Posted 26 days ago
Leisure Travel Agent
@ Transat AT
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Overview
Transat AT is hiring a full-time Leisure Travel Agent to help customers plan and book vacations, recommending destinations, itineraries and accommodations. The role involves selling travel packages, meeting sales targets and prospecting for repeat business, with some work outside normal hours for trade shows and events. Pay starts at $18/hour plus commission, with benefits including health, dental and vision insurance and vacation time.
Pay:
From $18 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Advise clients on travel options and packages
- Build complex itineraries in booking platforms
- Prospect new clients and grow repeat business
- Meet monthly and yearly sales targets
Requirements summary:
- Minimum 2 years retail sales experience
- Strong prospecting and influence skills
- Advanced communication skills
- Experience with social media and new software
- Flexible schedule including outside normal hours
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · smartrecruiters
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-13
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-13
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Sales |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | Women, Racialized people, Indigenous peoples, People with disabilities |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Retirement plan, Employee discount |
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Transat AT
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Full company description
Founded in Montreal 36 years ago, Transat has achieved worldwide recognition as a provider of leisure travel, operating as an air carrier under the Air Transat brand. Voted World's Best Leisure Airline by passengers at the 2024 Skytrax World Airline Awards, it flies to international destinations. By renewing its fleet with the most energy-efficient aircraft in their category, it is committed to a healthier environment, knowing that this is essential to its operations and the destinations it serves. (TSX: TRZ) Fondée à Montréal il y a 36 ans, Transat est un joueur phare du voyage loisir, connu en tant que transporteur aérien sous la marque Air Transat. Élue par sa clientèle meilleure compagnie aérienne loisirs au monde aux World Airline Awards 2024 de Skytrax, elle offre l'accès à des destinations internationales. Renouvelant sa flotte aérienne avec des appareils les plus écoénergétiques de leur catégorie, elle s'engage au profit d'un environnement plus sain, qu'elle sait essentiel pour son activité et les destinations qu'elle dessert. (TSX : TRZ)
- LinkedIn followers
- 35,608
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,333
- Reported office locations
- 300, Léo-Pariseau, Montreal, Quebec H2X4C2, CA
- Business categories
- Leisure
- Tourism
- Travel
- Other recorded names
- Transat AT
- Specialties
- Tourism
- Travel
- Leisure
- Aviation
- and Services
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 920,174,188
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Founded in Montreal 36 years ago, Transat has achieved worldwide recognition as a provider of leisure travel, operating as an air carrier under the Air Transat brand. Voted World's Best Leisure Airline by passengers at the 2024 Skytrax World Airline Awards, it flies to international destinations. By renewing its fleet with the most energy-efficient aircraft in their category, it is committed to a healthier…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Travel Arrangements |
| Company size | 5,001-10,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1987 |
| Specialties | TourismTravelLeisureAviationand Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 19 |
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Company Description
Be part of the journey !
Our mission is to be the preferred airline of our customers and our team.
Open-mindedness, concern for others, intelligence at work and, above all, a healthy dose of fun enable us to achieve great things every day. Our dedication has earned us the title of the world's best leisure airline multiple times, and we’re just getting started.
Want to join us? You will have the chance to enjoy exclusive travel privileges to explore the world and create unforgettable memories. You'll also have the opportunity to work in a modern, inspiring environment.
Job Description
As a travel professional, you will be responsible for helping our customers plan and book their dream vacation. You'll work closely with our customers to understand their travel needs and preferences, and use your expertise to recommend destinations, itineraries and accommodations that meet their expectations.
Here are the activities that will fill your day:
- Advise clients on travel options offered by our various partners;
- Network and promote new travel business and grow your repeat client base;
- Meet established monthly and yearly sales and revenue targets;
- Quickly determine specific client needs and source solutions using all tools available;
- Sell travel packages in all product categories including the preparation of complex itineraries using various booking platforms (Apollo; Sirev);
- Be alert to changing trends; customer needs and be able to adapt the services to the client’s needs even when difficult circumstances arise.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years sales experience within a retail environment and consistently meet sales targets;
- Ability to influence through effective sales and prospecting techniques while building friendly and positive business relationships;
- Advanced communication skills combined with an outgoing and energetic nature;
- Experience leveraging social media and learning new software quickly;
- Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule and is available to work outside of normal business hours to attend trade shows, conventions, and other business events, as well as to complete agreed-upon tasks.
Additional Information
- Competitive Compensation - starting at 18$/h + commission pay
- Paid Time Off/vacations
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance;
- Employee discounts!
- Retirement Savings Plan
Artificial intelligence tools are used to analyze applications, whether to sort or preselect profiles based on criteria related to job requirements. All applications are then reviewed by our recruitment team to ensure a fair and inclusive process.
At Transat, we foster an environment where inclusiveness, respect and equity reign. We endeavour to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers as well as the communities to which we travel. We encourage women, members of visible minorities, ethnic minorities, aboriginal peoples as well as people with disabilities to submit their candidacy. Transat will accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, please contact us in order to work together in meeting adequately your needs.
Employment Equity
At Transat, we foster an environment where inclusiveness, respect and equity reign. We endeavour to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers as well as the communities to which we travel. We encourage women, members of visible minorities, ethnic minorities, aboriginal peoples as well as people with disabilities to submit their candidacy. Transat will accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. If you require an accommodation, please contact us in order to work together in meeting adequately your needs.
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