Holiday and Resort Jobs

There are thousands of holiday and ski resort jobs available to young people every year, many plan their gap year to work both seasons! Whether you fancy yourself as a holiday rep for one of the major holiday operators or just feel like working in a bar in the sunshine or snow, working in the holiday and tourism industry is the perfect way to work your way around the world or fill that gap in the summer holidays. Whatever gap year, winter ski resort or summer holiday job you are looking for - whether you are heading for the coast as a holiday rep, to the mountains as a ski instructor or you just need a hospitality job - the companies in this section will help.

Holiday Reps - A Quick Guide

There are plenty of companies who are looking for young, enthusiastic workers and holiday reps on their resorts around the world. This is what they are looking for from their employees: 

• Ability to work both in a team and make your own individual contribution, confident, approachable personality, heaps of enthusiasm and common sense.
• A determination to meet targets and deadlines.
• Flexibility and sales skills.

As a resort rep, children’s rep or ski rep you get your transport paid to the resort, a uniform, insurance, accommodation and training included. You don’t earn a lot of money to begin with, and some companies require you to sell activities to punters on a commission basis, so don’t think its all about lying round in the sun! You will need to be hardworking, relentlessly upbeat, outgoing and patient to last the full season.

If you do find that you enjoy the work, you could work all year round theoretically, with big operators like First Choice needing summer reps from April to October, winter sun reps from November to March, and ski reps. The companies in this section can help you to find a great holiday rep job for winter or summer seasons, just be sure you know that you can do it!