Travel Counsellors Blog

2019 was another record-breaking year for us at Travel Counsellors, and we rounded it off by picking up Travel Weekly’s coveted ‘Best Travel Homeworking Agency’ award. This award is particularly special, as it’s voted for by customers.

Emma Otter has been running her successful Travel Counsellors business for three years. We talked to her about her desire to kick on to the next level with her business, and about how doing that was much closer to hand than she’d actually realised.

Find out how Christian's business, personal life and earning potential all benefitted when he became a Travel Counsellor

The theme for this year’s Conference was ’25 years of the Moments that Matter’, so we asked Travel Counsellors: “What were the moments that mattered to you this weekend?”

We spoke to Leeds-based Travel Counsellor, Natalie Varley, who worked on the high street for 20 years before the introduction of new working arrangements left her feeling that she’d effectively been managed out of her part-time role.

We caught up with Travel Counsellor, Katie Dale, to find out what she made of the whirlwind first year of running her own travel business, and attaining ‘Gold’, which is the name we give to our top-performing franchisees.

Hayley O’Shea joined us in 2017 after the independent agency she worked for was taken over, and things changed. We spoke to Hayley, to find out how she took back control and set up her own business.

If you are interested in becoming a Travel Counsellor, we invite you to join us on Saturday 16th November in Manchester, at our Conference Discovery Day. Find out why you should attend.

After joining us, Michelle challenged herself to change the way she worked; from selling third party suppliers to packaging together her own holidays and acting as the tour operator. Her life has changed unrecognisably since.