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Travel Counsellors reports bookings surge despite cost of living concerns

Travel Counsellors made almost £60 million in UK leisure and business travel sales in August.

The performance makes 2022 the home working group’s highest ever booking year two months ahead of the end of its financial year in October.

The company also reported record bookings for winter and 2023 with levels up 45% on pre-pandemic levels despite the current squeeze on UK finances.  

A dedicated winter sun campaign has been created to support agents by showcasing holidays to off-season sunshine destinations. 

The US, Mediterranean, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean are all showing double digit growth compared to the same time in 2019, according to recent sales figures.

The group also reported a 40% rise in global sales over the past four weeks compared with 2019.

More than half of UK Travel Counsellors have generated more sales so far in 2022 than the whole of 2019.

A total of 178 in the UK are now in the group’s top sellers list.

Global sales director Jim Eastwood said: “These are fantastic results, and I am very proud of what the TC community has together achieved.  

“Our continuing success demonstrates how staying true to our values as a community, we have navigated the pandemic and are delivering record growth because of the personal, caring service our travel counsellors provide to their customers. 

“We will be investing record levels in our platform and MyTC app, to enable our Travel Counsellors to build on our success to-date and to continue to deliver outstanding personal experiences for their customers.”

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