Role-specific CV guide
How to write a Travel Consultant CV in Tanzania
A Travel Consultant CV should help an employer see the work you handled, the setting you know, and the evidence you can provide. Match it to the vacancy instead of sending one unchanged CV everywhere.
Opening profile
State your level, setting, and useful contribution
A Travel Consultant helps a traveller turn dates, interests, budget, and practical preferences into a workable itinerary. The role usually involves explaining destinations and services, preparing options, arranging bookings, and keeping the client informed when the request changes.
- Describe the destinations, routes, properties, or travel products you have actually handled
- Show the work behind itinerary planning, quotes, reservations, and client follow-up
- Name the client types and communication channels you supported without claiming experience you do not have
- List booking systems, languages, and travel training that match the vacancy
Experience section
Turn duties into evidence of work completed
Start each bullet with work you actually did. Name the setting, your level of responsibility, and an outcome when you can explain it accurately. Do not copy the vacancy into your employment history.
- Ask focused questions about dates, travellers, interests, budget, and the services the client wants included
- Compare available transport, accommodation, activities, and routes before recommending an itinerary
- Prepare a quote that separates dates, inclusions, exclusions, prices, and booking terms clearly
- Turn an approved option into reservations and confirm the details with each relevant service provider
- Record client preferences and follow up on changes, missing information, or payment and deposit notes
- An anonymised itinerary and quote showing clear dates, inclusions, exclusions, and client choices
- A work reference that can confirm how you handled travel enquiries and booking follow-up
- An example of adapting an itinerary after a client changed dates, services, or group details
- Relevant travel, tourism, hospitality, destination, or booking-system training, if you have it
Skills and training
Keep the skills that belong to this role
Use only experience, training, documents, and results you can explain and support. A focused application is stronger than an inflated one.
- Building a practical itinerary from several services instead of describing a destination only in general terms
- Consultative questioning that uncovers the traveller's dates, interests, group needs, and limits
- Comparing quotes, rates, inclusions, and route timings with careful basic calculations
- Using booking systems, email, spreadsheets, or other tools to keep advice and reservations consistent
- Destination knowledge based on routes, properties, and activities you can explain accurately
- A travel, tourism, or hospitality course may help, depending on the vacancy
- Destination and product familiarisation combined with practice in booking and itinerary tools
- Customer service, sales communication, fare or quote preparation, and careful record keeping
Before you send it
Tailor the CV to one specific vacancy
A job title can mean different things at different properties. Use the published responsibilities and requirements as the final guide for each application.
Check the role title, location, contact details, dates, spelling, and requested documents. Save the file with a name that is easy to identify.
Common questions
Questions worth answering before you apply
How long should a Travel Consultant CV be?
Use the length needed to explain relevant experience without repetition. Make room for a detail that matters to this role, such as Describe the destinations, routes, properties, or travel products you have actually handled
Should I put a photo on a Travel Consultant CV?
Follow the employer's instructions. Work evidence matters more than a photo. For this role, you could start with evidence such as: An anonymised itinerary and quote showing clear dates, inclusions, exclusions, and client choices
Can I make a CV through Safari Gigs?
Yes. Add your information to your Safari Gigs profile, then use the CV maker to create a downloadable PDF you can reuse.
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