What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel Director for Luxury Travel Planning Team position at Travel With Character® LLC?
Travel Director for Luxury Travel Planning Team
Location: Calabasas, CA
Do you have a passion for travel and unparalleled customer service skills? Join Travel With Character® as a Travel Director on our dedicated in-house luxury travel planning team!
About Us: Travel With Character® is known for bringing destinations to life through well-orchestrated planning. Our entertainment-inspired brand focuses on a "production team" of experts to make our guests the main character in their own vacation story. Our core values are integrity, enthusiasm and creativity.
Job Description: We are looking for a detail-oriented, communicative, tech-savvy and creative Travel Director to join our team. In this role, you will not need to generate your own sales leads but instead, will focus on servicing and managing the leads and projects brought in by the agency. The job emphasis will be to maintain a high-level of concierge client care. There will also be some content creation tasks and general support for the Executive Producer.
Responsibilities:
- Crafting tailored travel proposals
- Booking luxury hotels, ground transportation, and travel insurance
- Managing deposits and making final payments with precision
- Communicating effectively with travel vendors
- Securing dining, spa, and activity reservations
- Conducting thorough travel and itinerary research
- Creating and updating digital itineraries and knowledge libraries
- Answering client questions promptly and knowledgeably
- Updating agency documents and guides to maintain accuracy
- Sending client invoices and agreements accurately
- Auditing projects for accuracy pre-travel
- Creating effective email templates, forms and workflows, with a focus on constantly innovating the client experience.
- Crafting content for web and social media to feature travel destinations and the importance of using an advisor
- General support for, and collaboration with, the Executive Producer
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Proven experience in the fields of travel planning, customer service, and/or project management.
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities
- Problem-solving skills with ability to adapt quickly to urgent situations
- Tech savvy with experience in programs like Canva, Travefy, CRM (Honeybook), Trello, Zoom, Google Docs, Wix, Loom, Video Editing
- A knowledge of Europe, cruise and theme park destinations a plus
- A background in the entertainment industry a plus
Job Type: W2, Part-time, Hourly
Hours: Starting at 12hr/week with potential increase to 20 hours per week
Salary: Starting at $28.00/hour
How to Apply: If you are ready to bring your travel expertise and passion to our luxury travel planning team, send your resume and a brief cover letter explaining why you’re the perfect fit for this role to hello@travelwithcharacter.com. We look forward to your application!
Salary : $28