Travel Consultant: AAA in Houston

The Travel Consultant role with AAA Texas LLC is a full-time position in Houston, Texas 77056 . AAA sells international and domestic travel packages, cruises, land packages, itineraries, air, car, and hotel arrangements. The position includes a 40-hour workweek with most Saturdays and some evenings. AAA Texas LLC hires a sales-minded travel professional who can develop lasting member relationships while meeting service and production goals.

The work combines destination knowledge with detailed booking administration and member care. A consultant recommends tailored travel products, builds referral and repeat business, and identifies related AAA services during member conversations. The role also includes paid educational study trips, travel for training, and a comprehensive background screening process.

• Role: Travel Consultant
• Employer: AAA Texas LLC, presented as AAA
• Location: Houston, Texas 77056
• Employment type: Full-time
• Schedule: 40 hours per week, with most Saturdays and some evenings

An applicant's materials should make the sales or banking background, travel knowledge, computer proficiency, and schedule availability clear. The hiring process includes the stated education, training travel, criminal background check, and urine drug screening requirements.

The Houston consultant turns member conversations into tailored arrangements rather than a single standard booking. The work covers destination recommendations, itinerary planning, air, car, hotel, cruises, land packages, and international or domestic travel. Personal travel experience and educational study trips contribute to the destination knowledge used in those recommendations.

Member relationships continue through referral and repeat business. The role carries sales, customer service, administrative, operations, upselling, cross-selling, and production goals, with related work appearing across travel agents , travel agencies , and tour operators .

• Recommend travel products and experiences based on member needs.
• Build referral relationships and repeat business.
• Manage paperwork and administrative details.
• Cross-sell the AAA Member Rewards Credit Card and identify-theft referrals.

AAA requires a high school diploma and prefers a two-year or four-year college degree. The employer also prefers at least two years of successful retail sales or banking experience, plus leisure travel agency experience in a goal-oriented environment.

Computer proficiency, strong written and oral communication, careful organization, multitasking, and comfort with paperwork all belong to the role. The position requires a typing speed of at least 30 words per minute, a continuous-learning mindset, and availability for most Saturdays and some evenings.

The hiring process includes a comprehensive criminal background check and urine drug screening. The selected candidate must also complete the Travel Consultant Trainee program, which includes travel for training.

The Travel Consultant Trainee program gives the new hire structured preparation for AAA travel sales. The Auto Club University supplies the broader training setting, while educational study trips build destination knowledge through direct travel experience.

Training continues through company-sponsored IATAN cards and additional learning tied to the travel consultant role. AAA identifies management and leadership opportunities as possible advancement paths for consultants who build the required sales, service, and operational experience.

AAA Texas LLC operates within Auto Club Enterprises, the largest club in the national AAA federation. Auto Club Enterprises has nearly 17,000 employees, serves more than 18 million members, and operates across 24 states. Its national brand history reaches back to 1900. AAA maintains a dedicated Travel career area for this part of its business.

The employment package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) with company match, a pension, tuition assistance, paid parental leave, wellness programs, and paid educational study trips. AAA also provides employee discounts tied to membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, and services.

Floating holidays, paid time for community volunteer programs, quarterly incentives or bonuses, and recognition programs add to the non-wage package. Recognition awards can include trips, cash, and prizes, while discounted…