Before you buy a travel franchise business, it’s important to know exactly what you will get in return for your investment.
At The Travel Franchise, you can choose from a variety of packages, but all of them include the basic business necessities to enable you to operate your homeworking agency and sell a wide variety of tailormade and package holidays.
You’ll get ABTA bonding, travel agent software and access to hundreds of travel suppliers from big brands like easyJet and Jet2 to more specialist brands such as Canadian Affair and trade-only operators such as Gold Medal that the public can’t access.
In total you’ll be able to book trips through 450 travel providers – which means you can sell thousands of holidays from beach breaks to safaris, to ski and cruise, at incredible prices and you’ll get industry-leading commissions that we work hard to negotiate.
Over 40 of these suppliers are ‘key trade partners’ (KTPs) – travel providers with which we have a very special relationship to help our consultants make more bookings. They range from big brands such as Jet2, easyJet and Tui, to cruise lines such as Virgin Voyages and ski specialists such as Inghams.
“Although many companies have access to these suppliers, it is this unique and very close relationship which helps our travel consultants increase their sales, not just by a little bit, but a lot,” says co-founder Paul Harrison.
“Our key trade partners commit to giving us even more training, incentives and support,” he adds, explaining that regular meetings occur between our head office trade department and each KTP to develop mutually beneficial strategies to help agents get to know a KTP’s brand and product mix.
Many KTPs invite agents on fam trips. In 2025, Sejal toured Jamaica with Sandals, while Helen toured the Maldives with Kuoni. Others explored Mexico, Mauritius and France.
Suppliers also attend our events and conferences to give presentations in person so that our consultants can ask questions and develop a closer relationship.
And most offer regular free webinars, often with prize draws or other incentives for agents who can attend training sessions from their homes.
“KTPs offer coaching and advice plus offers and incentives to our consultants which means KTPs are always front of mind,” says Harrison. “It’s a dynamic golden partnership which has resulted in soaring sales for both our KTPs and consultants.”
One of our KTP’s, Gold Medal, gives agents access to 135 airlines and special rates at 100,000 hotels, plus car hire, tours, cruises and excursions.
Nichola Marston, trade partnership manager, homeworkers, says: “NJT is one of the fastest growing and innovative homeworking agencies – it’s a pleasure to work with them.
“We enjoy a strong, strategic partnership and continue to grow our relationships, through training, sharing and sourcing key offers and exclusive deals, as well as hosting many NJT agents on FAM trips to help increase their product knowledge.”
Luxury tour operator Audley Travel is another KTP allowing some agents to sell incredible bucket-list holidays from African safaris to exclusive cruises around the Galapagos. You’ll be able to meet representatives during webinars and face-to-face events.
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We also have over a dozen key trade cruise partners – including P&O, Virgin Voyages, Royal Caribbean, Silversea and MSC – which help our consultants tap into the growing cruise market, one of the most lucrative niche areas of travel.
We have worked with several cruise lines – such as Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), Virgin Voyages and Princess Cruises – to offer company cruises where franchisees can come on board and learn how to elevate cruise sales.
And in 2025, we hosted our first ever river cruise with partner Riviera to help agents understand this fast growth niche product.
Laura Croft, NCL regional sales executive, who has worked in travel for over 22 years says: “Each week I have lots of meetings with the NJT cruise team to see what is working well for us, what is selling well, and to check we are on the right track and trending together.”
The result has been astounding with NJT consultants selling four times more cruises since 2019.
In addition to tour operators and cruise lines, some of our key trade partners own or manage their own resorts. Beachcomber Tours has eight properties in Mauritius and often hosts our consultants on our Elite Experience mentorship retreats where our co-founders host and coach agents in a luxury setting.
Beachcomber UK sales manager Sarah Archer says: “It’s great to have an opportunity to meet all the consultants. We’ve taken hundreds of Not Just Travel consultants to Mauritius and it’s now a multi-million pound partnership for us.”
