Agent Insider with Flight Centre’s Jess Arnott

Agent Insider with Flight Centre’s Jess Arnott

It’s time for Travel Weekly to get to know our readers a bit better, so we strapped Flight Centre’s Jess Arnott to a lie-detector test. Just kidding.

I knew I wanted to become an agent when…

A friend I met in Budapest said I should apply the moment I got home to Melbourne!

My first day on the job was…

Interesting, there were only 2 of us in store!

My favourite famil has to be…

I haven’t been on one yet

My friends are constantly jealous of my job because…

I win free trips!

I love the industry because…

It is constantly changing

The biggest challenge for the industry is…

Keeping up with trends, (and the internet)

My favourite thing about my job is…

That I have control of my own business

My favourite city is…

Tokyo

The strangest experience I’ve had travelling…

Sprinting cross-country using public transport from Zdiar, Slovakia, to Frankfurt Germany to catch my flight home with less than 24 hours to do it.

My favourite airline is…

Virgin

My proudest moment was…

Hitting a PB!

The naughtiest thing I’ve ever done on a trip is…

Wouldn’t you like to know

I relax by…

Reading

I really wish I had…

The power to pause time

The best advice I’ve ever received was…

‘You’ll be right’

I don’t understand why…

People bully other people

My greatest weakness is…

I’m gullible!

And my greatest strength is…

I trust people.

If I won a $1 million lottery (aside from travelling), I would…

Buy my parents a house, and invest in cryptocurrency!

If I was prime minister I would…

Listen to Gen Y

If I could be someone else for one day I would be…

Stephen Hawking

I’ve always wanted to travel to…

Antarctica


Do you want to be part of our Agent Insider feature? Get in touch with our Editor Daisy Doctor here to get the ball rollling!

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