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Travel Franchises

Travel Franchises are some of the most exciting business opportunities and diverse business models in the UK franchise industry. Traditionally a retail and premises based business model, the internet has changed the landscape for the travel industry and brought with it a different emphasis on the travel sector, presenting multiple opportunities and several franchise oppportunities.

Travel Counsellors offer the Travel Acadamy, a franchise business with over 800 UK franchisees, as their flexible home-based business model, utilising technology through the Internet to unite their home-based franchise network.

The travel industry encompassses many business types, from home-based part time opportunities to strong brands in retail premises franchises.  Other franchises in Travel include Harvey World Travel, Global Travel Group, Lets Stay UK and Freedom Travel Gateway.

Investment levels vary depending on whether the opportunity is home-based offering a flexible investment, or whether premises and staff are involved, as with a more traditional travel agency as a management franchise.

Travel Industry and industry trends - In 2006, UK outbound tourism expenditure, excluding expenditure on travel to and from the UK, totalled £34.41bn. Expenditure on domestic tourism, excluding day trips, was considerably lower, at around £21bn. In the same year, the turnover of travel agents and tour operators totalled £18.91bn, equivalent to 34.2% of total tourism expenditure by UK residents. (Source: Keynote)

There is a growing trend towards online travel services and the industry as a whole is maing more use of online services as there is a growing awareness of the need by customers for a more relaxed form of choosing a holiday,

Explore Travel franchises below and see if you can find your ideal work life balance with a travel franchise.

Travel Counsellors

Travel Counsellors’ Travel Academy is the travel industry’s most in-depth franchise training programme that allows people from different professions to run their own travel businesses from home. To help provide such an outstanding service, all the franchisees are supported by over 200 staff and have access to the best technology in the travel business.

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