OT: Retail Travel Consultant Salary
Jun 24, 2017, 2:36 am
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OT: Retail Travel Consultant Salary
I know this is off topic, so sorry about this, but this is the only place I can think of that would be able to answer this.
I applied for a job at a local independent travel agency, and they asked what my salary expectations were. I gave them a very vague figure, adding that it's too early at this stage to talk about wage without more information, so they sent me a job spec. I really don't know what the appropriate wage would be.
I have not worked in a travel shop before, but I have worked in hospitality for many years, lived in different countries, and travelled extensively.
Any advice this, helpful and knowledgeable community of wisdom could offer me would be great!
Thank you.
I applied for a job at a local independent travel agency, and they asked what my salary expectations were. I gave them a very vague figure, adding that it's too early at this stage to talk about wage without more information, so they sent me a job spec. I really don't know what the appropriate wage would be.
I have not worked in a travel shop before, but I have worked in hospitality for many years, lived in different countries, and travelled extensively.
Any advice this, helpful and knowledgeable community of wisdom could offer me would be great!
Thank you.
Jun 24, 2017, 2:39 am
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I suppose anything above £15,000 ! This is not at all even loosely related to BAEC 
Jun 24, 2017, 2:43 am
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There are lots of salary comparison sites out there. I've just found myself in a similar situation - I found glassdoor very useful. But Google will throw up plenty of others.
Jun 24, 2017, 2:49 am
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TY.
Jun 24, 2017, 2:55 am
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a travel consultant who earns 15k will not be doing the same job as a travel consultant who earns 30k (basic) even if they have the same title.
I'm afraid it's impossible to give you a steer of what you should be asking for without seeing you CV and without understanding what the role is you are applying for.
Jun 24, 2017, 3:09 am
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As this thread has absolutely no connection to BA or BAEC and has received enough answers to get the OP a start we'll close it down at this point.
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