Log In | My Passes | Sign Up
  • Learning Guides
  • Teacher Resources
  • Test Prep
  • College Readiness
  • Schools & Districts
  • All of Shmoop
Literature Bible Poetry Shakespeare Mythology Bestsellers Dr. Seuss Pre-Algebra Algebra Algebra II Geometry Biology US History Flashcards DMV Careers SAT ACT AP Exams En Español Essay Lab Videos Literary Critics Shmoop Shtuff
Careers
  • Shmoop Career Guide
  • Explore ALL Careers

Travel Agent

  • The Real Poop

  • Typical Day

  • Salary

  • Power

  • Fame

  • Glory

  • Stress

  • Physical Danger

  • Qualifications

  • Odds of Getting In

  • Odds of Hanging On

  • Career as Depicted in Popular or Unpopular Culture

  • Tools of the Trade

  • Bell Curve

Home Careers Travel Agent Glory

Share this Shmoopy Link

Know someone perfect for this career?

New!

Travel AgentGlory

Advertisement
Know more than we do? Tell Us!

There is plenty of glory when it comes to helping people live out their dreams, take special trips, plan their honeymoons, travel for the first time or arrange their getaway after a successful bank heist. For travel agents, there is nothing better than positive feedback after a trip. Many people develop close relationships with their travel agents over time. Not that too many clients’ are calling up their agent to ask if they’ll be a godparent to their children, but closer than their relationship with their bank teller, anyway.

A successful travel agent must get to know their clients in order to help plan a vacation that matches their budget, personality and needs. Selling a claustrophobic customer a small cabin on a cruise ship will not lead to glory when they pay you a visit after the end of a trip.

Next Page: Stress
Previous Page: Fame

Kind of, Sort of, Semi-Related Careers:

  • Advertising Sales Representative
  • Nurse
  • Entrepreneur - Silicon Valley
  • Oceanographer
  • Editor
  • Sorority President
Close

Talk to us

So we know you are human:
Close

So we know you are human:
Site Map | Help | Advertisers | Jobs | Partners | Contact Us | About Shmoop
© 2013 Shmoop University, Inc. All rights reserved. We love your brain and respect your privacy. | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
© 2013 Shmoop University, Inc. All rights reserved. We love your brain and respect your privacy.