The Travel Franchise offers aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to start a travel agency from home — regardless of prior travel experience. By following its award-winning business model and receiving ongoing support from the head office, you’ll have all the tools you need to become the go-to travel agent for your clients. And the best bit? You’ll be your own boss and get to choose the hours you work. You don’t have to work full time and you run the business alongside another job too.
Whether you're looking to escape the 9-to-5 grind, travel the world while booking holidays, earn extra income or boost your pension; this could be the perfect opportunity for you with packages from just £2,995 + vat.
How does it work?
- Take our “excellent” five-day, small group, online, live, training course
- Start selling trips and holidays earning commission from our ABTA/ATOL bonded travel partners (more than 450 travel suppliers)
- Promote our exclusive deals from 40+ key trade suppliers with a WOW travel app to help you spread the good news
- Get free support and mentoring from a personal Business Development Manager
- Get head office support six days a week and all ticketing done for you
- Earn while you learn more about travel via free webinars
- Attend our free trips abroad to learn how to skyrocket your business
- Train to become an expert in cruise holidays and join our company cruise, a Seminar at Sea, to experience what you can sell
- Use our free social media and marketing tools to promote your business - you’ll have your own website too
- Use our Partner in Travel scheme to find new customers

Voted the World’s Best Lifestyle Franchise
We’ve fine-tuned our proven business model over the last 20 years and now our agents are so successful they are winning industry awards. In 2025, The Travel Franchise was named the Best Lifestyle Franchise in the World and Best European Franchise at the International Franchise Association’s Global Franchise Awards. We have also been recognised as Britain’s Best Home-Based Franchise and our customer-facing brand Not Just Travel won Best Luxury Homeworking Agency of the Year (large) in March 2025.
No wonder famous brand ambassadors such as TV broadcaster Eamonn Holmes OBE and TV presenter Hayley Sparkes (pictured below with our co-founders Paul Harrison and Steve Witt) are backing our company!

And there’s real money to be made…
Our most successful franchisees aren’t rare cases: they’re earning £40k part time and over £100k full time.
Some – five in January 2025 - are even winning their Elite franchise fee back with our unique Money-Back Challenge. Simply earn a set amount of commission in your first year and you’ll get £14,995 returned.
Ready to follow your dream?
Despite the exclusive treatment, our doors are wide open to newcomers: almost none of our members have a background in this business, just a passion for travel and good customer service.
You’ll be in the business of making dreams come true. You’ll take away the stress of booking a holiday, so that your clients can enjoy everything about their trip from the minute they contact you. And you’ll get to choose your own hours and travel the world, too.
Franchisees win back franchise fee in first year with The Travel Franchise’s
Two women with no previous experience in the travel industry have just received full refunds of their £14,995 investment having successfully met their first-year sales targets through The Travel Franchise’s exclusive Money Back Challenge.
The premise is simple: hit a clearly defined commission target in your first year and receive 100% of your franchise fee back. It’s a bold move that sets the company apart, particularly in a sector where few models offer such a tangible, performance-linked incentive for early success.

Neither of the June winners, Amy and Lori-Ann, had any previous experience in the travel sector before launching their businesses. Yet within 12 months, both not only established profitable consultancies — they met the challenge criteria and earned back their entire upfront investment.

“We created the Money Back Challenge to give franchisees a powerful focus during their first year — the period when new business owners need the most support,” said co-founder Paul Harrison. “It encourages consistency, builds confidence, and demonstrates that the model works when followed.”
The Travel Franchise reports that 98% of its franchisees have no prior travel industry background, yet many achieve six-figure sales in year one through the company’s structured training, ongoing mentorship, and marketing support.
The Elite package also includes two overseas retreats, combining professional development with real-world travel experience — a feature Amy and Lori-Ann both credit as transformative.

Both winners cited the Millionaire’s Retreat — held in Turkey and exclusive to Elite-level franchisees — as a turning point in their journeys. There, franchisees gain direct access to the company’s leadership team, receive immersive training, and build long-term peer support networks.
Lori-Ann, who previously worked in corporate sales, built her business alongside a full-time job and caring for two young children.
“I often worked late nights and weekends to make it happen,” she says. “The challenge was tough, but now I have the confidence to go full-time.”
“It doesn’t feel like a job — it feels more of a hobby than an actual job because I just love travel so much.”
Now Lori-Ann is looking forward to her next free retreat in Mauritius in the autumn.
Amy, formerly in financial services for over 15 years, leveraged local partnerships and social media to generate luxury bookings — including a £50,000 trip to the Maldives — all while working from home in rural Kent.
“The franchise is fantastic. A hundred percent. It’s always investing so much money in new technology and training and support and we get so many opportunities to broaden our knowledge.”
Her advice for anyone thinking about taking the leap?
“If travel’s your passion – don’t wait. You don’t need travel experience. You don’t need to know everything. You just need to be willing to show up and follow the process. That’s what I did. And it’s been life-changing.”
With its emphasis on accessible entry, structured training, and goal-oriented incentives, The Travel Franchise is attracting a growing community of career-changers seeking freedom, flexibility, and real returns. Its success stories like Amy and Lori-Ann’s, illustrate just how viable a well-supported franchise model can be — even in a specialist sector like travel.


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