So You Want to be a Holiday Rep?: The In-depth Career Guide on How to Become a Holiday Representative - Softcover

Porter, Andrew D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953623211 ISBN 13: 9780953623211

Publisher: Travelvocation, 2002

Synopsis

Have you ever dreamt of working with the UK's tour operators as a Holiday Rep but didn't know how to go about it? Well here's a book from Travelvocation which will not only help you through every stage of the recruitment process and give you all the information you needed to know but is also backed by the fact that it is endorsed by Thomson Holidays and is used by Colleges and Universities throughout the UK who run Travel and Tourism courses.

'So You Want To Be A Holiday Rep?' has been written specifically for new comers to this industry, so there is no complicated jargon and no stone is left unturned. The book gives a full description of the basic qualifications needed, what the job entails, how to apply for application forms and complete them, how to prepare for interviews, how to succeed at interviews and a full section on 'Tour Operator Information' which details facts and figures relating to specific UK holiday companies. There are complete welcome meeting and coach transfer transcriptions, examples of day-to-day problems and most importantly, recollections of the job from the people that actually do it themselves, the reps! Also included are addresses and contact details of all the Colleges and Universities currently offering Travel & Tourism courses.

About this title

From the Publisher

This is the second in the series of travel career guides released by Travelvocation. It is widely used in colleges throughout the UK who offer Travel & Tourism courses as supplementary reading material. The same can also be said about 'So You Want to be Cabin Crew?'.

From the Author

After working in both the recruitment and travel industries, and then going on to write 'So You Want to be Cabin Crew?' I decided to write 'So You Want to be a Holiday Rep?. A great deal of research was done to make sure that this book covered all the areas relating to this job. I am extremly proud about the fact that it is now used by Universities and Colleges throughout the country as resource material for students completing Travel and Tourism courses as well as being bought by the general public.

Edition details

• Publisher: Travelvocation
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953623211
• ISBN 13: 9780953623211
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100