We started our franchise after recognising the need to welcome people into the industry, who hadn’t worked in travel. These were entrepreneurs who had amazing skillsets, were extremely passionate, who wanted their own business.
Our franchise model is unique, we tailor the franchisees’ business around their own travel experiences, basing their specialism on the destinations and types of holidays they will enjoy selling.
Our model puts the franchisee in control. They benefit from our reputation, experience and infrastructure, while creating their own brand, enabling them to grow capital value in their business, not ours.
We support them in their brand design, but then handover all intellectual property rights to them. We don’t want people to be bound to us, we want to earn their loyalty and have them stay, because we offer the highest levels of support.
If we and a potential franchisee agree that we can forge a successful partnership, we hold a business planning meeting, here we check the viability of the business, based on the franchisees’ chosen areas of specialism. We want the franchisee to understand the amount of profit the business could generate, and if it would meet the needs of their lifestyle.
We successfully built our own multi-award-winning online travel agency, which launched in 2002 on a £6k investment. We grew It to turnover in excess of £40m per annum, before being purchased by a leading travel brand.
This means our franchisees will be working with a proven business model and a team of travel professionals with first-hand experience, who fully understand the industry, as well as the role and challenges they will face.
Our experience has enabled us to create an in-depth induction training programme, supported by our e-learning platform Journey to Success. This ensures franchisees have the skills and knowledge needed to be successful.
Our training is accredited by The Institute of Travel & Tourism and is delivered one-to-one, to suit the franchisee’s schedule. This helps us to focus on the franchisee’s training needs, and ensure they receive maximum return on their investment and time.
The same team supports a franchisee throughout their entire journey, from initial enquiry to going live.
This means we have intimate knowledge of the franchisee and their business and are able to forge a strong partnership.
Ethical franchising is one of our core values. It is a key area, where we are proud to differentiate ourselves from our competitors. We do not amend our prices, or run special offers to put people under pressure to sign with us. We want people to have the time to research the different models available. We proactively ask potential franchisees to research our competitors, to ensure they are making an informed decision. Our recruitment process is stringent, we turn away more people than we take on. We seek quality, not quantity.
We continually evolve our offering to ensure we stay current, putting our franchisees are at the heart of every decision we make.
The initial investment is £4,500 + VAT, with ongoing fees of 2% of gross revenue plus £155 + VAT per month.
What Holiday Franchise Company franchisees say
“Never looked back, my only regret was that I didn’t take the leap sooner! We did a lot of research into finding the right fit for us. With very busy lives, busy home life especially as we have two very young daughters and two dogs we needed to find the right franchise for us to allow us flexibility in how we work and to manage the business out way. From the moment we met The Holiday Franchise Company at the franchise show in London we knew we had found the company right for us to partner with that would give us the ability to venture out on our own, but not feel on our own as the support, guidance and training that we were promised and have received since we went for it back in April 2020 has been phenomenal and it is extensive whereby there are so many opportunities to continue to grow as a business but also as a Founder and Director. Cannot recommend enough.”
Suzie, Owner of Cochoa Travel
“Dream Big Travel has been live since December 2021 but that’s certainly not where the adventure started!!!! The Holiday Franchise Company was the perfect fit for me when I was doing my hours & hours of research about getting into the industry. They guide you every step of the way & every person you deal with lives & breathes travel & has done so for over 20 years which is key in setting up your own brand. It can be a daunting process, but the team reassure you at every stage in your own unique journey. From the initial contact, the expert training to the fabulous support you receive from the wider team, I cannot fault it. The doors they open for you are invaluable, no way could I have done any of this so quickly on my own. The process & the formula works, Dream Big are 1 of many brands that are proof of this, the industry is alive & kicking. What are you waiting for?”
Scott Whitehead, Owner of Dream Big Travel