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 Crowned World’s Best Lifestyle Franchise
The Travel Franchise has been voted the Best Lifestyle Franchise in the world and Best European Franchise at the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Global Franchise Awards 2025 (February 11th).

Co-founder Paul Harrison, who received the trophy at a star-studded event in Las Vegas, and founded the company in 2001 with business partner Steve Witt, said:
“What started as a dream to give anyone the opportunity to become home-based travel consultants has grown into a multi-million-pound powerhouse with more than 720 UK franchises. Now, with the IFA’s endorsement, the business is not seen as the UK’s leading franchise for people new to travel but officially recognised as one of the top franchises in the world.”

The IFA is the world's biggest franchise association with an independent panel of judges - CEOs, Presidents and franchise experts - at the helm.
The IFA’s decision was based on the company's exceptional business model, which empowers individuals new to travel to launch their own travel businesses with maximum flexibility and support.
Judges were impressed by The Travel Franchise’s ability to help franchisees from all walks of life achieve their personal and professional goals with the opportunity to travel and get your initial franchise fee refunded if you achieve a set amount of commission in your first year - a true game-changer in the world of franchising.
Talking from the awards ceremony in Las Vegas, Paul Harrison said: “This award is a huge testament to the hard work of our incredible team and the amazing franchisees we’ve supported along the way. We’ve built a business that isn’t just about booking holidays; it’s about changing lives. Our franchisees get to work on their own terms — whether that’s full-time, part-time, or just in their spare time. Whether from the comfort of their living room or while working from a beach, they can create the lifestyle they’ve always wanted, and that’s what makes this so special.”
The business model has already helped countless franchisees earn £40,000 part-time (many in their first year of business) and over £100,000 full-time, but the real reward for many is the life-changing flexibility it offers.
Parents have the freedom to work around their kids, others have found a new career after health setbacks, and many have escaped the grind of high-stress jobs in the NHS, police, and even those with punishing commutes.
For these entrepreneurs, it’s not just about the money - it’s about freedom, flexibility, and a career that fits their life, not the other way around.
The business also enables people to travel, taking bookings while they explore the world. One hugely successful consultant, Dale, set off in January on a 12-month worldwide tour and will be taking bookings along the way.

Meanwhile Ellie, a new mum, left her stressful teaching job last year and in 12-months has achieved the company’s Money-Back Challenge, getting her initial franchise fee refunded having achieved a set amount of commission in her first year.

Says Ellie: “The great thing about this job is the flexibility – I never would have had that being a teacher. It will allow me to work around my baby’s schedule. I know I can do it because so many people do this job while juggling other jobs.”
Other franchisees can now earn a fulfilling living while being carers to sick family members, others top up their pension to improve their way of life at a later age.
The majority say that the franchise has changed their lives, and have given them incredible support and opportunities they did not realise were possible with the franchise package including more USPs than any other.
The Travel Franchise includes two free mentorship retreats abroad in its most popular Elite (£14,995) franchise to a short haul and long haul location with the company hosting them in popular tourist spots ranging from Crete and the Canary Islands to the Caribbean and Mauritius.
The trip is no ordinary company retreat - experts attend the event hosting seminars on how to boost their businesses further. This year the company will hold their first overseas retreat in Crete, followed by a company Seminar and Sea cruise around the Norwegian Fjords.
With the IFA’s recognition and a growing network of passionate franchisees, Paul Harrison and his team are more motivated than ever to continue empowering people to follow their dreams, create their own businesses, and live the life they deserve.


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