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Limitless Travel, transforming lives one holiday at a time! An opportunity of a lifetime

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Are you passionate about providing a high standard of service to improve people’s lives?

Are you excited to be part of someones once in a lifetime & bucket list experiences?

This is a Tour Manager role with a difference, where you get to be part of giving someone real joy, having life changing experiences. You’ll get to travel around the UK & beyond and help us change people’s lives.

In return you’ll receive a competitive day rate, as well as all your food, travel & accommodation paid for a trip.

Who is Limitless Travel?

Limitless Travel is an innovative travel company dedicated to creating extraordinary holidays for people with disabilities.

Our mission is to empower our guests to explore the world and create lifelong memories. As we continue to grow, and deliver our mission, we are seeking Tour Managers’ to join our On-Tour team and help us make travel dreams a reality.

This is a unique, important, and difficult challenge that no-one else has done before. To succeed where others have not, we must be better than they were and continuously evolve. If this sounds like something you can help us with and you feel you can contribute to our mission then we want to hear from you

The Role

The role will involve you providing Tour Management on a freelance basis to adults around the world. You will travel with the guests from the UK on their holidays in a team with Limitless carers providing support. Your main responsibilities will be managing the logistics of the holiday for the guests. This will include getting guests to pre booked excursions, assistance with holiday check in, running entertainment in the evenings, and completing coach commentary.

Limitless Travel takes guests around the UK on coach tours, overseas & onto cruises. Tour Managers support on all types of holiday to ensure guest satisfaction. Itinerary is pre booked, as Tour Managers it is your responsibility to ensure arrival times, and overall guest enjoyment.

It is expected that Tour Managers will prepare commentary ahead of each tour, and also organize quizzes and bingo to entertain the guests, which are typically a group of 20 people.

To qualify for trips outside the UK you must have a valid passport with as least 18 months before expiry, and VISA to travel. You can also choose to travel only within the UK.

You can freely choose the weeks you wish to work and travel - and supplement your typical work with 1 or 2 Limitless trips a year, or work back to back trips through the whole travel season, if you prefer. You will be provided with a uniform, accommodation while away, food and refreshments when travelling, ongoing training and the opportunity to to see the world. It is a challenging role but one where you will be rewarded with the experience of a lifetime. !

Requirements

• At least 2 years experience as a Tour Manager
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• A professional, ambitious, and passionate approach to making a meaningful impact on the lives of disabled individuals through travel.
• Experience of using a variety of computer systems.

The Culture

The culture here at Limitless Travel is one of continuous learning, it embodies our beliefs and our values. We understand that work is just one part of our lives, but one where we spend so much time; so we want to ensure that time spent here delivers a sense of purpose, achievement and personal development to each and every colleague. If we can, we like to have a bit of fun doing it too!

The same way we’re obsessed with our customers we’re just as obsessed with making sure that Limitless Travel is a place our team loves to work! Without every colleague here we wouldn’t be able to deliver the product or service we want to our customers, so making sure our colleagues feel supported, developed and seen is part of achieving our mission. We inspire our colleagues to do; if you’ve got an idea, action it; if you see room for improvement, improve it; and if somethings wrong, don’t be afraid to say it. Our feelings won’t get hurt because we’re all here to grow and do better!

We celebrate the wins and deliberate over the losses, asking what went wrong and coming up with solutions of what to do next time. Everything is a team effort and everyone's voice is welcome. We’re not afraid to fail, if we don’t take a risk we won’t effect change and there’s a lot of change to be made!

As such you are expected as part of your role to turn up on time and ensure that sickness is reported correctly; be aware of your attitude towards others both internal & external to the business and ensure it’s inline with the Limitless tone. You are also responsible for looking after all equipment and reporting any issues, as well as the environment surrounding you. We can only have a nice place to work if everyone contributes to looking after it!

What You’ll Do as a Tour Manager

• Managing the check in process once the group arrives at the hotel or port
• To ensure that the room the guest is staying in is fit for purpose, and meets guest expectations. To manage any room changes required liaising with the guest and head office where necessary
• To provide “Group Support” to all guests. This includes assistance with suitcases, assistance at the buffet.
• Engaging and chatting with guests ensuring they are never on their own.
• To research the itinerary for the tour, ensure that you have a good understanding of the logistics for each day.
• To provide a varied, fun entertainment schedule for all tours that do not include hotel entertainment. This should involve running bingo sessions & quizzes
• To work with the Senior Carer to manage any care related incidents. This may involve contacting emergency contacts.
• To manage any emergency situations that arise on tour, and work with the Senior Carer, and head office.

Role Type: Self Employed

Pay Rate: £154 per day

Trip length: Our holidays are typically 5, 7, 10 or 14 days.

Shift Times: between 7am - 11pm

Perks: All food and accommodation is paid for during the holidays.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to embark on an exciting journey with Limitless Travel and make travel accessible to all, we invite you to apply for the Tour Manager position. Please click the link below to complete a short form and attach your CV.

https://swjawhzse7j.typeform.com/to/W4AFh3OT

Please note we will aim to respond to candidates that progress to the next stage within 5 working days of your submitted application.

Due to the nature of our work, all successful applicants will be subject to a background check, including criminal records and references.

Job Type: Freelance

Pay: £154.00 per day

Benefits:

• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Free or subsidised travel

Schedule:

• Holidays

Experience:

• Tour Management: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: On the road