Travel Consultant

About the role

A love of travel attracts many to the field, but to succeed a Travel Consultant must be passionate about travel and the endless opportunities it brings to bridge history, cultures and cuisine. Successful Travel Consultants must have a strong sales drive, organizational skills with an eye for detail, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, demonstrated proficiency in navigating computers and various programs; must possess good written and oral communication skills and the ability and interest to be in a continuous learning curve.

Responsibilities

• Sells international and domestic travel packages including cruises, land packages, travel itineraries, air, car, and hotel
• Shares knowledge and expertise from personal experiences and/or education study trips
• Develops long standing relationships with our members and builds referral and repeat business
• Makes appropriate recommendations to ensure the trip experience is more than expected and tailored to the members expectations
• Cross sells relevant products to enhance the trip experience such as AAA Member Rewards Credit Card and identify theft referrals

Requirements

• A high school diploma is required, but we prefer a 2- or 4-year college degree
• You need to be able to pass comprehensive criminal background check and thorough urine sample drug screening
• We prefer candidates with a minimum of two years of sales experience in a performance-driven environment where success is measured by sales productivity

Qualifications

• Personal travel opportunities at discounted pricing
• Corporate benefits for insurance products
• Paid educational study trips are available for our Agents to promote career development
• Quarterly incentives/bonuses for achieving established production tiers

Skills

• Computer savvy with the ability to navigate between multiple systems and web browsers, Microsoft Office, and can type at least 30WPM
• Strong and very comfortable relationship with paperwork, and you are very organized!

Benefits

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Pay

Travel Consultants start at $23.50/hour with structured, hands-on training to build skills and sales confidence. As they progress through a defined ramp-up period and grow their pipeline, earnings increase. Once fully established and meeting sales goals, Travel Advisors typically earn $55,000–$65,000 annually through base pay and incentives, with top performers exceeding $85,000+ in an uncapped commission structure.

Schedule

Travel Consultants are available to work most Saturdays and some evenings to support goal achievement.

Company Information

We are the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team. “Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”