Online Short Course · Travel and Tourism

Turn Your Love of Travel Into a Career in Tourism

If you plan the family holidays already, there is work in it. This course covers destinations, bookings, airfares, car hire and package tours. Study fits around a job, the right fit for a busy week.

From $29a week, no deposit
6 Monthsaccess to the course
80 Hoursof study, roughly
No Examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Duration6 months access, about 80 hours
CostFrom $29 a week on a payment plan
DeliveryOnline, self paced, study when it suits
AssessmentNo exams, ever
EntryNo travel industry experience needed
OutcomeCertificate of Achievement
Comes with
  • No deposit and no credit check
  • Nine topics across the travel trade
  • Endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality
  • Career Centre access on enrolment
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Get Into the Trade You Love

Travel work runs on knowing destinations and how bookings hang together. This course hands you both, from the ground up.

Add the Systems Behind the Desk

You may sell holidays now without the training under it. Agency procedures, airfares and car hire fill the gaps.

Study From Anywhere

There are no fixed class times. It runs around work, family and your own travel.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Agencies, airlines and rental desks all hire people who know the systems. The work is easy to picture: taking the call, finding the flight, sorting the room.

Travel Consultant (Entry)

Front desk of an agency, building trips for people.

Reservations Clerk

Holding, changing and confirming bookings all day.

Tour Operations Assistant

Behind the scenes on group tours and packages.

Airline Reservations Officer

Seats, fares and changes on an airline booking system.

Car Rental Coordinator

Fleet, bookings and customers at a rental counter.

Tourism Customer Service Rep

Looking after travellers once the trip is under way.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.

The Course

What You Learn

Nine topics: where people go, and how you get them there.

01
The Trade and the Map
How the travel industry works, and where in the world people go.
Travel Industry Overview
Destinations
Money, Insurance, Legalities and Other Issues
02
Booking and Selling
Rooms, systems and the paperwork behind a sold trip.
Accommodation
Travel Agency Procedure Systems
Package Tours
03
Getting People There
Flights, cars and everything else that moves a traveller.
Transport: Airline Reservations
Transport: Car Rental
Transport: Other
Included

What You’ll Get

Learning

  • Self-paced study, no fixed class times
  • Nine topics, the trade end to end
  • No exams, ever, on this course
  • Six months access, about 80 hours of study

Support

  • Tutor support, phone and email, business hours
  • Career coaching, CV help and interview prep
  • Career Centre, jobs, templates, a CV review
  • Five step process, the college's job success path
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things make this a solid start: the whole trade covered, an industry endorsement, and no entry hurdles.

01
The Whole Booking, End to End

Destinations, accommodation, airline reservations, car rental and package tours. You follow a trip the way an agent does.

02
The Awkward Parts Too

Money, insurance and the legal side get a topic of their own. Those are the questions that stump new consultants.

03
Endorsed by the Institute of Hospitality

The Institute of Hospitality endorses this course. ICOES and the CPD Standards Office back it too.

The Credentials

What You Walk Away With

Professional Development

Certificate of Achievement

Awarded by The Career Academy on completion

A Certificate of Achievement

Issued by the college once the topics are done. It stands as professional development.

An Industry Endorsement

The Institute of Hospitality endorses the course. ICOES and the CPD Standards Office back it as well.

A SEEK Pass Credential

A SEEK Pass link arrives in your Learning Platform. You attach it to a job profile yourself.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Enquire

Ask for the course guide. It takes a minute.

Step two

Talk It Through

An advisor checks the course lines up with your plans.

Step three

Enrol and Start

Pick a payment option and open the first topic.

Step four

Work Through It

Nine topics at your pace, with a tutor behind you.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From $29 / week
Pay upfront, or spread it weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
No deposit to start
No credit check
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments
10-day money back guarantee
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need experience to start?

None. You do not need agency work behind you, or any knowledge of booking systems, airline reservations or destinations. The course starts from scratch.

How long does it take?

Six months of access, and around 80 hours of study. There are no fixed class times, so it moves at your speed.

What does it cost?

From $29 a week on a payment plan, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or clear it upfront.

How is the course assessed?

No exams, ever. You work through the topics and the tasks attached to them.

Will an agency hire me after this?

It gives you a strong start on what agencies test for: destinations, booking systems and fares. Hiring still turns on the person in front of them, and many roles want service experience too. What you bring is the trade knowledge most walk-in applicants do not have.

Does it teach a specific booking system?

It covers agency procedure systems and airline reservations as a trade skill, rather than training you on one supplier's software. Agencies train their own system on the job. Knowing how reservations work makes that training short.

What kind of recognition does it carry?

The Institute of Hospitality endorses this course, and ICOES and the CPD Standards Office back it. That is recognition for professional development. It is not a nationally recognised credential under the Australian Qualifications Framework, and the college is not an RTO. For getting into travel work, that is the job it does.

What if I change my mind?

There is a 10-day money back guarantee. Say the word inside that window and it is sorted.

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About the College

The Career Academy is an online college teaching business, hospitality and health subjects. It has run for over 15 years, and takes more than 25,000 students a year.

Online, self-pacedInstitute of Hospitality endorsed25,000+ students a yearTutor and career support
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