Travelbound Tour Operator

What You'll Be Doing

• Planning and booking detailed travel itineraries according to groups’ requirements
• Work closely with the party leader to piece together a “unique educational travel experience”
• Dealing with all client file administration and telephone and e mail queries to specific destinations
• As required negotiate rates with suppliers & ground Service agents
• Ensure all final itinerary details are prepared and given to the group at least 4 weeks in advance of travel
• Work with overseas suppliers and internal staff to ensure that all Health & Safety Audit requirements are complete and accurate.
• Financially take responsibility for checking & authorising tour payments to suppliers, working within the tour budget.
• Work closely with the Sales team to ensure that tour requests are handed over accurately.
• Liaising with other departments to maintain credit control with both internal and external customers
• To be part of the internal on-call rota system
• Overseas travel as required, attend Fam trips and visits to roadshows to keep product knowledge up to date and relevant.

• Checking costings to make sure they match up with booking details and protecting the margin on your bookings.
• There may be a requirement to work additional hours in peak seasons

What We're Looking For

• Excellent customer service skills are required with good written and spoken English and Numeracy (GCSE Mathematics)
• The applicant needs to have commercial acumen, be adaptable, reliable and flexible, with a responsible attitude and possess the ability to cope under pressure and respond to tight deadlines
• A basic knowledge of Word and Excel is necessary
• Desirable - Good level of spoken and written skill in French

Some of the benefits 

• Hybrid working pattern between our office and homeworking 

• Annual Bonus scheme 

• Opportunities to travel overseas on familiarisation trips 

• 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays and a bonus day off for your birthday; we also have a tenure based annual leave benefit, up to a maximum of an additional 5 days depending on length of service 

• Global recognition and reward programme 

• Access to extensive online learning resources 

• In-house training opportunities   

• Regular social events   

• Various employee discounts and offers, including discounted trips with our brands 

Diversity and inclusion 

We believe that people are happier and perform best when they are able to be their true selves and that diverse teams deliver better results. 

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and embracing diversity in all its dimensions. This includes inspiring change through increasing awareness of unconscious bias. 

Together we will cultivate a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where everyone can flourish. 

Experience Education Student Travel Group 

TravelBound is a part of the Experience Education Student Travel Group, a collective of specialist brands dedicated to delivering exceptional and memorable travel experiences for schools and groups. 

Our specialist brands include TravelBound, SkiBound, World Challenge, JCA, Edwin Doran and MasterClass, and they operate across 5 unique travel categories: curriculum tours; ski trips; expeditions; UK activity centres and sports tours.