About Us
Harvey World Travel is the most recognised travel retailer in Australia and South Africa. Earlier this year, we formed a strategic partnership with Virgin Holidays in the UK and this provides brand presentation which is synonymous with innovation, fun and value for money. This is a direct reflection of the strength of the Harvey World Travel and Virgin Holidays brands and of the long-term investment behind it.
The partnership between Virgin Holidays will create the ‘next generation’ of British travel agencies, concentrating on speciality and long-haul holidays and offering face to face consultation and in-depth destination advice.
With an aggressive commitment to continue expansion within the UK, Harvey World Travel is seeking to align itself with like-minded professionals who share a similar enthusiasm. An enthusiasm to participate in an even brighter and more prosperous future.
What does this mean for you? It means that our reputation for honesty, professionalism and superior personal service becomes your reputation instantly. As a new Harvey World Travel franchisee you don’t need to establish and grow your brand from scratch. It’s being done for you.
From day one your new franchise will become the most recognised in your local area and even more importantly, top of mind with potential customers.
Type Of Franchisees
Do you have a passion for travel?
If you do you are already half way there. Coupled with a business background, good motivation and a ready made business contact list – this could be your ideal franchise.
Retail travel experience is not essential as you can recruit staff that do have the appropriate experience and we will gladly assist you in your recruitment selection process. However your business experience and commitment to running the business will be an invaluable tool to the success of your travel agency.
Our application process ensures that we approve applicants that not only have the financial funds to support their business but also have the business acumen and character that will assist in making your Harvey World Travel franchise successful.
Alternatively you may already be a travel professional who is ready to make the next step in owning your very own independent travel agency and would like to join our winning team at Harvey World Travel.
Training And Support
When you join the Harvey World Travel Group you’ll benefit not only from our knowledge and experience, but from our dedicated support. Our Head Office provides you with a wide variety of support functions including marketing, training and HR. Our finance team process all your supplier payments providing you more time to concentrate on the sales and marketing of your franchised branch.
Our exciting and exclusive training programme includes welcome days that take each person through the structure and functions of the company and lets them sample the HWT culture. As a HWT franchisee you will be provided with the UK’s current leading retail agency system that operates a proven platform.
We will provide an advertising and marketing program that will continually reinforce our distinctive brand image and promotes exclusive packages through television, press and consumer media promotions throughout the year.
Additionally, you’ll receive the Advertising and the Local Sales and Marketing Kits. These provide the tools and advice to produce professional and effective local advertising. With a wealth of creative ideas it ensures a consistency of style so that when you run the ads in your local media they achieve maximum impact.
Financial Details
The joining fee is £12,000 plus VAT.
Further finance is required to use for working capital and where appropriate to cover the shop fit.
The joining fee includes: licence to trade as HWT, external shop signage, internal corporate branding, national brand presence, ABTA membership, talking windows, induction training, in house IT training, recruitment assistance, website creation, business planning, project management.
Your monthly franchise fee is 1.25% of your sales. Out of this 25% is put back towards marketing for you.
The franchise fee includes: competitive supplier commissions, supplier payments, foreign exchange options, brand marketing, local shop and advertising kits, lifestyle products, business risks insurance, HR manager, Training Manager, operational support, affinity business leads, low credit card fees, business development assistance, incentive schemes, group buying discounts.
The monthly IT fee is £195 for the 1st PC and £50 per additional PC thereafter.
This fee includes front and back office systems, broadband, own shop bookable website, email address, technology and system support and development.
