Travel Experience Designer

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote / Work From Home
Engagement: 1099 Independent Contractor
Earnings: Commission-based with multiple income opportunities

Turn Travel Ideas Into Meaningful Experiences

A memorable vacation is more than a flight and a hotel. It is a carefully designed experience shaped around the traveler’s personality, interests, priorities, and vision.

Mattis Travel is looking for creative, resourceful individuals to become Travel Experience Designers. You will work with clients to transform their ideas into complete travel experiences from selecting the right destination and accommodations to recommending activities, transportation, dining, and memorable personal touches.

This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys discovering new places, researching possibilities, organizing details, and helping others create meaningful memories.

No previous travel industry experience is required. Training and professional support are provided through a host agency.

What You Will Design

Depending on your interests and chosen specialty, you may create:

Personalized family vacations

Cruises and cruise tour packages

Disney and theme park vacations

Romantic getaways and honeymoons

Birthday, anniversary, and milestone trips

Solo travel experiences

Group vacations and celebrations

Accessible and sensory conscious trips

LGBTQ+ welcoming travel experiences

Multigenerational family vacations

All-inclusive resort stays

Domestic and international itineraries

You may choose to specialize in one area or develop experience across several travel markets.

What You Will Do

As a Travel Experience Designer, you will:

Meet with clients by telephone, video chat, or email to understand their travel vision

Ask thoughtful questions about interests, budgets, schedules, and priorities

Research destinations, accommodations, cruises, activities, transportation, and packages

Compare available options and explain them clearly to clients

Build personalized vacation proposals and organized itineraries

Coordinate reservations, payment schedules, travel documents, and important deadlines

Recommend experiences that add meaning and value to each journey

Review supplier terms, cancellation policies, and travel requirements

Present travel-protection options without making coverage guarantees

Follow up with clients throughout the planning process

Remain available for appropriate support before, during, and after travel

Build your client portfolio through networking, referrals, social media, and community connections

Maintain accurate client, reservation, and commission records

Continue developing your destination and supplier knowledge

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?

We are looking for individuals who are:

Creative and naturally curious

Strong listeners who enjoy learning about other people

Comfortable researching and comparing options

Organized and attentive to small details

Friendly, patient, and customer-service oriented

Able to communicate professionally in writing and conversation

Comfortable using email, web searches, video meetings, and online platforms

Willing to market their services and develop client relationships

Self-motivated and capable of working without constant supervision

Open to feedback, training, and continued learning

Respectful of different identities, cultures, abilities, and family structures

Able to manage several clients, deadlines, or itineraries at once

Experience in hospitality, tourism, customer service, communications, marketing, event planning, design, sales, or business is helpful but not required.

Professional Tools and Support

Travel Experience Designers receive access to host-agency resources that may include:

Step-by-step travel-advisor training

Supplier and destination certifications

Continued professional development opportunities

Access to travel suppliers and booking systems

Applicable industry credentials and licensing

Business bonding and fraud protection resources

Errors and omissions insurance

General liability insurance

A startup travel website

Marketing and business building resources

Reservation and commission tracking tools

Mentorship and ongoing support

Supplier webinars and travel industry updates

Familiarization and educational travel opportunities when available

An independent LLC is not required to begin under the host-agency structure. Specific resources, coverage, and eligibility may vary by provider terms, jurisdiction, and program requirements.

Earnings and Independent-Contractor Status

This is a commission-based independent-contractor opportunity. It does not include an hourly wage, salary, traditional employee benefits, paid time off, guaranteed bookings, or guaranteed income.

Potential earnings may come from eligible individual reservations, vacation packages, cruises, group travel, supplier incentives, referrals, planning services where permitted, and other approved travel-related activities.

Actual earnings depend on personal effort, completed travel, supplier commission policies, client development, cancellations, and booking volume.

Contractors establish their own schedules, develop their own client portfolios, maintain their necessary equipment, and are responsible for applicable taxes and business expenses. United States-based contractors receive Form 1099 when legally required. Contractors outside the United States must follow applicable local tax and business requirements.

Any startup expenses, ongoing costs, commission terms, and program conditions are reviewed during an informational meeting before a candidate decides whether to move forward.

Location Eligibility

Applicants must reside and have authorization to work in one of the following countries:

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, or Uruguay.

At Mattis Travel, every journey begins by understanding the traveler.

Travel planned around you — not around what’s typical.