Two of our consultants, Ben and Gilly, win prestigious travel awards
Two of our consultants won prestigious awards last night at TTG’s prestigious Travel Industry Awards, widely considered as the Oscars of the travel industry. Despite having never worked in travel when he joined us, Ben Casey was awarded Best Home-Based Agent Of The Year plus top agent award of the night, Agent of the Year […]
Another Not Just Travel consultant hits the ÂŁ10-million milestone. Meet dynamic duo, Mark and Isobel
Mark McCardie joined The Travel Franchise in 2017 with his partner Isobel. Six years on and they’ve sold over ÂŁ10 million-worth of holidays, have around 1,800 clients on their database, employ two people and are looking to take on another member of staff. While they work long hours they also spend the winter in the […]
How joining our Cruise Mastery Programme helped Vikki arrange and sell a Meat Loaf-inspired cruise to over 1,300 people
Over 50? Not computer savvy? Never booked a holiday in your life? Don’t for one minute think you can’t become a travel consultant with our help and resources. Especially if you are determined and have a creative mind, like franchisee Vikki. Vikki has had a colourful career working as a driving instructor and also managing […]
Kids off to uni? What better time to launch a travel business, like Helen!
As universities open their doors in the coming weeks, hoards of new students will be leaving home for the very first time to begin their studies. While full of excitement for their children, for many parents this milestone marks the end of a chapter. Suddenly the demands put upon them from their ever-demanding children have […]
Mum who took out a loan to start her business in her spare time reaches ÂŁ2 million in sales and becomes one of our top sellers of cruise
Not everyone has savings to invest in a franchise, but some people are so determined to switch careers that they take out a loan. Just like Lynette, a mum of two who had never worked in travel, but took a leap of faith to test the waters with our most affordable Lite travel franchise, running […]
AGENT DIARY: Weeks 8 to 13 for new travel consultant AlisonÂ
Three months in and Alison’s smashed ÂŁ120,000 in sales! Now 13 weeks into her brand new business, here’s the next instalment of Alison’s diary. If you read the first chapter, you’ll recall that Alison had never worked in travel before. In the first 8 weeks she’d sold ÂŁ50k worth of holidays – well she’s more […]
How redundancy and a “leap of faith” changed my life at 50
What would you do if a restructure made you redundant and you were approaching 50. For Julie, who had held a senior role in financial services for over 10 years, the answer was simple. See it as a sign and invest the redundancy money into launching her own business in something she was passionate about. […]
Agents celebrate “staggering” sales and commission in August
August is officially a record-breaking month – and there’s still two weeks to go. “This month so far we’ve paid more commission to our travel franchisees than ever before. Sales are simply staggering,” said co-founder Steve Witt. “August is traditionally a slow month in terms of holiday bookings but many of our consultants have been […]
Made redundant? Be your own boss and launch your own business, like Zoe
What do you do if you’re approaching 50 and made redundant? See it as an opportunity to change your life and use the redundancy money to launch your own business like Zoe! Zoe is unlike many of our franchisees in that she has always worked in travel. She completed her first season overseas when she […]
The couple that left corporate jobs and last year sold ÂŁ1.6 million-worth of holidays after bumping into a travel consultant on holiday
Last year, Louise and her partner Lee sold ÂŁ1.6 million-worth of holidays. Just six years ago both were tired of working long hours in senior corporate roles. “I worked in HR and just hated getting up to go to sit at a desk for eight to nine hours, probably longer, then driving home and doing […]
