highly motivated and an efficient organiser
   
   * You have exceptional attention to detail and love problem solving
   
   Perks:
   
   * Enjoy uncapped earning potential - the more you sell, the more you earn - Current AVG earnings for new consultant $87,226 plus super and penalties
   
   * Travel discounts including family and friends, health and wellness discounts (my Benefits), access to internal 24/7 gym
   
   * Brightness of future - career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe
   
   * Monthly awards nights, social team building events, and opportunity to attend global conference (Bali 2023)
   
   * Acquire nationally recognised qualifications - Cert 3 and 4 in Travel
   
   * Access to a world-class Employee Assistance Program for staff and family
   
   * Corporate Health Discounts - exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA.
   
   * Financial Planning - manage all your finances, from your monthly budget to tax returns and mortgage broking, using our in-house team of Moneywise financial planners
   
   * We proudly support and advocate responsible travel, positive diversity practices, empowered giving, and conservation of natural resources and sustainability - Yep, our hearts are big, mushy and green.
   
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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find 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 travel consultant job on Zippia to find and recruit travel consultant candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting travel consultants requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   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 travel consultant

   Once you've selected the best travel consultant candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is 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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