In an industry as widespread as travel, things are changing constantly, the ‘sharing economy’ didn’t even exist before our lifetime but now we’re carpooling through an app and staying in strangers’ homes (whom we met online) instead of hotels.
Equally so, jobs in travel have evolved far beyond traditional tourism and hospitality. The industry is bursting with tech startups, keen to change the way we get from A to B. Working remotely isn’t just an ideal, it’s a genuine possibility.
Yet despite how much jobs have changed, the basics of how to get involved and on your way to building a fulfilling career you genuinely love are very much the same.
In my (admittedly few) years in the workforce, these four have helped shaped my budding career the most.
Be Patient & Don’t Be Afraid to Fail
This part is critical. Repeat it to yourself before you go to sleep at night. There is no such thing as an “overnight success”. Even the world’s most successful entrepreneurs started from the bottom. Start-up journeys take at least ten years before founders can even really think about taking their hands off the steering wheel.
As travel goes digital, it feels like there’s an app for just about anything… from checking into your flight to an audio translation service on your smartphone. We live in a fast-paced world where it’s easy to get bogged down by the illusion that all you need to hit the big leagues is one solid idea and a tech developer to execute it.
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