Pros
Help clients realize their vacation dreams..even the ones they did not think possible for their budgets Never work on Sundays or major holidays and only work evenings for occasional special events which are fun to work anyway Get paid to take occasional familiarization trips to popular vacation destinations. Opportunity to learn about travel destinations worldwide Amazing travel agent discounts Great 401k
Cons
Sales goals did not always make logical sense. Sometimes selling more or doing what was in the best interest of the client would result in a pay cut...I believe some of these may have changed since I left Instead of pay raises each year, pay decreased since hourly rates stayed the same while the level of sales required to earn commissions continued to increase. Quantity much favored and praised over quality Reliance on ethics and integrity of coworkers to not take credit for your work Not many opportunities for advancement Not a lot of vacation time to take advantage of benefits and cannot take more than a week of that vacation at a time in the summer months. Difficult and stressful to request specific days off. Work most Saturdays Unpaid lunches but not allowed to leave for many of those and still expected to answer phones or wait on clients if they came during that time. More and more people are turning to the internet for their travel needs
