How Louise started a family travel business with no experience and gained a whole new community
When Louise decided to start a travel business, she didn’t come from the industry. In fact, she had never worked in travel before. She was a childminder, running her own small business from home – and feeling ready for change. She wanted freedom. More joy. And most of all, she wanted to travel. “I didn’t […]
How Donna quit a stressful job and beat our unique Money Back Challenge
In August 2024, Donna had had enough.Her marketing career demanded long hours – constant stress – and little joy. “I was super, super stressed,” she remembers. “I just decided I was going to leave my job – crazily or bravely – and go find something else to do.” On holiday soon after, Donna finally had […]
From uni graduate to nearly Diamond: How Elliott built a £500K travel business before 30
When Elliott joined The Travel Franchise at just 23 years old, he’d never worked in travel. Fresh out of university, he saw the opportunity as a flexible sideline — a way to build a business around his lifestyle, supported by his partner, Bethan. Nearly five years later, that sideline has grown into a thriving, full-time […]
From burnout to booking holidays. How these teachers, bankers and other career changes now have thriving travel businesses
When we say you don’t have to have any experience of working in the travel industry to be able to join us – that’s exactly what we mean. 98 per cent of our franchisees have never worked in travel before which means we have people joining us from all backgrounds. As the number one travel […]
Greg’s bowled over by his £85k booking and booming business. No wonder he’s made the leap from part time to full time.
Greg is bowled over with how well his business is going! He’s celebrating a single booking worth more than £85,000 where nine of his clients will jet off to Melbourne’s iconic Cricket Ground to watch England take on Australia in one of the most iconic test matches in the cricketing calendar on Christmas Day. From […]
Hear how Jason can’t wait to take his business from part-time to full-time
Very often we see our consultants start out life as a travel consultant on a part-time basis. And very often we see agents choose to don their travel agent hat only in their spare time, fitting it in alongside other commitments. But typically, most end up turning their business into a full-time operation, like Jason. […]
Start part time then go full time – just like Sarah who had never worked in travel before she joined us
Franchisee Sarah talked to us about what it’s like to take your business from part-time to full-time when you’re new to the travel industry. Many of our franchisees like to start their business part-time. It might be something they do around other work or family commitments while they build up their customer base. Find out […]