{"id":17155,"date":"2022-12-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=17155"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T11:56:15","slug":"how-one-mums-hobby-grew-into-a-dream-full-time-travel-job-with-big-perks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/how-one-mums-hobby-grew-into-a-dream-full-time-travel-job-with-big-perks\/","title":{"rendered":"How one Mum\u2019s hobby grew into a dream full-time travel job with big perks"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Mum of two, Amy Howerd, didn\u2019t feel fulfilled working part-time for a software company. She longed for an interesting side hustle that she could run alongside her admin job.<\/p>\n

Although she had never worked in the travel industry before, she loved organising holidays and wondered whether becoming a travel consultant would be rewarding and profitable.<\/p>\n

\"Amy<\/p>\n

After researching her options she decided to join The Travel Franchise in November 2019 and after completing her training she made her first booking as a Not Just Travel consultant the very next day.\u00a0Pretty soon, Amy\u2019s business grew so rapidly she couldn\u2019t believe its success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it would be a nice thing on the side, almost like a hobby,\u201d says Amy. \u201cBut the job has ended up being better than I ever imagined. It\u2019s completely changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because Amy had joined on the company\u2019s Elite package, she was eligible for its unique Money-Back Challenge which means your franchise fee (\u00a314,995) is refunded if you achieve a certain amount of commission in one year.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitially I hadn\u2019t given much thought to the Money-Back Challenge as I didn\u2019t want to put pressure on myself,\u201d said Amy who considered the franchise fee as money well spent on a good investment.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut after two to three months I could see I was doing really well,\u201d she adds, admitting it was a huge incentive.<\/p>\n

But Amy still couldn\u2019t believe it when the \u00a314,995 franchise fee was refunded. Stunned, she realised that she could use the money as a support mechanism to quit her part-time admin job.<\/p>\n

\"Amy<\/p>\n

Amy\u2019s now a full-time travel agent, working around 40 hours a week, juggling school runs and the kids’ activities around her work and loving it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019m working for myself at home I don\u2019t have to ask for time off, I can work it around my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being a full-time consultant has also enabled Amy to sell expand her customer base and she\u2019s now on course to hit \u00a32 million-worth of holiday sales by early 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2023 I’d like to sell \u00a31 million in holiday sales in a year \u2013 and it\u2019s not unrealistic,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

And as more bookings means more commission, she can also afford to take her family on more holidays including ski break every year.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreviously we would have taken one holiday a year, but now we take several. I can simply pick up work while we are away,\u201d says Amy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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