Holiday Representative

What is a holiday representative?

Holiday representative

Most of the UK based tour operators recruit the staff for working in the resorts that they use. The holiday representative acts as a liaison between the tour operator and the customers, who are the holiday makers. One of the common types of overseas representative is a person who works for mainstream companies like the Thomson's.

There are some resort representatives that are referred to as kiddie representatives. Some of the holiday representative is brave souls who can actually take care of the young rascals. This is because; they get to enjoy the odd moment of quiet and peace whilst drinking cold coke near the pool. There are also lots of specialist overseas representatives. Some of the representatives are the tour operators who are geared towards the youth market.

What is the whole recruitment process?

For a person, after a hectic nine to five job, it can be very hard to wonder whether there is something he can do to enjoy his work. The person can catch few glimpses of representatives on his holidays and also get to reckon that his job is a piece of cake. The first step to becoming a holiday representative is to apply for the tour operator of his choice. Most of the tour operators complete their application on line and the application form is standard, which is to list the previous employment. There is one good thing about being a holiday representative and this is that one does not need any specific formal qualifications in UK. It is possible for a person to come from all fields of employment backgrounds.

Experience required

However, it is quite helpful if the person has some customer service experience and the importance is one the fact that he has dealt with the general public. This does not necessarily mean that he has to have face to face conversation to get selected. There are chances that they can call the person to know his ability to deal with difficult and angry people even if it is through the telephonic conversation. Another employment history which they can look out for is salesmanship skills. There is a provision of application form, wherein most of the tour operators require latest photo copy and for the same profession, one has to be smart and confident.

What holiday or hotel management want in a holiday representative?

To start with, there are whole lot of applications that the resort management receive. They interview around five percent of candidates who apply for the post of holiday representative through online manner or through the source of ads. The tour operator interviews are not exactly for those who are faint hearted. They usually consist of group interview and one to one interview. The main motto or aim of the recruiters is not to see how funny the candidate is but to see how he interacts with his fellow groups. The management wants to see that the candidate for the holiday representative post is an objective listener and despite his own personal beliefs, he has to ability to understand other people.

There may be team building exercises and the management definitely wants to see whether the candidate has the capacity to use his own schemes. However, they do not want a person who is quite bossy. Further, one should have the ability to stand up in front of people and talk about anything. The way the management do this is to give a candidate the card with a specific subject written on it and his task is to talk on the nominated subject for the allotted time. Overall, the resort hotel management look for a friendly face and for an easy smile which can be more favourable.