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.

The Travel Franchise Financial Data

The following financial information was provided by The Travel Franchise to give you more information about the costs associated with a The Travel Franchise opportunity

The Lite Package

£2,995 + MONTHLY FEES £299

The Elite Package

£14,995 + MONTHLY FEES £99

New Franchisees Achieve Remarkable Success in the Luxury Travel Market

March 05, 2025

Judges praise The Travel Franchise for exceptional support and success in the luxury travel sector.

The Travel Franchise has yet again won another accolade, this time for its franchisees' impressive success in booking and planning luxury travel.

The company provides comprehensive training and support to individuals looking to start a travel business, whether full-time or part-time, regardless of their experience in the travel industry.

Franchisees operate under the Not Just Travel brand, offering a vast range of holiday options through over 450 suppliers, including luxurious options like safaris, cruises, and multi-centre trips.

A growing number are choosing to focus on the luxury market attracted by the higher commission rates per booking, with some agents such as Ross Johnson being awarded TTG’s New Luxury Travel Designer of the Year in 2024.

Big-ticket bookings are a regular occurrence. For instance last month, consultant Tracey booked a £43k holiday for four adults travelling business class to Singapore, Melbourne, and Sydney, with stays in luxurious five-star hotels; Catherine made a £39k cruise booking, while David made three bookings over £50k.

It’s no surprise that Not Just Travel was named Luxury Travel Homeworking Business of the Year (large) by TTG, one of the most respected publications in the travel industry!

Agencies were judged by 27 travel experts with April Hutchinson, editor and publisher of TTG Luxury, exclaiming that its awards are some of the toughest in the travel industry!

“The judges also observed that to be delivering such impressive results for its agents – most of which are recruited from outside the travel industry – Not Just Travel’s training must be second-to-none,” said April.

The Travel Franchise enables anyone to train and begin booking holidays after just five days training. However, beyond that the company offers a huge amount of support and ongoing training which includes free mentorship retreats abroad. These money-can’t-buy experiences are hosted by co-founder Paul Harrison and Steve Witt in destinations such as Mauritius, the Caribbean, Turkey and the USA. No other franchise includes such training as part of the franchise package.

Harrison shared his thoughts on the award: “This accolade is proof that our approach works. Despite many of our franchisees being new to the industry, we’re consistently outperforming even those with years of experience. This success is a direct result of our comprehensive training, support, and strong relationships with our suppliers.”

February was a record-breaking month for the company, with agents booking more holidays than ever before. In addition to this achievement, The Travel Franchise was named the World’s Best Lifestyle Franchise and Europe’s Best Franchise by the International Franchise Federation, the world’s largest franchise association.

“These accolades highlight that potential franchisees are not just investing in a business, but in a proven, award-winning model that is consistently growing and evolving,” added Harrison.

The Travel Franchise Success Stories