“Oh you’re a Travel Agent, I bet all you do is travel all the time.” Okay Sheila, calm down with your misconceptions on working in travel and get yourself a quick reality check.
Being a Travel Agent isn’t travelling 360 out of 365 days of the year, nor is it living the high life in Business Class, sleeping in 5-star hotels and receiving royal treatment every time you land in a foreign country.
Erm, so maybe the Business and 5-star resort thing happens SOMETIMES, but rarely ever!
In fact, Travel Agents are almost always doing the complete opposite of travelling as the job requires them to be office-bound 24/7 in order to assist others with their holidays.
When consultants DO manage to escape the day-to-day, their ‘trips’ or better referred to as ‘educationals’ are exactly that, educational experiences during which they’re having fun yet STILL working.
In order to shatter some of these pre-conceived ideas, we stalked a whole bunch of consultants around the world on social media to find 11 photos that perfectly sum up what it’s actually like to be a Travel Agent:
1. Most days start like this…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhaEPCGA03F/
2. And end like this…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhZm33rAzEM/?tagged=travelmanagers
3. Being cooped up in the office all day can make them a little delusional
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc_ALrOl0xH/
4. So they’re always looking for little things to keep them sane…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhbHEsDnOsW/
5. When they’re out of the office, they’re more than likely visiting clients…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhnnYkmAkeT/
6. Or checking out new products they can sell to their clients…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfquiiUhXBR/?tagged=travelmanagers
7. This is what it looks like when they are ‘travelling’…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfedI1ZHBbY/?tagged=virtuosoweek
8. And this…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3sr42lq4A/?tagged=hellohobart2017
9. And when they manage to get some time off, they’re trying to change the world…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf3_Uign5mm/
10. Or trying to catch up on deadlines…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bho0SQKBzrA/?tagged=travelagent
11. But despite the hard work, they’re always smiling because your Travel Agent loves building you your dream itinerary…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BotMhm4jdBc/?tagged=mtatravel
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