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Become a Leisure Travel Counsellor

Are you passionate about crafting bespoke, tailor-made holiday experiences for your customers? If so, you’re in the right place.

Give us a call on 0161 464 5243, and let’s get started.

Become a Leisure Travel Counsellor and get a career that works for you

As a Travel Counsellor, you’ll run your own home-based travel agency. With that comes the freedom to focus on providing best-in-class service, free from the commute, the targets and the vertical selling that can make other travel sales jobs restrictive.

For our Leisure training course, you’ll have:

  • A minimum of three years of proven sales experience in the travel industry
  • Worked in a customer-facing role selling holidays
  • Worked as a travel agent or for a tour operator
  • Experience delivering outstanding customer service

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What do I get when I start?

Your start-up investment includes:

  • Our Leisure training programme
  • 10 days of hybrid learning delivered virtually
  • Training delivered by our experienced team
  • A personal mentor for your first six months of business
  • Learning and development tools, including our innovative e-learning platform, Discover
  • Compliance training and accreditation, including ATOL bonding and all licensing
  • Our unique Travel Trust cover — one of the best consumer protections in the industry
  • CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) membership
  • A laptop, business phone line and our booking platform, Phenix
  • Credit to spend on personalised merchandise or stationery
  • 295 + VAT
  • 6-month onboarding journey
  • 10-day virtual training
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We have everything you need to succeed

Our proven franchise model means that whatever your experience, your drive and determination combined with our continuous support will allow you to run a successful travel business.

To succeed, you’ll need to be:

  • Be eligible to work in the UK
  • Commit to it, full-time - the hours you work are up to you, but you need to dedicate time to be a success
  • Understand that you’ll be running your own business, on commission-only
  • Be able to fund your training

Ready to speak with us?

If you’re interested in finding out more about becoming a Travel Counsellor, our Franchise Team is always ready to talk. Just complete the form below, call them on 0161 464 5243 or email at careers@travelcounsellors.com.

Best-in-class training

Our accredited trainers and coaches have an average of 25 years experience to deliver best-in-class training. This sets you firmly on the path to a successful new career as a work-from-home leisure travel agent.

Initial training is delivered in small groups, covering all aspects of running your own travel agency franchise. Here’s 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.

Are you ready to become a Travel Counsellor?

Becoming a Travel Counsellor brings with it exciting opportunities. But we understand that you may have questions to make the best choice for yourself. That's why we're here to help. Speak to one of our experts today to learn more about travel agent jobs.

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