Travel Consultant Resume Example (2026) — Bullets, Skills & Tips

Summary

Travel consultant with 10 years designing tailor-made and luxury trips for Canadian clients. I specialise in Japan, Southern Africa and the Mediterranean, build complex multi-stop itineraries in Sabre and Tourplan, and look after clients from first call to return flight. I sell CAD 3.2M a year with a 68% repeat-client rate and a 4.9/5 average review.

Experience

Senior Travel Consultant — Japan & Africa

Goway Travel · Toronto, ON

Apr 2020 – Present

CAD 3.2MAnnual sales

68%Repeat clients

4.9/5Client reviews

Design 180 tailor-made trips a year, averaging CAD 17,800 per booking, from Kyoto ryokan circuits to Botswana fly-in safaris
Negotiate rates and allocations with 40 ground handlers and lodges; added a 3% average margin uplift on Africa programmes
Handled 2023 wildfire and typhoon disruptions for 64 travellers in transit, rebooking flights and hotels within 24 hours
Mentor 4 junior consultants on destination knowledge, quoting and supplier etiquette

Travel Consultant

Flight Centre Travel Group (Bloor-Yorkville) · Toronto, ON

Jun 2016 – Mar 2020

Top 5%Canada sales ranking

Sold flights, cruises and packages to 900+ clients a year; ranked in the top 5% of Canadian consultants for three years
Built a honeymoon and milestone-trip niche through wedding fairs and referrals; 140 bookings worth CAD 1.1M in 2019

Reservations Agent

Air Canada Vacations (contact centre) · Toronto, ON

May 2014 – May 2016

Handled 70 calls a day for Caribbean and Mexico packages with a 92% quality score and a Sabre GDS certification

Summary example

Travel consultant with [N] years designing tailor-made and luxury trips for Canadian clients. I specialise in Japan, Southern Africa and the Mediterranean, build complex multi-stop itineraries in Sabre and Tourplan, and look after clients from first call to return flight. I sell CAD 3.2M a year with a [X%] repeat-client rate and a [N].9/[N] average review.

Example bullet points for a Travel Consultant

Design [N] tailor-made trips a year, averaging CAD 17,800 per booking, from Kyoto ryokan circuits to Botswana fly-in safaris
Negotiate rates and allocations with [N] ground handlers and lodges; added a [X%] average margin uplift on Africa programmes
Handled [N] wildfire and typhoon disruptions for [N] travellers in transit, rebooking flights and hotels within [N] hours
Mentor [N] junior consultants on destination knowledge, quoting and supplier etiquette
Sold flights, cruises and packages to [N]+ clients a year; ranked in the top [X%] of Canadian consultants for three years
Built a honeymoon and milestone-trip niche through wedding fairs and referrals; [N] bookings worth CAD 1.1M in [N]
Handled [N] calls a day for Caribbean and Mexico packages with a [X%] quality score and a Sabre GDS certification

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Skills to include

Multi-stop itineraries
Supplier negotiation
Crisis rebooking
Discovery calls
Travel insurance & visas
24/7 duty support
Sabre GDS
Tourplan
Salesforce
Travefy

Tips for a Travel Consultant resume

Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: Multi-stop itineraries, Supplier negotiation, Crisis rebooking.
List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. TICO Certified Travel Counsellor, Japan Travel Specialist.
Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example annual sales.
Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
Run the built-in resume checker and paste the job description into the keyword match before you download.

Travel Consultant Resume Example

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