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GullySales

Employer branding · Travel and aviation

Candidates still remember what happened to travel jobs in 2020.

Employer branding for a travel agency, tour operator or corporate travel desk is what a consultant, a visa executive or a tour manager works out before applying: whether the job is steady, what the season does to their weekends, and how the incentive really works. GullySales writes those answers honestly.

A colliery lamp room seen from the counter: the roller shutter half up over a deep hatch, rows of cap lamps and their batteries hanging on hooks in the recess behind it, a rack of self-rescuers on the wall above, and a check-board of pegs beside the hatch with a single brass tally hanging on it where a lamp has gone out

In one paragraph

Employer branding for a travel agency, tour operator or corporate travel desk is what a consultant, a visa executive or a tour manager works out before applying: whether the job is steady, what the season does to their weekends, and how the incentive really works. GullySales writes those answers honestly.

Also written for

Travel agencies, Tour operators, Corporate travel companies, Travel-tech companies.

Where this sits

For travel agencies and tour operators

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • The last collapse sits in every interview

    A consultant whose previous employer shut its office is asking whether yours will hold. Parents ask the same thing at home. Saying what your business runs on now answers the question nobody will put out loud.

  • The season eats the weekends and the advert never says so

    April to June, then again around Durga Puja and Christmas, the phone does not stop. People who joined expecting an office job leave in their first peak. People who were told in the interview stay.

  • Incentive-heavy pay sounds like a trick

    When an advert quotes a figure that is mostly conversion incentive, good candidates discount the whole number. Showing how the structure works, with the fixed portion named, persuades more than the bigger headline.

  • A traveller stuck at midnight is part of the job

    Somebody misses a connection, a visa is refused, a hotel has no record of the booking. Whoever is on the roster handles it. That is either the best part of this trade or the reason to avoid it, and candidates deserve to choose knowingly.

What we do

What we deliver for travel agencies and tour operators.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A careers page that answers the stability question

    What the business runs on now, the mix of corporate, leisure and inbound work, and how long your senior people have been sitting where they sit.

    Result: A candidate stops treating the job as a stopgap until something safer turns up.

  2. Roles described by the day they involve

    Counsellor, visa desk, ticketing, ground operations and tour manager, each with hours, the on-call roster and what the season does to it.

    Result: Applicants who already know what July looks like.

  3. The pay structure, explained

    Fixed and incentive set out plainly, with the mechanism that triggers a payout and when it lands, and no invented number anywhere.

    Result: Offers accepted rather than carried to a current employer for a counter.

  4. Tour manager life, told by a tour manager

    An interview with somebody who spends a month at a time on the road, including being away at Diwali.

    Result: The right people apply, and they arrive without illusions.

  5. Material for travel and hospitality institutes

    A page for placement coordinators covering the trainee intake, training on your booking systems, and what the first year holds.

    Result: A steady flow of trainees instead of an annual scramble.

How the result is measured

  • Applications received per open role
  • Careers page engagement and time on page
  • Candidate drop-off during the interview process
  • Referral hires as a share of total hires

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, then reported every month against it.

How it works

From your first message to the first monthly report.

No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.

  1. 01 · Day 1

    Free audit call

    45 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.

  2. 02 · Within a few working days

    Written, scored report

    Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope and fee come with it, in writing.

  3. 03 · Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later month has an honest comparison.

  4. 04 · Month 1

    The first fix goes live

    Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.

  5. 05 · Every month

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words.

  6. 06 · Month 3 to 6

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. No twelve-month lock.

How the work runs for travel agencies and tour operators

  1. 1

    Talk to current employees

    We interview a cross-section of staff honestly, including some who might raise uncomfortable points.

  2. 2

    Find the genuine reasons to join

    We identify what is actually true and attractive about working there, rather than generic claims that could apply anywhere.

  3. 3

    Build the careers content

    The careers page, job post templates and employee stories are written from what staff actually said.

  4. 4

    Review the candidate experience

    We check what happens between application and offer, since branding cannot fix a process that loses candidates through delay.

  5. 5

    Hand over and refresh periodically

    Content is handed over for ongoing use and revisited periodically as the team and roles change.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every monthly report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No lock-in, no guarantees we cannot keep

    Three to six months at a time. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

The offer

Start with a free audit of how you sell.

It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.

What you receive

  • A 45-minute call with the person who will do the work
  • A written, scored report on the six places orders leak, within a few working days
  • Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
  • The one thing to do first, and why
  • An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
  • If you do, the scope and the fee in writing

No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do you help us hire, or is this only writing?
It is the writing and the honesty behind it. No sourcing, no interviews, no payroll on our side. The portal or consultant you already use gets material that stops good candidates from filtering you out before they ever speak to you.
Our incentive plan is genuinely good. How do we say so without sounding like everyone else?
Show the mechanism rather than the headline: what triggers a payout, when it is paid, and what a consultant in their second year does to earn it. Specific mechanics read as true. A large number on its own reads as bait.
Is this worth it for a small agency?
If you take on two people a year, no. Write that post carefully yourself and put the money into customer marketing. Book the free audit call and we will tell you which side of that line you sit on.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped in the free audit and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
Three to six months at a time. There is no twelve-month lock, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
Fixes to reply time, follow-up and your Google Business Profile usually show in weeks, because the enquiries already exist. Ads show in days once follow-up is ready. SEO and content take months. The audit tells you which applies to you.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you meet on the audit call. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
For the audit, last month's enquiries in any format and 45 minutes with whoever handles them. After that, access to the accounts the work touches, such as the website, Google Business Profile or CRM, and time for the monthly review.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Every month is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. Terms run three to six months at a time, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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