{"id":21251,"date":"2024-01-19T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=21251"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T15:32:03","slug":"the-travel-franchise-recruits-250-new-franchise-consultants-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/the-travel-franchise-recruits-250-new-franchise-consultants-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Travel Franchise recruits 250 new franchise consultants in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cThe travel market is going through a golden moment post Covid and our sales figures support this..We believe that this golden period will continue for the next 24 months so this is a great time to invest in a franchise and catch the wave.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Co-founder Paul Harrison<\/em><\/p>\n<p>THE Travel Franchise has revealed that 250 individuals invested in its travel franchise model to become homeworking travel agents in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Representing an increase of over 160% compared to 2022, this significant milestone coincides with the record-breaking number of holidays sold by its consultants who operate under its customer-facing Not Just Travel (NJT) brand.<\/p>\n<p>With 98% of franchisees new to travel and top agents regularly booking over \u00a3100,000-worth of holidays some months, demand is expected to continue throughout 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe success of our consultants reaffirms the immense potential for entrepreneurs who are new to the travel sector yet follow our proven pathway to success,\u201d says Jenny Farenden, head of franchise marketing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a trusted brand that has won numerous awards, our comprehensive support and training has empowered just shy of 250 individuals to launch and operate their travel agency businesses with confidence in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Travel Franchise co-founder Paul Harrison added that its consultants \u201chad shattered expectations by selling a record number of holidays in 2023\u201d due to its model which offers a high level of training, support and mentoring.<\/p>\n<p>The Travel Franchise has a reputation for offering \u2018money-can\u2019t-buy\u2019 luxury mentorship trips abroad where its co-founders take agents to an exotic holiday destination with opportunities to explore a new resort and get tips and advice on building their agencies from experts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21255 alignleft\" title=\"Paul\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Paul\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-1392x928.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Paul-1260x840.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cIn autumn 2023 we took 28 Elite franchisees on a money-can\u2019t-buy training retreat to Jamaica as well as over 100 franchisees to Cyprus to explore the island and take part in training sessions to boost their business,\u201d says Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAnd we continue to provide consultants with cutting-edge booking systems and tools including a new WOW travel deals app that delivers exclusive deals to their customers at the touch of a button.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison believes that since Covid there has been a growing number of people who want to book with a personal travel consultant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want reassurance; to book their holiday with a real person who they know is ABTA bonded and they will be able to reach if there is an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison added the trend showed no sign of abating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe travel market is going through a golden moment post Covid and our sales figures support this (we experienced record sales every single month during 2023). We believe that this golden period will continue for the next 24 months so this is a great time to invest in a franchise and catch the wave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harrison urges entrepreneurs interested in joining to get in touch quickly and launch their business so they are well placed to take advantage of this pent-up demand and greater desire for travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we only have a few places left for our five-day induction at the end of February, my advice is to reserve a place quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For more information on The Travel Franchise, please visit our website.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About The Travel Franchise: The Travel Franchise is a leading name in the travel industry, offering a unique platform for entrepreneurs new to travel to launch and operate a home-based travel agency business from an investment of just \u00a32,995 +vat with its most popular package costing \u00a314,995 + vat but including two free mentorship retreats abroad plus the Money-Back Challenge where you can get your franchise fee refunded if you achieve a set amount of commission in your first year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe travel market is going through a golden moment post Covid and our sales figures support this..We believe that this golden period will continue for the next 24 months so this is a great time to invest in a franchise and catch the wave.\u201d Co-founder Paul Harrison THE Travel Franchise has revealed that 250 individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21251","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\/2024\/01\/Paul-and-consultants-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21251","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=21251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}