Subject Matter Expert (Travel Expert)

Work Location: Anywhere within the US (Remote)
Engagement Model: Freelancer / Independent Contractor
Weekly Workload: Up to 40 hours/week
Required Experience: Professional experience as a travel agent, travel planner, travel writer, or tourism specialist
Start Date: ASAP

Subject Matter Expert (Travel Expert)

DataForce by TransPerfect is seeking experienced Travel Expert Subject Matter Experts with familiarity across multiple geographies, strong travel-planning knowledge, and deep insights into global destinations. This role supports next-generation AI development by helping refine travel-related datasets and evaluate AI-generated travel content for accuracy, quality, and practical relevance.

Ideal candidates will have a background in professional travel planning, tourism services, or travel journalism. Your real-world knowledge of hotels, destinations, sightseeing logistics, and common traveler constraints will directly contribute to training and evaluating advanced AI systems used in travel planning and global navigation.

Main Responsibilities

• Generate, review, and validate high-quality travel-related data for AI training

• Evaluate AI outputs related to itineraries, destination recommendations, hotel descriptions, sightseeing planning, and route optimization

• Assess content for accuracy, local realism, feasibility, and traveler-oriented decision-making

• Provide expert feedback on model behavior, including suitability of recommendations, travel constraints, and regional nuances

• Help build benchmark datasets covering global travel patterns, destination insights, and practical planning scenarios

Expert Profile

Travel agents or travel specialists with broad familiarity across various geographies and hands-on experience supporting travelers with diverse itineraries.

Key Skills

• Understanding of what constitutes a good hotel (location, amenities, service quality, guest experience)

• Knowledge of effective sightseeing, including prioritization, timing, logistics, and cultural highlights

• Strong grasp of travel planning constraints, such as budget considerations, transportation limitations, seasonality, safety, and accessibility

• Ability to contextualize recommendations for different traveler profiles and trip purposes

Requirements

• 5 years of professional experience as a travel agent, travel planner, tour consultant, or travel-focused content specialist

• Strong destination knowledge across multiple regions of the U.S. or globally

• Ability to clearly explain travel logistics, hotel quality indicators, and itinerary strategy

• Interest in AI/ML, recommendation systems, or travel analytics

• Excellent analytical and communication skills

• Previous experience working with AI evaluation, data annotation, or content review (preferred)

DataForce by TransPerfect is part of the TransPerfect family of companies, the world’s largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, with offices in more than 100 cities worldwide. We offer high-quality data for Human-Machine Interaction to some of the most prestigious technology companies in the world. Our department focuses on gathering, enriching and processing data for Machine Learning in different AI domains. 

To learn more about DataForce please visit us at https://www.transperfect.com/dataforce.
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