Guides for independent travel agents.
Written with working agents: how the desk actually runs, what to do when a supplier goes quiet, and where the next client comes from. No gating, no sign-up.
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Admin hours are client hours: the case for a back office
A one-person travel agency has two problems, too few clients and too much admin, and they are one problem. The case for moving the second job off your desk.
16 Oct 2026
Will AI replace travel agents? What it does for a UK agency in 2026
The honest answer for a UK travel agent in 2026. What AI does well, what it gets wrong, why clients still come to you, and where to use it first.
16 Oct 2026
Winning clients
Social media automation for travel agents: what you can automate
Which parts of a travel agent's social media can be automated within the platforms' rules, which parts get accounts banned, and how research becomes the posts.
3 Nov 2026
Travel agent lead generation in the UK: what is legal and what works
Where UK travel agents really find leads, what the law allows, what bought leads cost, and the source most agents under-use. With examples from working agents.
3 Nov 2026
How to get clients as a home-based travel agent in the UK
Most advice on finding travel clients is American and assumes a franchise behind you. Here is what works for a UK agent working alone, in the order to do it.
16 Oct 2026
What to post as a travel agent that actually brings enquiries
Sunset photos get likes. Real trips with real prices get enquiries. What to post as a UK travel agent, how often, and how to make it from work already done.
16 Oct 2026
Running the back office
How travel agents price hotels and villas without twenty open tabs
How a one-person agency turns a client's brief into a priced shortlist from the sites it trusts, why the open tabs are the problem, and what software changes.
4 Nov 2026
Commission tracking for travel agents: spreadsheet, CRM or inbox
How travel agents track and verify commission, why the spreadsheet fails in four predictable places, what a CRM module adds, and what reading the inbox changes.
3 Nov 2026
Software that chases unpaid travel commissions: how it works
Yes, it exists. Software that notices when a supplier's commission is short or late and drafts the chase. What it reads, what it cannot do, what to ask first.
3 Nov 2026
Supplier not paying commission: how to check and chase it
Commission goes missing three ways. How a UK travel agent records what was promised, reads a remittance statement properly, and chases what is short or late.
16 Oct 2026
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