The Travel Franchise leads from the front of UK travel franchising. For 20 years we’ve been giving people like you the tools to build your business and become your own boss from anywhere in the world.
How does it work?
- Take our “excellent” one-week training course
- Start selling trips and holidays from Day One
- Enjoy excellent terms with 450+ travel suppliers
- Find unlimited travel options for your customers
- Get insider deals, packages & prices the public never see
- Choose from endless ABTA and ATOL protected holidays
That’s just a handful of reasons we’ve been named UK Homeworking Agency of the Year six times and Best Travel Franchise in the UK by Elite Business Awards. It’s also why our founders were just recognised in the British Business Excellent Awards.
The Travel Franchise offers you a real chance to follow your passion and set yourself free from the 9-5.
There are twor flexible packages now starting from £2,995.
We’ll also give you:
- A personal website and custom-made software & IT
- Around £3million in daily travel-buying power
- 40 years of goodwill as part of the Hays Travel group
- Ongoing mentorship from your Partnership Manager
- Social media, marketing and head-office paperwork done for you
- Any choice of hours to build your business the way you want
You can build a travel business around yourself and your family, enjoying incentives and familiarisation trips and then sending friends on those same escapes – all with the shoreline just in view just beyond your toes.
And there’s real money to be made
Our most successful franchisees aren’t rare cases: they’re turning over £100k in eight weeks, £1m in three months, £76k in one booking, £340k in a year - the Success Stories are just a click away. And you’ll love our industry-leading commission: up-to 85% of your sales are yours to keep.
Our mentors and founders are with you for the whole of your franchise journey. They’re regularly on-hand at our 5-Star trips and events, investing time and capital into the business they love - including a headline-making £1m from January to June this year.
You might even meet our brand ambassador, former Olympian Daley Thomson CBE!
With that kind of support, many of our agents earn way more than they expected. Some – like Becky, Ross, Maureen, Ben, Suzy and many more - even winning their franchise fee back with our unique Money-Back Challenge.
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.
All this gives our franchisees the right to be confident: the trips you sell to your clients are more than just dreams come true, they’re part of a real-life partnership that cares about all the journeys we’re on.
The Travel Franchise Reports Best Month in 20-Year History
Latest figures from The Travel Franchise suggest that the post-Covid travel boom is here to stay and there’s never been a better time to launch a travel business.
More holidays than ever before are being booked through its franchisees who operate home-based agencies through its customer-facing brand Not Just Travel with revenue and holiday bookings this month up over 39 and 32 per cent respectively compared to January 2023 (which was also a record January).
Co-founder Paul Harrison said: “Some people thought holiday bookings in 2024 might not reach the same levels as last year as pent up demand following the pandemic would dampen down. However, trading so far has been the best in our 20 year history and some agents report it's getting even busier!”
Harrison attributed the company’s record-breaking figures to a combination of more agents and productivity due to investment in training and support for franchisees with higher margins too, particularly from cruise bookings.
He added: “Many agents are already exceeding their sales targets with some on course to achieve the best month in their career.”
“We are really proud of them as 98 per cent are new to travel yet are finding customers, making bookings and earning money in a really short time period.
“One lady who completed The Travel Franchise’s 5-day virtual training in early January booked £28,000-worth of holidays in under two weeks. Another of the company’s more established agents this month made a single big booking worth £119,000, while many franchisees have achieved six-figure sales this month.
“This really proves that people want to book holidays through our consultants and that people new to travel can not only launch their own successful businesses with our help but can really skyrocket sales quickly if they follow our proven business model.”
Harrison said one of the fastest growth areas was cruise with cruise revenue (sales) up 64 per cent and bookings up 25 per cent.
He attributed the growth to the expert training provided by its Cruise Division, a team of cruise business development managers with years of cruise experience.
“Franchisees who join our optional Cruise Mastery Programme can log onto cruise webinars, get advice from our cruise BDMs, tour cruise ships while in port, join our company cruises and essentially become a cruise expert in 12 months. Statistics show that this programme is delivering results.”
One consultant, Lynette Anderson, who is part of the Cruise Mastery Programme said that one third of her bookings this month had been for cruise holidays. “Even though it’s not typically the month for cruise sales and launches we’re seeing higher demand for cruise”.
Meanwhile, another agent booked a cruise worth over £83,000.
“We are gaining a reputation for being the best in the business for teaching franchisees how to become cruise experts and take advantage of some of the biggest commissions in travel,” said Harrison.
“This year to help them further we have several company cruises planned with our key trade partners on Princess Cruises and Virgin Voyages. Franchisees will be able to experience a cruise and learn how to sell it at the same time as our cruise gurus will be onboard giving them training and advice. It’s a priceless opportunity.”
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