We are the Travel Industry

Dawning on almost my 10 year of been in this amazing industry.

What the world sees the travel trade is glamorous parties, the cocktail events, the free tickets, the complimentary hotel stays, and free cruise rides.

It is always grass is greener on the either side situation I assume. Travel trade just like every other trade is a lot of hard work.

When most of you have public holidays we work because the rest of the world does not share common holidays. When a client missed a flight and is stranded at the airport at 2am you’re awake through the night sorting out someone else’s dream vacation. When your client sends an inquiry at 9pm, you are off for the day but by his/her time it is lunch time you attend. Our beautiful trade is a 24 x 7 job.

We are a set of ladies and gentlemen set out with one goal to make another’s dream vacation come true.

Most think travel trade is not busy, very mind dumbing trade. Sorry to say I have grown and been mentored by amazing business men and women with the smartest of minds.

We are people’s trade, we all need to be people friendly. We do not have a clock out time.

Yes at the parties we celebrate “our trade”, cocktails events we network, free tickets we say good well-done job to ourselves, free hotel and cruise stays either we are joining you to ensure your vacation is A ok or we are learning the product we are selling to serve you better.

Now I shall mention a sad fact that needs change, I joined the trade as a kid of 19 to travel the world. Joining and maturing in the trade I realized not in the travel trade have the luck of traveling, for most it is just a job. We need to make more time and space for ourselves, we are busy planning the perfect holiday for other “We should make one for ourselves”

I write this in salute to a trade I dearly love. The bread and butter to my life. To a trade that gave me amazing mentors. To a trade that gave me a focus and a discipline.

Cheers!

LISWITH

Maldives