Travel professionals work with business and pleasure travel in planning your transportation, lodging, car rentals, tours or recreation. Travel professionals may even handle exotic specialties like passports,visas, currency exchange, and even convention and meeting planning anywhere in the world. They also draw from their own experience while planning worthwhile travel for their clients.
Travel agencies have limited resources for training their employees on the job.
Since much of the information required is of a specialized nature, formal training and qualifications are essential to get the best jobs. A knowledge of geography is important,as are good communication skills.