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Starting Your Business: Travel Trade

What is Travel Trade?

With our Travel Trade course, we can help you fall in love with travel again by using your years of industry experience. Whether you’ve worked in marketing, product or aviation, this could be just what you need.

For our Travel Trade training course, you’ll:

  • Be a travel professional with a minimum of three years' UK travel experience
  • Be a people person with a highly service-focused mentality
  • Have no prior experience in selling or arranging end-to-end travel
  • Have a thorough understanding of the travel industry, but will need to hone your business skills

Hear what our Travel Counsellors have to say:

Start your journey with us by your side

With our wraparound business support and the backing of a community of over 2,000 travel experts, there's nowhere else like Travel Counsellors. Hear more about the power of our community from Travel Counsellors.

Write your success story with us by your side

What we provide to get you started

For £995 + VAT, your initial start-up investment includes:

  • Our tailored, ITT-accredited Intermediate Training programme - including 10 days of virtual classroom sessions plus ongoing learning
  • A personal mentor for your first six months of business
  • Industry-leading tech including our integrated booking platform, Phenix, and AI assistant, TC Co-Pilot
  • Support from 450+ specialists, including Marketing, IT, Accounts, Commercial & Aviation teams
  • Ongoing development opportunities through our e-learning platform and in-person supplier events
  • 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
  • Credit to spend on personalised merchandise or stationery
  • A laptop and all software
  • A guaranteed, complimentary ticket to our 2026 Annual Conference
  • 995 + VAT
  • 6-month onboarding journey
  • 10-day virtual training
Questions? Read our FAQs here

Best-in-class training

With an average of 25 years' travel industry experience, our accredited trainers and coaches deliver best-in-class training. This sets you firmly on the path to a successful new career as a work-from-home travel agent, being able to pick the flexible working hours that suit you.

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.

Ready to take the next step?

Start your new career with Travel Counsellors. Complete the form below or contact our Franchise Team on 0161 464 5243 or email careers@travelcounsellors.com to begin your travel industry success story.