The Travel Franchise

There’s a reason why The Travel Franchise have won Best Lifestyle Franchise in the World two years in a row!

Over the past twenty years The Travel Franchise has developed, tested and refined an award-winning business model that has enabled over 750 people to build thriving home based travel businesses, the vast majority starting from zero experience and zero contacts in the travel industry.

98% of franchisees had no travel background when they joined. Two thirds had never run their own business. Today many earn £40,000 part time and over £100,000 full time. Some have built travel agencies generating millions of pounds in annual sales. The reason for their success is not luck. It is a proven system, world-class support, exceptional technology and a business infrastructure that most entrepreneurs spend years trying to build independently.

Award Winning Franchise

In both 2025 and 2026 the company was voted Best Lifestyle Franchise in the World and Best European Franchise at the International Franchise Association’s Global Franchise Awards, two consecutive years. It has also been named Britain’s Best Home-Based Franchise and is ranked tenth in the UK’s Top 100 Franchise leaderboard, ahead of major brands like Vodafone and the only travel franchise to achieve a top 100 placing.

“It’s 100 % changed my life. I never realised that you could do something that you love and that it could be a profitable business.”
 Lisa, Consultant since 2016

Getting started is simpler than you think

New franchisees join a five-day live online induction course and by the time training ends they are fully qualified travel consultants with access to over 450 suppliers, their own marketing website, professional booking systems, a dedicated Business Consultant and everything needed to start taking bookings immediately. The training is delivered in small groups, rated excellent on Trustpilot and packed with practical, immediately applicable content. Many franchisees make their first booking on the same day their training finishes.

What’s included:

• 450 plus suppliers and tour operators with millions of ABTA and ATOL protected holidays across every category from city breaks to six-figure luxury itineraries
• Over £1 billion in annual buying power through the Hays Travel Independence Group giving franchisees access to trade-only pricing and products never available to the public
• TProfile quotation tool to create visually stunning interactive client proposals that dramatically increase booking conversion rates
• NJT Smart AI, a platform built specifically for travel consultants combining premium AI features, provided completely free and worth up to £300 a month
• Vision CRM system acting as a personal assistant for client management, commission tracking and business performance
• A dedicated Business Consultant providing ongoing one-to-one coaching, advice and support at every stage of the journey
• Head office operations team with over 1,000 years of combined experience handling all ticketing and travel admin
• Personal marketing website, ready-made social media content and professional marketing materials
• Weekly webinars, in-person training days, annual conferences and a large supportive community of fellow franchisees
• Celebrity brand ambassador support from Eamonn Holmes OBE and Daley Thompson CBE
• Partners in Travel programme to build client bases through local business and charity partnerships

The earning potential

The business model is built on commission. Travel suppliers pay a percentage of each booking for the planning and booking of their holidays. The average commission is around ten per cent.

The average UK holiday booking is worth approximately £4,500, generating around £400 per booking. Franchisees keep up to 75 per cent of that. Two bookings a week, applied consistently, produces over £40,000 a year. High-ticket niches like luxury tailor-made itineraries, cruises and destination weddings generate some of the highest per-booking commissions available in the retail sector, for the same amount of effort as a standard package holiday.

The two packages

• The Lite Mentorship Programme from the equivalent of £28 a week is the entry-level option designed for part-time building. Every Lite consultant is paired from day one with a hand-picked experienced travel professional. Both earn from every booking. When ready to step up, upgrading to Elite is straightforward.

“I can highly recommend the Lite package. Working with an experienced consultant from day one is great. A really great way to start a travel business.”
Jo, Lite Consultant

• The Elite package at £14,995 plus VAT is the most popular and most complete version of the business. Two fully funded overseas retreats in luxury destinations like Mauritius and Jamaica are included as standard. The unique Money-Back Challenge means the entire franchise fee is refunded if a set commission level is hit in year one. For anyone ready to build seriously, it is the most compelling travel franchise opportunity in the UK.

“12 months in I still cannot believe the value you get. The training, weekly calls, head office support, marketing support, the new landing pages. It’s all just incredible. I can only say it’s changed my life.” 
Judy, Consultant

Celebrity brand ambassadors

When you join The Travel Franchise, you are not just joining a franchise. You are aligning your business with two of the most recognisable and respected names in British public life. TV broadcaster Eamonn Holmes OBE and double Olympic champion Daley Thompson CBE are both official brand ambassadors and both attend company events, retreats and conferences throughout the year. That association gives franchisees a level of credibility and brand recognition from day one that most new business owners spend years trying to build. When a potential client sees that name attached to the business, it builds trust before the conversation has even started. It is a commercial advantage that is unique in the travel franchise sector and one that no competitor can replicate.

The Hays Travel Independence Group partnership

Through its partnership with the Hays Travel Independence Group, The Travel Franchise gives every franchisee access to over £1 billion in annual holiday buying power.

In practical terms that means access to over 450 travel suppliers, thousands of additional operators and a vast range of trade-only products the public simply cannot find on any comparison website. It means genuinely competitive commercial terms that allow franchisees to offer their clients better choice, better protection and pricing that stands up against anything available online. And it means the commercial weight and credibility of one of the largest buying groups in the UK travel industry sitting behind every single booking a franchisee makes. That is the kind of commercial infrastructure that would take an independent travel agent years and millions of pounds to build. The Travel Franchise gives it to every franchisee from day one.

Partners in Travel

One of the most powerful things about The Travel Franchise model is that franchisees do not have to rely solely on friends and family to build their client base. The Partners in Travel programme gives franchisees a proven, structured route to tapping into large existing audiences through partnerships with local businesses, charities, schools, golf clubs and community organisations.

The partner promotes the franchisee to their audience and the franchisee shares a percentage of the commission on any bookings that result. It is entirely performance-based, costs nothing to set up and can connect a franchisee with hundreds or even thousands of potential clients in their local area overnight. Some of the most successful businesses in the franchise have been built almost entirely through this programme, partnering with organisations like hospices, sports clubs and local charities to generate a steady stream of referrals year after year.

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