It was celebrations all around, following on from another successful sales month at Travel Counsellors, Australian General Manager Deb Duncan announced the latest individual achievements on TCTV live weekly broadcast to it’s 90+ agents operating throughout Australia, “A massive CONGRATULATIONS to first time “Gold” achievers, Michelle Kelly & Christine Jenkins.  Both ladies have done an incredible job to reach such heights in such a short space of time.” 

Michelle & Christine join an elite level of high achieving Travel Counsellors around the globe who qualify for Gold status with the company.  To reach Gold status an agent must earn in excess of $116,000 AUD in commissions to qualify within a certain time frame.  They are rewarded in a number of ways within the company, the most noted is the ‘Gold Conference’ held every year as an all expenses paid reward for all of their hard work in building their business.  “This is normally achieved once a TC has been in business for an average of 5+ years, so to now have 7 Australian TC’s who have achieved this in much less time is just amazing!” says Tracy Parkinson, Travel Counsellors Business Development Manager.  Michelle and Christine join fellow Aussie TC’s Scott Mayne, Nadine Kutz, Kylie Stokes, Claudia Silk, and Lucy Fenwick who have all qualified in the latest round.

“Christine started at Travel Counsellors head office, and soon made the transition to become an actual TC, after three years she has built an amazing business from scratch, we knew from the moment we met her at head office that she was everything we look for in a TC, I am just so pleased for her to have achieved so much so quickly” comments Clare Kearns, National Recruitment Manager. 

Michelle has been a Travel Counsellor for just under 2 years and with the help of one of the biggest single bookings ever put through Travel Counsellors worldwide, she took out the best single sales day and was top of the company world leader board which recognises individual sales.   Michelle was humbled by the number of messages of congratulations and support from her peers around the world, many of whom she has not yet met.  “To have secured the biggest booking of my career so far, and be recognised in such a way was truly amazing, all of my hard work had paid off, and then to have achieved GOLD within Travel Counsellors just blew me away!”

“Being a Travel Counsellor and having the time to research the best solution for my clients requirements is so advantageous to my clients as I am not in an environment where there is walk in traffic, constant phones ringing, so it is a pleasure for all to have their own Personal Travel Counsellor. In turn, having the time to source the best deals enables me to maximise my earnings/yield. All in all, a Travel Counsellor is win/win for all!” beams Michelle.