What is the salary like at Audley Travel?

Audley still has some of the best people around working for them. Depending on which team you're in, training is pretty thorough (although sales training could focus on the whole process not just the initial sales call.)

Asks for feedback and doesn't truly want it. Communications regularly poor and annoying despite years of feedback. Doesn't often promote people of colour above entry level rank of roles. Enforced a back to office policy (worse for women and neurodivergent staff) after hiring staff all over the country and at risk of losing some of it's most experienced and profitable staff. Pay is low compared to other travel companies for the amount of work anticipated. Some people seem to be promoted over and over despite being useless, while other people get consistently overlooked. Commission structure constantly messed with and all roles are encouraged to funnel into sales.

Lovely people to work with, and great office setting in Witney, Oxfordshire

Not diverse at all, pay is not competitive, progression limited in my area, inflexible with regards to working from home

Fams given once a year but you are locked into working or paying back compensation for travelling. Flexible office days

The company expect a lot for average pay, you may work long hours dealing with client issues and major in country incidents. But all this hard work is quickly forgotten when your targets slip as a result. Limited work life balance for little compensation against how much you are actually generating for the company.

Good team and good benefits - travel discounts and opportunities, fully paid healthcare, decent PTO, decent company events. Some of these things became less important to be over time and as I grew my skillset/got older.

Terrible pay for hours and expectations. Sales goals are high pressure. If you aren't hitting goals, it's talked about often, and if you are, it's not praised really but asked about how you're going to hit that again next month... with pennies in commission on big ticket bookings.

Amazing people, management and career opportunities with travel.

Low base pay and commission pay, but great benefits.

There are 2 pros to this job. 1. The month long fam trip after your first week. Caveat: this can be with other people and you will have to share a room and have only 2 days off during the trip. You will be with them basically 24/7 and there can be a large gap in age and intelligence among colleagues. 2. Most of your co-workers - it was great to be around like minded travel focused people. Caveat: there are many mean girls at the company. There is lots of gossip and it can be very clique-y and reminded me of high school at times. The only people I think this job is good for are recent college graduates (ones whose parents paid for college so they have no loans and/or help them with rent). It would be impossible to work there with the current salary and pay student loans and market rent in Boston.

There are so many I’m not even sure where to start. Most importantly, the pay is absurdly low. They brag about paying a living wage but the starting salary (that cannot be negotiated even if you have many years of professional experience) of 50k is not livable in Boston. This is why many people who can afford to work here are rich kids. There is no diversity. After you start, you will learn during your first 2-3 full years your overall compensation will stay very low, even with commission. They are very cagey about the commission structure. It’s on a scale so even if you sell a 6 figure trip, you’ll only make about $300. It seems criminal. Preferential treatment / leads / clients are given to senior specialists. HR department is faceless and basically non existent. They require 3 days / week in the office but if you were lucky enough to be hired in the years right after Covid, you can be remote. It comes off as unfair, since clearly the job can be done remotely. They rent out 2 very expensive floors in a building in the North End, but many people do not care about office culture anymore. Many senior people do not come in the required 3 days and seemingly do not get in trouble. There’s a large social part to this job and as a previous reviewer said, you really need to drink the Audley kool-aid to be successful here. If you just want to do your job and go home, it will be talked about. Commuting costs can be expensive and the hours are long for such a low salary, There’s also tons of administrative work and a steep learning curve. Trips are so expensive, they can be very difficult to sell. You will deal with a lot of rejection and stress. Clients are wealthy so can be very demanding. You will also have to work one Saturday / month and one late shift per week. In summary, long hours and very low pay.

There are 2 pros to this job. 1. The month long fam trip after your first week. Caveat: this can be with other people and you will have to share a room and have only 2 days off during the trip. You will be with them basically 24/7 and there can be a large gap in age and intelligence among colleagues. 2. Most of your co-workers - it was great to be around like minded travel focused people. Caveat: there are many mean girls at the company. There is lots of gossip and it can be very clique-y and reminded me of high school at times. The only people I think this job is good for are recent college graduates (ones whose parents paid for college so they have no loans and/or help them with rent). It would be impossible to work there with the current salary and pay student loans and market rent in Boston.

There are so many I’m not even sure where to start. Most importantly, the pay is absurdly low. They brag about paying a living wage but the starting salary (that cannot be negotiated even if you have many years of professional experience) of 50k is not livable in Boston. This is why many people who can afford to work here are rich kids. There is no diversity. After you start, you will learn during your first 2-3 full years your overall compensation will stay very low, even with commission. They are very cagey about the commission structure. It’s on a scale so even if you sell a 6 figure trip, you’ll only make about $300. It seems criminal. Preferential treatment / leads / clients are given to senior specialists. HR department is faceless and basically non existent. They require 3 days / week in the office but if you were lucky enough to be hired in the years right after Covid, you can be remote. It comes off as unfair, since clearly the job can be done remotely. They rent out 2 very expensive floors in a building in the North End, but many people do not care about office culture anymore. Many senior people do not come in the required 3 days and seemingly do not get in trouble. There’s a large social part to this job and as a previous reviewer said, you really need to drink the Audley kool-aid to be successful here. If you just want to do your job and go home, it will be talked about. Commuting costs can be expensive and the hours are long for such a low salary, There’s also tons of administrative work and a steep learning curve. Trips are so expensive, they can be very difficult to sell. You will deal with a lot of rejection and stress. Clients are wealthy so can be very demanding. You will also have to work one Saturday / month and one late shift per week. In summary, long hours and very low pay.

Great people who all love travel, cool trips, can be yourself, pay isn’t great but it’s a travel so don’t expect amazing pay any where, I love working here!

Constantly changing commission structure, an incompetent Head of Sales who doesn’t understand anything, and lack of leadership in the US office—we don’t have a great voice for us with the head UK office

Co-workers are great, office is nice, the actual day-to-day of the job is interesting and rewarding.

Zero growth opportunity or acknowledgment that the Boston office is worth time, attention, or resource. Many manager roles are based in the UK making career growth impossible, despite the US-based teams having to consistently do manager level tasks without the title or pay. The salaries are well below market value with no sign of raises being prioritized. Changes in office working requirements with little notice and no commuter benefits.

Good base salary Nice colleagues

Large company, very corporate - lots of employees Commission can fluctuate a lot