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Sarah_Jayne · 11-13-2005, 01:56 PM

22. Talk about your job as a travel agent.

When I moved to the UK I badly needed a job but the conditions of my student work visa was that any company that hired me had to show why I was needed for the job over someone from the UK. My dad had been a travel agent for a while while I was growing up so when I saw an advertisement in the wanted ads for a entry level travel agent job I applied. I got the job and was called their 'North American Specialist'. This was a crappy teletext package holiday travel agency so that essentially meant that I had been to Disneyworld.

I worked there for about a year before being hired by a better travel agency where I worked worked as one of five people in the basement starting up the internet side of the UK travel agency Flightbookers. That is now the online travel giant (in the UK anyway) called Ebookers. I laugh when I see the comercials because I know how chaotic it was to start. Because the internet department was so small we also handled the corporate side of the company. My ex-client list included a few people famous in the UK. Jools Holland was my faveorite and the biggest twat was Peter Andre.

Another odd thing about that office was the in the corner of our basement office was a desk that was rented out by the one man in the whole of the UK that represented Air Botswana. He was a nice guy but would have strange clients.

I made the mistake of leaving that company when I was offered more money by a smaller agency called 'Africa Travel Centre'. It was a mistake and I hated working there. The two other agents there were white South Africans and they were constantly making racist remarks about the clients. One day I had an obviously gay client in front of me and they laughed at him loud enough that he could hear it. That was the last day I worked there. I had never walked out of a job before but it was too much for me.

So, that was the end of me in travel. I was already working for JJJ part time after work so I took the call centre job to help earn some money to save until I went full time.

11-13-2005, 01:56 PM
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	22. Talk about your job as a travel agent. When I moved to the UK I badly needed a job but the conditions of my student work visa was that any company that hired me had to show why I was needed for the job over someone from the UK. My dad had been a travel agent for a while while I was growing up so when I saw an advertisement in the wanted ads for a entry level travel agent job I applied. I got the job and was called their 'North American Specialist'. This was a crappy teletext package holiday travel agency so that essentially meant that I had been to Disneyworld. I worked there for about a year before being hired by a better travel agency where I worked worked as one of five people in the basement starting up the internet side of the UK travel agency Flightbookers. That is now the online travel giant (in the UK anyway) called Ebookers. I laugh when I see the comercials because I know how chaotic it was to start. Because the internet department was so small we also handled the corporate side of the company. My ex-client list included a few people famous in the UK. Jools Holland was my faveorite and the biggest twat was Peter Andre. Another odd thing about that office was the in the corner of our basement office was a desk that was rented out by the one man in the whole of the UK that represented Air Botswana. He was a nice guy but would have strange clients. I made the mistake of leaving that company when I was offered more money by a smaller agency called 'Africa Travel Centre'. It was a mistake and I hated working there. The two other agents there were white South Africans and they were constantly making racist remarks about the clients. One day I had an obviously gay client in front of me and they laughed at him loud enough that he could hear it. That was the last day I worked there. I had never walked out of a job before but it was too much for me. So, that was the end of me in travel. I was already working for JJJ part time after work so I took the call centre job to help earn some money to save until I went full time.