Self-Employed Travel Sales Consultant

Overview

Why loveholidays? At loveholidays - we trailblaze together. We're on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers' unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers' personal holiday expert - the smart way to get away.

We're using progressive tech to drive cutting-edge innovation and open the world to everyone. Within our Commercial and Support teams, you'll find a place to accelerate your growth by actively seeking learning opportunities and carving your own path. You'll create impact for our future by owning projects and shaping the business strategy to reach shared goals, all within our enhanced international community of collaborative and passionate teams.

The impact you'll have:

The demand loveholidays is experiencing for short & long-haul holidays exceeds that of pre-covid levels, and our existing consultants are creating more enquiries into holidays than ever beating all historic booking records!

Our Sales function is a 7-day operation, currently daily with shifts split across these hours.

Your role

As a Self-Employed Travel Sales Consultant, you'll be handling both inbound leads and making proactive outbound calls to potential customers. You will use your experience, knowledge and passion of the travel industry to provide an amazing experience for our customers. Whether you've been out of the game for a bit and want to get back into the industry, or you're looking to make more money through your proven travel sales abilities - we want to talk to you!

Your day-to-day

• Converting warm leads generated by our marketing campaigns into sales
• Making proactive outbound calls to potential customers and following up on enquiries
• Actively building and managing your own sales pipeline
• Delivering a world-class customer experience for all loveholidays customers
• Using your knowledge and experience of holiday destinations to advise potential customers with credibility and authenticity
• Working to hit and exceed sales targets - what you put in is what you will get back
• Representing loveholidays as a brand ambassador and trusted source of knowledge
• Realistic OTE of £60k+ (uncapped) per year for a full-time consultant, with our highest performers earning in excess of £100k

Your skillset

• 2+ years B2C travel sales experience - selling to customers in the UK and overseas
• Strong telephone sales experience with proven success in both inbound and outbound calling
• Passionate about the travel industry - bringing enthusiasm to deliver world-class customer experiences
• Confident in your ability to convert leads into sales and work towards targets
• A real people person - you love talking to people of all demographics, helping them find their perfect holiday destination
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to build rapport, solve customer queries, and close sales
• Self-driven, motivated and enthusiastic - think of this role as running your own business
• Comfortable working on a self-employed, commission-only basis with flexibility to work evenings and weekends

Business Terms

• Fully commission-based earnings (uncapped)
• All hardware and booking platforms provided
• Self-employed status - responsible for own tax and National Insurance. No loveholidays employee benefits are applicable
• Flexible working hours within operational times - estimated 40hrs p/week
• Fully remote - work from anywhere in the UK

Additional Information

• Location: Home-based anywhere in the UK
• Working Pattern: Flexible within operating hours ()
• Training: Comprehensive induction provided

Requirements

• UK residency required - loveholidays cannot accept applications from non-UK residents
• This is a UK home-based role on a self-employed, commission-only basis.

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The interview journey

1. Interview with the Sales TL & Team Leader - 60 minutes