Travel & Leisure

Judges praise The Travel Franchise for exceptional support and success in the luxury travel sector.  The Travel Franchise has yet again won another accolade, this time for its franchisees' impressive success in booking and planning luxury travel. The company provides comprehensive training and support to individuals looking to start a travel business, whether full-time or part-time, regardless of their experience in the travel industry. Franchisees operate under the Not Just Travel bra...

The Travel Franchise has been voted the Best Lifestyle Franchise in the world and Best European Franchise at the International Franchise Association’s (IFA) Global Franchise Awards 2025 (February 11th).Co-founder Paul Harrison, who received the trophy at a star-studded event in Las Vegas, and founded the company in 2001 with business partner Steve Witt, said:“What started as a dream to give anyone the opportunity to become home-based travel consultants has grown into a multi-million-pound powerh...

Meet Dan, and how his family GoCruise & Travel business has spiked to over £2 million sales since the Pandemic, here’s their storyOur franchise operates from two offices within our home in Kent. The family business is heavily focused on being a cruise specialist, with service and valuable advice being very high in our priorities for our clients.Our business journey started with building a small customer database from scratch, then setting about increasing that, using direct mail and attending co...

GoCruise & Travel recently held its annual Franchise Top Achiever event during which it not only celebrated the success of its 20 top franchisees but also the growth of the business with 12 new franchisees added this year and double the number of franchisees achieving over £1 million of sales compared with last year.The event, which took place from 10th to 12th September, was held at the five-star Carden Park Hotel & Spa just outside Chester and hosted by Dan Jones, Business Manager for Cunard....

TV broadcaster Eamonn Holmes OBE will be representing The Travel Franchise, one of the UK’s fastest growing companies with a stellar reputation for training and supporting anyone who wants to launch their own home-based travel business. The announcement that one of the biggest names in breakfast TV is joining one of the biggest names in travel franchising promises an unparalleled collaboration for the company and its Not Just Travel customer-facing brand. As one of Britain’s most beloved TV...

GoCruise & Travel, alongside our parent Brand, Fred. Olsen Travel held our Annual Conference last week at the Latimer De Vere Estate, 23/24 April 2024 with 186 attendees. The two day Conference included key business sessions, from our Trade Partners we work with, both Cruise and Travel focused to help improve our Franchisees knowledge on their products they sell. We held presentations covering the progress of the business as a whole, and gave the opportunity to network, to help with ideas to...