GoCruise & Travel

About GoCruise & Travel

GoCruise & Travel Franchise is a cruise and holiday network of individual business owners who can help customers find their dream holiday experience while giving independent and unbiased holiday advice. The brand works with all the big names in the travel industry and has excellent partnerships with all the leading holiday and cruise companies, enabling it to create the best holiday experience for its customers.

GoCruise & Travel provides ongoing support for its franchise business owners, developing their travel knowledge and expertise across the products it sells while providing them with all the tools and advice required for running their own travel business.

GoCruise & Travel customer ethos
The perfect holiday begins with a conversation to craft the next unforgettable adventure, and GoCruise & Travel ensures the curation of each travel experience is enjoyable and smooth. The brand endeavours to plan every holiday from start to finish, and to include any personal touches that make a holiday truly memorable.

GoCruise & Travel is part of Fred. Olsen Travel, an award-winning UK’s travel agency with a proud history in the travel industry since 1988. Its key relationships with its trade partners enable the brand to deliver fantastic deals and offers for its franchisees’ customers. Every holiday it provides is ABTA and ATOL protected, providing assurance and no hidden charges or fees.

The right fit
GoCruise & Travel invests time and attention in nurturing and developing its franchisees to be the best they can be. It provides the knowledge and opportunities franchisees need to build their own successful business, all while maintaining a focus on quality service.

It offers franchisees their own customer database and promotes the products they want to sell, using a territory model approach. Its main focus is on providing quality care and attention to detail, aiming to encourage repeat business from happy customers.

Franchisees enjoy the flexibility to set their own hours based on their personal circumstances and commitments, set goals without imposed targets, and unlock limitless earning potential.

What’s in it for you?

• Excellent earning potential with the cruises and holidays you will sell
• Pride and satisfaction in doing a job well
• Great work/life balance – shape your work around your lifestyle
• Being part of a fun and exciting industry
• Discounted rates for your own personal holidays and educational experiences
• A recognised brand and platform to build yourself a successful business

Your future awaits with GoCruise & Travel!

How does the GoCruise & Travel model work?

GoCruise & Travel’s franchise offers you the opportunity to operate a travel and cruise business from home or in a travel agency shop of your own. It provides training to grow your skills with selling holidays and cruises to potential customers. Its team give you ideas on how to build your business and support you with marketing activities.

How you earn your money is through the commission made on a holiday you book for a customer. GoCruise & Travel supports you every step of the way and acts as the “bubble” around your business with the services it includes to help you build a successful business.

Did you know?

GoCruise & Travel has outlets available across the UK

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What type of franchisee is GoCruise & Travel looking for?

At GoCruise & Travel, the emphasis is very much on finding the “right fit” for both brand and franchisee. It specialises in cruise, so a passion for the travel industry is essential for franchisees. Great communication/sales skills are also a great advantage – the ability to hold a good conversation and understand customers’ needs and wants are essential. Additionally, the brand utilises a number of different booking systems, so knowing how to use technology is a must. Having experience in the travel industry is not essential as the brand offers different training options to suit all.

GoCruise & Travel is happy for franchisees to work part-time or as a full-time business and will help support you to become a successful business owner.

Training and support

GoCruise & Travel offers three different training packages for franchisees, depending on their experience. Its courses involve both face-to-face and online learning, and range from three weeks to two days depending on experience. Each has different benefits and prices involved, all of which is explained in detail in the brand’s prospectus.

Business owners are supported by a full Franchise Service Centre team, who help with any questions, queries and assistance with how to operate your business and service your customers. This support is ongoing and open for the whole duration of a franchisee’s time with the brand.

Financial information

Joining fee: £495 plus VAT

Additional training fees

• If you are new to travel: £5995 plus VAT
• If you have a business already or are returning to the travel industry: £1,995 plus VAT
• If you are experienced in travel: £295 plus VAT

Each month, there is a £130 plus VAT fee for GoCruise & Travel’s ongoing services and continued the licence to sell the holiday and cruise travel companies it works with.

Why is GoCruise & Travel a good investment?

The GoCruise & Travel franchise has been operating successfully for over 22 years and is growing, with 20 new members having joined last year. It offers a great support structure, and looks for those who fit into its franchise community. The brand recognises that it takes time to build a business and supports its franchisees to build a database of customers.

As a business, GoCruise & Travel feels like a family, and its ethos and strategy is to ensure it does the right thing for its members while putting customers at the heart of everything it does.

Last but not least, franchisees get all the benefits for being an agent in the travel industry, including discounted holidays and familiarisation trips with the holiday and cruise companies they will be selling.

What locations is GoCruise & Travel looking to target?

Franchisees can be based anywhere in the UK.

What are the franchise terms of agreement and renewal?

2–5 years