Helping travel entrepreneurs thrive since 1994
Your travel franchise. Our expertise.
Your business, your customers, your ambition. And behind it more than 30 years of industry expertise, technology, and buying power, developed to help you succeed. Through our innovative platform and proven model, we empower people like you to set up, grow, and sustain successful travel franchises. Explore the best route to becoming a Travel Counsellor with our TC Pathfinder assessment and discover what you could build with us.
You build your business.
We put the power of ours behind you.
With Travel Counsellors, you’ll build a travel franchise that’s truly yours – shaped around your ambitions, your customers, and the future you want to create.
But building your own business doesn’t mean building it alone. As the longest-standing travel franchise in the UK, we'll put our award-winning technology, expertise, buying power and support behind you, so you can focus on creating something you’re proud to call your own.
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Create something that lasts
You’ll have the tools and training you need to build a sustainable business – one you can grow and evolve over time.
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Turn passion into purpose
Build your knowledge, grow your reputation and shape a business around the places and travel experiences you’re passionate about.
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Shape your own success
Set your own goals and decide what success looks like for you, building the reputation and customer base that take your business where you want it to go.
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Build with more behind you
Grow your business with cutting-edge proprietary technology, trusted supplier partnerships, expert support and a community that's invested in your success.
With Travel Counsellors, you have the freedom to shape your working life around you. Building a thriving business takes commitment, but you decide how you organise your time, where you focus it and what growth looks like for you – with the support to create something successful, sustainable and yours.
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Set your own schedule
Building your own franchise with Travel Counsellors is a full-time, self-employed opportunity, but you'll have the freedom to decide your own hours and when and how you work.
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Make it work for you
Whether it’s family commitments, wellbeing or simply more flexibility, you shape how your working life fits around your priorities.
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Work from anywhere
Run your business from wherever works best for you, with the technology and support to stay connected to your customers, manage your bookings, and keep your business moving.
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Adapt as life changes
As your life and priorities change, your business can evolve with them – giving you the freedom to work differently when you need to.
When you're building your own business, there's no sales targets holding you back, or promotion and annual review to wait for. Our established model gives you uncapped earnings potential, so your success reflects the customers you attract, the relationships you build and the business you create – with the freedom to set your own financial goals and work towards them.
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Make every booking count
Our scale, buying power and trusted supplier relationships help you offer personalised travel experiences while building a stronger, more profitable business, with uncapped earning potential and 60% commission on every booking.
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Set your own goals
Whether you want to build your income steadily or have ambitious plans for growth, you decide what you’re working towards and shape your business around the financial – and personal – goals that matter to you.
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Grow your client base
You'll have the support and training you need to build a loyal client base who book with you time and again, helping you create repeat business, recommendations and opportunities for continued growth.
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Benefit from your success
There's no ceiling on what you can earn. As your business grows, so does your earning potential, giving you the opportunity to benefit directly from the success you create.
Behind every Travel Counsellor is a community that wants to see you succeed. From our 450+ experienced support staff to 2,200 fellow franchise owners who understand the journey, you’ll have people around you to support you, share ideas with and grow alongside.
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Count on personalised support
You’ll have a dedicated Relationship Manager who knows your business and your goals, with one-to-one guidance to help you move forward with confidence.
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Connect with your community
Join a community of more than 2,200 Travel Counsellors who'll share ideas, advice and encouragement – celebrating your successes and helping you move your business forward.
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Develop your skills
From training and mentoring to events and ongoing development, you’ll have ongoing opportunities to strengthen your skills, deepen your knowledge and keep moving your business forward.
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Learn from shared expertise
Connect with other Travel Counsellors through TC Teams, helping you share knowledge, manage enquiries together and create more opportunities to earn.
Become a Travel Counsellor
Wherever you're starting, there's a pathway for you.
Everyone comes to Travel Counsellors with different experience, skills and ambitions. That’s why we’ve created different routes of entry — or pathways — to help you build a successful business.
A proven model for success
- 98% of customers would recommend their Travel Counsellor
- 60% repeat booking rate
- £7 billion total sales value
With us, it's personal. Built on care, proven by our customers.
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"Heather is an amazing travel counsellor! I think this is our 4th or 5th trip with her and I would be lost without her now. Everything is so smooth and even the night before flying I realise I forget to check us in, Heather has already done it and booked our seats together! She is detail orientated, responsive, reliable and so trustworthy! Thank you Heather for booking us amazing holidays, we appreciate you so much."
Katie, customer of Travel Counsellor, Heather
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"Liz has been our Travel Counsellor for a few years now. This year we went Island hopping in Greece. We could not have foreseen the potential chaos that the weather caused, with cancelled ferries meaning we couldn't get home. Liz very quickly got us rebooked on ferries, extra nights in our hotel and new flights home, all at no extra cost to us. We felt so happy to have booked this way. We will be planning our next adventure with Liz soon!"
Helen, customer of Travel Counsellor, Liz
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"This is the 4th holiday that we have booked with Richard at Travel Counsellors. Everything, once again, was sorted for us, so that all we had to do was relax and enjoy the holiday. We just feel that Richard is overlooking everything from the moment we leave our door to when we return. I would also highly recommend using the myTC app to keep update with everything. 10/10 once again, thank you Richard."
John, customer of Travel Counsellor, Richard
Real people, real stories
See what Travel Counsellors are building
Winner
King's Award for Enterprise 2026
2000+ Travel Counsellors worldwide
Trustpilot — Excellent, 5 stars
Rated Excellent
Winner
Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025
What's included
The power behind your business
Technology built around you
From intelligent itinerary building and AI-powered assistance to seamless booking and client management, our industry-leading technology is designed specifically for Travel Counsellors.
Expert support as you grow
From structured training and one-to-one guidance to ongoing coaching, you’ll have the expertise and support to develop your skills and move forward with confidence.
A community invested in your success
Share ideas, learn from experience and celebrate successes with more than 2,200 Travel Counsellors – a community that’s there to encourage, support and inspire you.
The strength and scale of a global brand
Benefit from trusted supplier partnerships, financial protection and commercial buying power, with the strength of an award-winning travel brand with over £7 billion in sales behind you.
Events
The best way to know if Travel Counsellors is right for you? Come and meet us.
Whether you’re exploring a career change or ready to build your own travel business, our Discovery Events give you the chance to meet the team, hear from Travel Counsellors and get your questions answered. Find out how the franchise works, what support you’ll have and what becoming a Travel Counsellor could look like for you.
Conference Discovery Day - Saturday 14th November
to Manchester
Discovery Day - Wednesday 9th December
to Manchester
Lunch and Learn - Wednesday 13th January
Online