{"id":23166,"date":"2024-09-27T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=23166"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:47:59","slug":"franchisee-celebrates-generating-1-million-in-sales-as-her-tailormade-cruise-is-hailed-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/franchisee-celebrates-generating-1-million-in-sales-as-her-tailormade-cruise-is-hailed-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Franchisee celebrates generating \u00a31 million in sales as her tailormade cruise is hailed a success"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

If you have a passion for travel, Vikki Coffey is a good example of how you can still switch careers and earn incredible money doing something you love with the right support and training.<\/p>\n

Coffey previously worked in pubs, as a petrol station manager and driving instructor but a few years ago she decided to take a leap of faith and become a personal travel consultant by investing in The Travel Franchise.<\/p>\n

Despite being a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to computers and never having never booked a holiday in life, she\u2019s just generated over \u00a31 million in sales from selling one cruise which she tailormade.<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s on the crest (literally) of a wave cruising somewhere off the coast of Cork enjoying a one-off Meat Loaf inspired cruise which she created and sold to 1,700 passengers.<\/p>\n

Vikki\u2019s business idea began when she went to see a musical created by the esteemed musician, Steve Steinman and was blown away by the performance – and the fact that the woman next to her had seen the show five times in two months!<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lightbulb moment where I thought \u2018this would be amazing on a cruise\u2019 as I knew the type of performances that go down really well with people on cruises.\u201d<\/p>\n

That night, Vikki messaged Steve Steinman via Facebook and asked him if he had every thought of putting it on a cruise. Steve immediately texted back: \u201cWhat have you got in mind?\u201d<\/p>\n

Vikki was thrilled yet nervous – she\u2019d never booked a cruise before, let alone helped put on a huge performance for thousands of people! Luckily, Vikki didn\u2019t have to go it alone.<\/p>\n

\"PHOTOThe Travel Franchise\u2019s customer-facing brand, Not Just Travel, has a cutting edge cruise division and its experts helped her organise every detail, negotiating with one of its key trade cruise partners, MSC.<\/p>\n

Vikki soon started selling packages featuring Steve\u2019s show, Anything for Love – the Meat Loaf Story onboard MSC\u2019s Virtuoso ship from just \u00a3439pp.<\/p>\n

And on Monday, September 24th, 1,700 of her clients boarded the ship and began a four-night cruise to Cork and Portland with evening performances of the Meat Loaf-inspired show.<\/p>\n

Feedback has been incredible with passengers raving about Steve Steinman\u2019s performance and passengers are already asking Vikki to organise another cruise! And as many are first-time cruisers, she\u2019s amassed hundreds of potential repeat customers.<\/p>\n

Says Vikki: \u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed. The fans have been amazing and love Steve\u2019s production. And Not Just Travel\u2019s team have been amazing. I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do it without them!\u201d<\/p>\n

Not Just Travel cruise business development manager Neal Hussey says Vikki\u2019s story is just the beginning. He believes there\u2019s many more budding travel entrepreneurs out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resources we now have in place means that we can support agents who want to tailor-make all kinds of cruises or indeed charter an entire ship! Our cruise division and the unique relationship we have with Key Trade Partners like MSC makes all this plain sailing. As a result, we\u2019ve created millions of pounds worth of business together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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