Kat S

Travel Operations & Automation | Airtable • Zapier • API Integration

Mexico

About

I manage travel operations for multi-brand adventure companies across Australian and American markets—coordinating trips, bookings, and guest communications at scale. But what I really do is build systems that make operations run without friction. Over the past three years, I've designed and implemented automation workflows that have transformed how my team handles everything from payment processing to trip status monitoring. This includes: • Custom Chrome extensions that pull customer data from Airtable APIs in real-time • AI-powered flight itinerary extraction using Anthropic's Claude API • Multi-brand Slack alert systems with conditional routing and status detection • Dynamic email templates with conditional logic that eliminate manual editing • End-to-end payment workflows integrating Stripe, Airtable, and customer communications I work across Airtable, Zapier, JavaScript, API integrations, and HTML templating—turning repetitive operational tasks into automated systems. Currently based in Mexico, working remotely for an Australian company.

Experience

  • Senior Booking Operations at Leatherback Travel
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Manage end-to-end trip operations across four travel brands (Patch Adventures, Camino Women, Fencox Travel, Magnificent Rail), coordinating bookings, guest communications, payment processing, and cross-functional team workflows for Australian and American markets. Operations Management: • Coordinate 33+ trips annually with 12 guest groups each across multiple international destinations • Manage booking workflows, customer documentation, and payment processing for twin-share, private supplement, and group bookings • Support teams of up to 20 (Australia) and 6 (US) across brands Systems & Automation (self-initiated projects): • Built custom Chrome extension integrating Airtable API for instant payment code lookup and templated customer responses • Designed AI-powered flight itinerary extraction system using Parseur, Anthropic Claude API, Zapier, and Airtable—automating manual data entry from customer emails • Created multi-path Zapier automation for weekly trip status alerts with brand-specific Slack routing, colour-coded status detection, and dynamic emoji formatting • Developed complex Airtable formula systems for dynamic email templates—including conditional payment methods, pending document detection, travel agent logic, and multi-brand content • Implemented Stripe payment workflows with structured metadata for deposit, final payment, extensions, and trip chaining scenarios • Automated daily booking and lead statistics reporting to Slack Technical environment: Airtable, Zapier, JavaScript, Chrome Extensions, Stripe, Anthropic API, HelpScout, Slack, HTML/CSS