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Prestbury Travel’s Sylvia takes A fam trip to Mauritius has helped Sylvia sell the destination as her clients often ask for personal experiences
a stroll down memory lane,
and shares her tips for those
What has been your favourite fam trip and If you could be a celebrity for a day, who would
wanting to become agents
why was it so good? you be and why?
It was to Mauritius. It’s always been somewhere David Bowie. I would love to get inside his head
I’ve wanted to go to but it’s also been beneficial and see how he comes up with the music he does.
Do you remember the first booking you made? since because it’s a popular destination for our
It was a £600 Thomson bucket and spade clients and they always want to know about Where do you want your career to be in 10 years?
holiday, although I can’t remember where to. your personal experience of a place. I’ve got a little girl who’s only three so at the
I remember worrying about getting all the moment I work part-time so I can spend time
spellings of everyone’s What’s the best gift you’ve ever been given by with her. Maybe in 10 years when she’s older I’d
names on the booking a customer and what did like to be a manager.
right. you do to earn it?
Sylvia A huge bouquet of flowers What advice would you give to somebody
What’s the most memo-
Buckley
from a regular customer thinking about a career as a travel agent?
rable booking you’ve Age: 46 after I spent a month Know your geography and read up on destina-
ever made and why? Works for: planning their holiday to tions and hotels. Clients will always ask your
It was a three-centre Prestbury Travel based in Hale, Italy. I researched all the advice about the best place to go at a particular
holiday to the Caribbean. Cheshire hotels and booked lots of time of year or when is the best time to travel
It wasn’t my most Job title: Senior travel consultant excursions. The booking to a particular destination. Don’t be afraid to
expensive booking but I How long in the job: Five years, came to about £30,000! say you don’t know but you’ll get back to them.
remember it because the 15 years in travel
clients were new and the What was your first job in What has been the most
entire holiday was booked travel: Consultant at Lunn Poly embarrassing moment ■If you are an agent and would like to appear in
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They came back and said in travel: I have always been It wasn’t something I did, phone number and a few lines about yourself by
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