Set Up Your Start-Up Business For Success With PTS

Whether you have been in the travel industry your entire career, or you're taking a big step from keen traveller to travel expert, getting started with your travel business has a lot of important steps involved. From the beginning stages of planning what kind of travel business you want to be, to the less exciting, but equally necessary tasks of setting up financial protection, itineraries, and more, there are many tools you'll need to get set up.

Depending on your travel business's avenue, there are different things you will need to consider. If you're setting up a niche tour operator, for example, you will need to put a lot more attention into specific suppliers, expert service, potentially extra protection (such as if you specialise in extreme sports in travel), and more. However, if you are setting up a tailor-made travel agency, then your focus may be on a wider range of flexible suppliers, staying updated on the broader expanse of travel, working with tour operators, and being prepared for whatever kind of holiday your consumer may want.

Beyond this, there are some essentials. Financial protection that is approved under the Package Travel Regulations is a must for any business selling packages, as is an ATOL for those selling flights. If you intend to conduct all of your business online, then good cyber security and merchant services are needed, and if you will be regularly dealing in foreign currencies, currency hedging and working with an FX provider will be worth looking into from the get-go.

This is where the flexible, efficient, and expert-driven support of Protected Trust Services (PTS) comes in. As a team of travel experts, we at PTS always strive to provide all of the tools our members could possibly need without confining any member to using all of them in a specific way. The foundation of support that PTS provides means that whatever tools and assistance you need, it is provided, and anything you don't feel is needed for your travel business is not mandatory. As a PTS member, you can use our travel support solution in whatever way fits your unique travel business best.

For our start-up members, PTS is here to take the stress out of getting started. With an in-house ATOL expert to help you set up your ATOL, regardless of if you use the PTS franchise ATOL or apply through the CAA for a standard ATOL, as well as experts ready to help you get started with currency hedging and merchant services with our competitive deals from partners we trust, PTS is here to help getting started to be as efficient and stress-free as possible. Plus, we have a database of trusted supplier partners in the one-stop PTS software system, so if you don't know where to start setting up relationships with suppliers, we can help you find suppliers we trust.

At Protected Trust Services (PTS) our goal is to provide members with efficient, effective, and expert support that can cater to their needs regardless of what those are. We also believe in our members being independent and having the freedom to run their businesses exactly how they want to without us limiting them. PTS provides a sturdy foundation to support your excellent travel business without stopping you from being able to sell exactly the holidays you love.

So, if you’d like to discuss consumer protection for travel companies further, please get in contact with one of Protected Trust Services’ (PTS) lovely staff members by calling?0207 190 9988?or emailing us at?[email protected]. Or, you can visit our?member support?and?travel trust account?pages to learn more about how we protect you.