Travel School
If you are interested in an exciting career in travel, please call or email Jennifer Rocchetta, Travel School Director, at 516-465-1000 ext 3216, jennifer.rocchetta@austintravel.com for more information about the Austin Travel School.
Classes are held in our corporate office in Melville on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The Curriculum consists of 5 lectures and 8 Sabre (computer) sessions.
Curriculum
Travel Agency Introduction
- Operation of agency
- Definitions & terms
- General outline of rules & regulations
- Benefits of working
The O.A.G & Office Procedures
- How to read simple flights
- How to read more complex flights
- Basic fares, fare plans, family plans, excursions, etc.
- Other information in the O.A.G.
- Discuss work sheets
- How to make an airline reservation
- How to make a hotel reservation
- How to make a car reservation
- Insurance
- Documentation
- Vouchers
- Wholesalers
- Commission structures
Tours & Cruises
- Tour Operators
- Wholesalers
- Hotel Representatives
- Other information in the O.A.G.
- Independent Tours
- Escorted Tours
- Package Tours
- Custom Tailored (F.I.T.S.)
- Terms in selling cruises
- How to sell cabins
- Reading deck plans
Group Travel
- The group market
- The how & why of group travel
- Opportunities & profits
- How to cost a trip
- Group Operations
Ticketing & Tariffs
- What is an airline ticket?
- How to ticket
- Fare structures
Sabre Computer (hands on)
- Introduction to Sabre and how it works
- Elements of passenger name record
- How to display flight availability and how to sell seats
- Build a passenger name record
- How to get fares from Sabre.
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