Travel Trade

Are you currently working in travel, but always dreamed of running your own business? You’re not alone.

Give us a call on 0161 464 5243.

Reinvent your travel career with Travel Counsellors

Use your years’ of industry experience, whether you’ve worked in areas such as marketing, product or aviation. Refocus your brilliant customer service skills and industry knowledge, creating bespoke travel experiences for customers.

For our Travel Trade training course, you’ll:

Be a travel sales professional with a minimum of 2 years’ travel experience
Be a people person with a highly service-orientated mentality
Have no prior experience as a travel agent
Have a thorough understanding of the travel industry, but will need to hone your business skills

10 days’ classroom-based learning in Dubai
Continued personal development
Training delivered by our experienced team
Personal mentor for your first 6 months of business
Learning and development tools including our innovative e-learning platform, Discover
IATA & Trade License
Access to our marketing online platform to purchase branded materials from our 'Brand Centre'
A Lenovo laptop with Microsoft windows installed

from 8,000 + VAT
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10-day Office training

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Meet our training team

With an average of 15 years’ experience, our accredited trainers and coaches deliver best-in-class training, setting you firmly on the path to a successful new career as a work from home travel agent. Your initial training is in small groups covering all aspects of running your own successful travel agency franchise.

What you’ll learn, using our tried and tested techniques:

How to find and retain repeat customers
How to successfully market your business
How to use our in-house digital booking platform
How to maximise your income using our proven business model.

Got a Question?

It’s understandable if you do. Here’s the answers to some questions that come up the most:

How much does it cost to set up as a travel consultant?

Kirsten Hughes, UK Managing Director

"The cost to set up depends on the travel training programme you join us on. All our costs are highly competitive and superb value for money compared to setting up a business on your own."

How do I grow my travel business with Travel Counsellors?

Jim Eastwood, Global Sales Director

"We encourage you to grow your business by building strong relationships with customers and asking for referrals. We give you the advice and support you to do this, as well as lots of tools to help with marketing and networking."

How will I promote my travel business?

Matt Harding, Head of Franchise Sales

"Our Marketing team create brochures, emails, blogs, social media assets and more which you can send directly to customers. Our ILM-qualified Business Development Coaches are also there to help with networking and asking for referrals."