{"id":19094,"date":"2023-07-07T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=19094"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T12:10:49","slug":"the-travel-franchise-proves-to-be-the-perfect-solution-for-single-parents-and-those-after-flexibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/the-travel-franchise-proves-to-be-the-perfect-solution-for-single-parents-and-those-after-flexibility\/","title":{"rendered":"The Travel Franchise Proves To Be The Perfect Solution For Single Parents And Those After Flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

As we all know (or can only imagine), being a single parent is tough. When Chris Scoble\u2019s wife, Jo, died at the young age of just 38, Chris suddenly found himself in this very position \u2013 the sole carer for his son Alfie, just three years old at the time.<\/p>\n

Returning to work in the City and commuting daily from his home in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, was not only unsustainable, it was no longer feasible \u2013 who was going to take Alfie to school; be there for pick ups and the school holidays? Who would be there to care for him when he\u2019s sick or to watch him run at sports day?<\/p>\n

With life already changed irrevocably, after 35 years working in the insurance industry, Chris had to make a change in his career too. He needed flexibility. He needed to call the shots. He needed to work from home or remotely. He needed a good income. And, he needed to do something that, quite deservedly, gave him (and Alfie) joy.<\/p>\n

The answer came in the form of The Travel Franchise. Being the fastest growing travel franchise in the UK for people new to the travel industry, Chris was retrained and up an running in just five days.<\/p>\n

Just over one year after the tragedy, Chris launched Go Scoble Travel in 2017. Today he has a shop on his local high street; has recruited an employee to help him and, having built his brand, is well known in the area as \u201cthe travel man\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding relationships takes time, but it\u2019s paying off. I always wear my branded T-shirt around town and people recognize the name \u2013 even if they don\u2019t know me. So lots of people who I\u2019ve never met before say \u2018hello\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, he\u2019s now a bit of a star on the local radio as the \u2018go-to\u2019 travel expert.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on the list of about three radio stations and presenters call me to comment on various travel issues. So that\u2019s worked really well to spread awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PR is clearly paying off. Chris has a goal of \u00a31 million in annual holiday sales this year, increasing that figure to \u00a31.5 million pounds in 2024.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a target that\u2019s highly achievable, with a recent \u00a350k single holiday booking – the second \u00a350k-plus sale in six months.\u00a0Average booking values are also on the rise with \u00a310k bookings becoming a more regular occurrence for \u2018Go Scoble\u2019.<\/p>\n

And his reputation for providing good customer service is clearly evident. If you Google \u2018travel company in Tunbridge Wells\u2019, Go Scoble Travel will be in the top four choices, with straight five-star reviews.<\/p>\n

But, most importantly, for father and son, the career works a dream. Chris\u2019s shop is literally around the corner from their home. Chris is able to do the school runs (although with Alfie now just started secondary school \u2018Dad\u2019 has to walk a few steps behind!) and he has the flexibility he needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can nip home after school to feed Alfie and work around his schedule,\u201d says Chris. \u201cBut, while I love the flexibility the job gives me, I always try to make myself available \u2013 there are no set hours. If I nip out of the shop, then I leave my number on the door so people can contact me.\u201d<\/p>\n

And of course, there\u2019s the travel perks. \u201cLast year I took Alfie to Thailand. But this year we\u2019re doing something different. We\u2019re flying into Madrid, doing the Real Madrid Stadium tour, then catching the train to Barcelona to tour the Barcelona stadium before hitting the beach. It\u2019ll be just me and him. The best holidays are when it\u2019s just the two of us on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a career that offers flexibility, visit our website now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we all know (or can only imagine), being a single parent is tough. When Chris Scoble\u2019s wife, Jo, died at the young age of just 38, Chris suddenly found himself in this very position \u2013 the sole carer for his son Alfie, just three years old at the time. Returning to work in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-travel-franchise","category-leisure-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alfie-3-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}