Travel Agent - Career Video

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oh my gosh Alaska you're gonna need to

pack your bags for this exciting career

I think it's time we talked to a travel

agent come on Murray how long have you

been involved in the travel industry 32

years Murray Tippit's experience around

the world is helping others create

beautiful memories have been everywhere

but India in Africa oh my goodness so

what's been your favorite place

Oh God Spain and Italy are probably one

of my favorites travel agents spend most

of their time on the phone or on the

computer helping clients and traveling

is one of the perks I arrange the tours

I take them on the tours and I'm

responsible for everything on the tours

travel agents typically work 8:00 to

5:00 Monday through Friday

I'm waiting on clients and I'm banking

up tours and doing research what journey

does the prospective travel agent have

to take although a college degree is

important to most employers it's not

necessary travel experience is valuable

and most training is learned on the job

you have to go to travel school and you

know what the main thing is now learning

computers besides learning geography and

history and everything else due to the

advancement in computer technology most

travel agents work at home although some

prefer to have an office setting to

attract walk-in business they can work

as an agent they can work as an outside

agent thinking of work as an in-home

agent they can go with a cruise line and

work on a cruise ship they can do oh

there's so many avenues with the

availability for clients to book their

own trips at home the demand is less for

travel agents yet some people still like

the security reliability and the savings

they get from a professional we've been

in it so long that we have our steady

customers and they keep coming back to

us for the personal service a well

established travel agent can be expected

to make between thirty to fifty thousand

dollars a year

other characteristics that a travel

agent should have include being well

organized well-traveled and having a

great personality you have to know your

business half is study up on what you're

doing you have

experience it and you have to be ready

to give your client the best information

that you can if you're excited about

what the world has to offer this job

could be perfect for you I'm Shaina

pre-university TV I'm headed to Africa

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