Retail Travel Advisor Bournemouth

Job Details

Location: Bournemouth
Hours: Part Time (Between 22.5 - 30 hours)
Shift Times: Monday to Saturday 09:00 - 18:00 Sunday 10:30 - 16:30
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic Holidays we believe that everyone can take on the world and its our vision to become the most loved travel company. Were proud to offer a supportive work environment where no two days are the same. Youll enjoy a dynamic shift pattern that includes weekends bank holidays and evenings. This is all part of helping us create unforgettable experiences for our guests every single day!

We love to disrupt the market with fresh ideas bringing new approaches to the industry and remaining a loud and proud voice for positive change - be it on issues of sustainability people or our communities. So if youre ready to take your career to new heights read on.

Join Virgin Atlantic Holidays as a Personal Travel Advisor and help create unforgettable holiday experiences. Youll inspire guests with your with your travel expertise recommend and sell holidays and work towards achieving high sales targets. Enjoy comprehensive training fantastic travel benefits and a dynamic work environment!

Day to day
We have the ambition to become the brand of choice in premium long-haul travel. Your passion for connecting people with extraordinary travel experiences knows no bounds. Whether through social media hosting inspiring events or engaging with the local community youll continually seek creative ways to introduce new guests to the Virgin Atlantic Holidays experience.

Working alongside our award-winning Retail team who share your passion and dedication to delivering outstanding guest service you will:

• Deliver premium service during every interaction both pre-and post-sale while actively identifying opportunities to maximise sales and create memorable guest experiences embodying our values of Think Red Make Friends and Be Amazing.
• No two days are the same. One moment youll be helping a couple plan their honeymoon in the Maldives the next youll be inspiring a family to discover Orlando before welcoming guests into the store for an exclusive travel event.
• Consistently achieve and exceed personal and team performance targets including sales and guest experience metrics. through a proactive guest-focused approach taking ownership of enquiries and converting opportunities into bookings.
• Maintain expert knowledge of destinations products hotels and travel trends demonstrating a proactive approach to staying up to date with new products hotel offerings and destination updates. Use your passion for luxury travel to confidently inspire guests and drive sales.
• Work collaboratively with your team to support the day-to-day success of the store contributing to a positive high-performing sales culture.
• Provide exceptional after-sales support taking ownership of guest enquiries amendments and travel-related requests ensuring every guest receives a seamless experience from booking through to travel and beyond.

About you

Were looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills natural warmth and charisma and a genuine passion for travel and tourism. Were also looking for the following:

• Demonstrated customer service skills with a passion and desire to deliver a premium experience.
• Proven ability to achieve performance targets and key KPIs in a fast-paced sales or retail environment.
• Previous experience within the airline travel tourism hospitality or luxury service industry is desirable.
• A passion for premium travel with a commitment to staying informed about destinations trends and exceptional travel experiences.
• Strong ability to build long-term guest relationships through personalised service trust and tailored recommendations.
• Confident in creating genuine connections to convert enquiries into bookings and making guests feel valued understood and supported.
• Skilled at communicating value over price confidently positioning premium products and experiences in a calm and reassuring way.
• Adaptable and resilient with a positive solution-focused approach to working in a fast-changing environment.
• Our guests love to travel outside traditional office hours so our stores are open seven days a week. Youll work a variety of shifts across mornings evenings and weekends with plenty of notice through our rota planning.

This isnt a traditional retail role. Every conversation and every holiday is unique. Youll build lasting relationships create unforgettable travel experiences and help guests plan lifes biggest moments while representing one of the worlds most loved travel brands. Whether youve worked in travel luxury retail hospitality or another customer-focused environment well help you become a destination expert.

What we offer

With our blended training programme youll be able to confidently recommend and sell holidays ensuring our guests have the best store experience!

And thats not all! Youll also enjoy these fantastic perks:

• Industry-leading Staff Travel benefits with up to seven flights a year to any Virgin Atlantic destination (did someone say Barbados)
• Go above and beyond and get rewarded for it. Our uncapped commission scheme rewards great guest experiences and outstanding sales performance giving you the opportunity to significantly increase your earnings.
• Develop your knowledge through Virgin Ventures with exclusive learning opportunities and partnerships with leading tourist boards and travel suppliers.
• Generous contributory pension scheme and life assurance
• Our iconic Vivienne Westwood uniform in your choice of styles!

Be yourself Our differences make us stronger

Virgin Atlantic are committed equal opportunities employers and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible applicants regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation gender reassignment religion or belief marital status pregnancy and maternity. Diversity brings strength which is why we strive to provide an inclusive environment where individuality is celebrated and we can ignite the potential of our forward-thinking mix of people.

Please be aware as part of our recruitment process we may look to use a variety of resourcing tools to help us understand your skills and experience in relation to the role you have applied for. These may include application questions video interviews or online testing. Please feel free to contact us at if there are any reasonable adjustments to our process that you would like us to consider for example use of hearing loops sign language interpreter etc. Please dont hesitate to reach out if there are any issues preventing you from being at your best during your application or assessment process. Any issues raised after your assessment is completed or once a decision has been made will be too late for us to consider within our process.

Our retail stores operate 7 days a week between 9:00am and 9:00pm. This role requires flexibility to work a variety of shifts including evenings weekends and bank holidays. By applying for this position you acknowledge and accept these working requirements. This role is based fully onsite.