Travel Business Partners

Find where you fit

Who it is for

People build independent travel businesses for very different reasons. Whatever your starting point, there is a path that fits. Explore the route that sounds most like you.

PTS member Approved supplier access UK-based business support

Your starting point

Six ways in — one shared platform

Each route offers the same infrastructure, training and support, tailored to where you are starting from.

Is being a travel agent right for me?

Is being a travel agent right for me? is the question worth answering honestly before you start, because this path suits some people far better than others. The good news is that there is no single background required. Independent home-based travel agents come from very different starting points, and the platform, training and support are designed to meet you where you are. What matters most is that you enjoy helping people, you are willing to work at it consistently, and you are comfortable running your own self-employed business rather than relying on a fixed salary.

Who tends to suit it

Complete beginners with no travel experience can start from scratch, with structured training taking them from the fundamentals to their first bookings. Career changers leaving employment often value the control and ownership that come with building something of their own. Experienced travel agents move across for a better commercial model, keeping up to 85% of their eligible commission while bringing and growing their existing customer base. Parents and flexible workers shape the business around family life, starting part-time and scaling when the time is right. Existing home-based agents compare what they get today against a fresh model and decide for themselves.

Across all of these routes, certain traits tend to predict who thrives: self-motivation, organisation, good communication, and the patience to build a pipeline rather than expect instant results. Because you work from home and set your own hours, discipline and routine matter more than any qualification. A genuine interest in travel helps too, since destination knowledge and personal service are what turn enquiries into loyal, repeat customers.

What unites everyone who does well here is ownership. You are building your own business, at your own pace, with real infrastructure behind you — the technology, the supplier access, the training and the marketing all provided, so your energy goes into customers rather than admin. It rewards people who want to shape something of their own rather than clock into someone else's. If that sounds like you, exploring the route closest to your situation is a sensible next step.

Not sure which fits?

A short discovery call will help you work out whether this is right for you — no pressure.