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Holiday rep

Looks after tour operator guests in resorts: transfers, welcome meetings, excursions and emergencies. Post-Brexit rules have shrunk UK nationals' access to these jobs in the EU.

A real shift

Airport transfers, hotel desk hours, excursion sales and an on-call phone for lost passports and hospital visits.

Skills that matter

  • Problem solving abroad
  • Sales
  • Languages
  • Resilience
  • Group management

Qualifications

  • Training provided by tour operators
  • First aid
  • Right to work in the destination

Where it leads

  1. Holiday rep
  2. Resort manager
  3. Tour operator head office

What we'd ask on the show

  • The rep seasons of the 2000s and now
  • Commission on excursions
  • Post-Brexit seasonal work

Work as a holiday rep? Come on the show

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