Friendly Planet Travel,Inc
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Apr 08, 2024
Full time
In the world of travel, it takes a lot of coordination and managing of details to produce a wonderful tour to a faraway destination. To get those great, 5-star reviews from our returning passengers, we rely on our operations team to make sure everything promised is delivered and that our travelers come home with amazing memories, ready to book with us again. If you are a talented, detail-oriented Group Travel Coordinator, our group department has a position for you to help us make the magic happen again and again. We are an internet-based tour operator specializing in exotic international destinations. We create exceptional, small group tours to more than fifty international destinations around the world. We have been in business since 1982, and great customer service is our secret sauce. In this position, your goal would be to assist the group manager, make travel arrangements for groups and organizations, including scheduling flights and ground transportation, booking accommodations, and handling any other trip-related tasks. Contact vendors for outsourced services. Book travel arrangements in a timely manner. Experience in the travel industry is a plus but not required. Main Duties & Responsibilities Experience in managing projects, resolving problems, and providing the best customer service in the industry. Experience with Microsoft Office and Excel is a plus. Comfort around software solutions to enable the quick mastery of our internal systems. Excellent time management and organization skills with our operations team. Ability to multitask Ensuring an excellent travel experience for customers Coordinate all aspects of business related travel for staff including reserving transportation, creating travel authorizations, processing visa requests Customize a vacation package to best fit the customers travel and financial needs Making and monitoring all domestic and international travel arrangements for executives and any other designated travelers via private jet and commercial flights including itineraries for the executives and flight crew Work in an administrative setting Maintain all travel reservations including emphasizing salable features Use a variety of on-line tools, vendor resources, and program guidelines to provide the best travel options for customers