subject: Travel Homeworking- Educationals [print this page] What are they? What are they?
Working in the Holiday industry is possibly one of the most rewarding careers that you are able to have. One of the main reasons for this is because of the existence of Educationals. These are trips that have been organised with the express purpose of research into the destination.
Travel homeworking provides the opportunity of going on these trips, which are usually geared to finding out more information about where to stay more than anything else but it also provides the opportunity to find out more information about the luxury destination. These trips will give you more information to use so you can provide customers with the best possible deal. Also because you have been to the destination you will be able to provide a firsthand account of your experiences.
Hotels
Travel homeworking allows you to look into booking the holidays that you have a passion for and which you like to book. So when it comes to researching into the luxury hotel that you are staying at for the purpose of the educational you will always make it the number one priority. Mainly because the better the account that you can give to customers when they ask what the best place to stay is the more likely they are to build a relationship with you and eventually book a holiday through you.
While on an educational in a hotel the things that you should look into include the services that they offer, types of rooms that are available, the quality of food and staff. The idea is to provide the customer with an idea of what the hotel is like before they get there so that they know what to expect. If you were going to a luxury destination the most important thing to you would be that where ever you are staying is of the highest standard.
Also if your assessment is that a particular hotel is a wonderful place to stay because you have experienced it yourself and customers find that you were telling the honest truth they will be more likely to come back and book with you again. Also they will be more likely to spread the word to their friends about your amazing service.
Things to Do
Travel homeworking involves a lot of research into destinations. Finding out firsthand what sort of things there are to do while at the destination can be a great use of your time while on your educational. If you are passionate about the destination you should be aware already of what there is to do there. With this in mind you should try to experience as many of these things as possible so that you are able to give your honest opinion about what there is to do when customers inevitably ask that question.
Hidden Gems
When you are travel homeworking you are going to have the opportunity to build more relationships and contacts than the regular high street travel agent or call centre staff. This means that when it comes time for educational there is the opportunity to take advantage of these contacts and relationships to find those hidden gems that your destination tries to keep secret. Little pieces of information like this can make the difference between converting an enquiry into a sale and having no sales at all.
Tour Operators
The tour operator is generally the one who pays for the trip so that up to date information is given out by those selling the destinations to customers. To them this is an investment into their companys best interests as the more the sales person knows of the destination the better they will be able to sell it to the customer.
