Travel Agent Training

A travel agent is a professional who is passionate about travel and helping others. They are focused on creating the best possible experiences, directly catered to their clients. They work with hotels, airlines, and other vendors to create travel packages and experiences that their clients will love. Travel agents can work with large groups, individuals, families, professional organizations, and others to help create seamless travel experiences that help create memories.



This program features courses that will provide the foundational knowledge to start a travel career. The course series enables the student to learn about the airline industry, ground transportation, hotels and resorts, cruises, tours, international and domestic travel, reservations and pricing, specialty travel, and more.



Students entering this program should have strong organizational skills, excellent customer service skills and telephone manner, and strong communication and sales skills. Since this course is delivered completely online, students need to have the self-discipline to complete all required material on their own. A course instructor will be available to assist students with questions and to lead online activities during the course of the class. ​



Travel Agents sell and book travel for everything from family vacations to honeymoons to corporate travel, catering aspects of trips to their clients' needs. ​Some travel agents work for travel agencies, and many others​ are self-employed. Many specialize in a specific type or region of travel. ​ Additional career information may be found in Career Coach: https://ccbcmd.emsicc.com/.​

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