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Benefits
What a Freedom Travel Gateway franchise offers you
Starting up a travel retail business normally requires you to provide substantial bonds to, amongst others, ABTA, ATOL, and credit card companies. A Freedom Travel Gateway franchise avoids you having such costly overheads, and leaves your working capital available to fund your initial business requirements.
The benefits
- Commercial terms – all suppliers pay agents commission and by being a part of a billion pound turnover business means you will get the best on offer
- ABTA protection for customers which in uncertain times is key for consumer confidence, especially as a new start up business
- The use of the Freedom Travel Group ATOL, Air Tour Operators license which enables you to create your own package holidays to sell directly to your customers, building in full financial protection for your customers in the unlikely event of airline failure.
- The best travel technology in the business, with both booking engines, and back office administration, allowing you full access to your customer records
- Access to systems that will allow you to tailor make holidays for your customers, as well as access to a low cost flight finder
- A free PDQ machine and access to low credit card fees, plus there is no need for you to put up a bond to the credit card company
- Centralised payment of suppliers, cutting down on administration staff