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.
World’s best lifestyle franchise title retained by The Travel Franchise for second consecutive year
The UK’s leading travel franchise has been named the best in the world for the second-year running, proving that its unique “work from anywhere” model is the global gold standard for career changers.
The Travel Franchise, the recruitment arm of Not Just Travel, has once again secured the title of Best Lifestyle Franchise in the World at the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Global Franchise Awards.
This back-to-back win marks the first time a UK-based company has held the title for two consecutive years. The award is regarded as the highest accolade in the global franchising industry, judged by an independent panel of international experts who assess support, profitability, and the ability to transform the lives of franchisees.
For those looking to exit the corporate world or seeking a flexible alternative to the 9-to-5, the win confirms that The Travel Franchise offers a proven path to a better way of living.
Freedom by design
The Global Franchise Awards judges highlighted the company’s ability to help individuals with no previous travel experience build successful, professional businesses from home, or indeed, from anywhere in the world.
Co-founder Paul Harrison said:
"The IFA Global Franchise Awards are the Oscars of our industry. To win for the second year in a row is an extraordinary achievement that speaks directly to the quality of the lifestyle we help our consultants create. For a person looking to change their life, this isn't just a trophy; it is independent proof that our model works and that we deliver on our promise of freedom and flexibility."
Built for consultant success
The Travel Franchise currently supports a network of more than 750 home-based travel consultants. The business model is specifically designed to allow people to work around their families, travel while they work, and escape the constraints of a traditional office.
Co-founder Steve Witt said:
"Our entire model is built on helping our consultants succeed. We constantly reinvest in technology and training so that our members can enjoy the best of both worlds: a highly profitable business and an amazing lifestyle. These results are proof of that commitment. Anyone considering their future should see this as a clear signal; there is no better franchise in this sector anywhere in the world."
The award comes at a time of record-breaking growth for the company. The recent "Peaks" trading period - the busiest time for the UK travel industry - saw the company report its strongest sales figures to date, with both bookings and new consultant recruitment significantly ahead of previous years.
For potential entrepreneurs, the "Best Lifestyle" title serves as a benchmark for what is possible when a franchise prioritises the well-being and flexibility of its partners as much as its bottom line.
Two-time Olympian Daley Thompson partner with The Travel Franchise
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