Ask the expert: John Flin on today’s coach tours

Escorted tours expert John Flin offers some insider tips on how agents can maximise their coach sales. Joanna Booth from Travelweekly.co.uk reports Are you missing out? John Flin, managing director of Coachholidays.com, thinks many agents don’t realise how much commission they could make selling escorted tours. “Operators who support the trade pay generous commission,” he [...]

Ash Crisis has put one in five off flying, says Mintel.

Fear of disruption due to volcanic ash could discourage one in five UK adults from flying this summer, according to consumer research. Market researcher Mintel suggests 2.8 million have decided not to fly “as a direct result of the ash cloud”. It suggests an additional 4.7 million are undecided and that another 2.4 million had [...]

EXPIRED: Shearings Sale – Save 10% on all Shearings Summer 2010 Coach Holidays

Happy New Year to all our readers and customers! Once again we have secured an exclusive deal with Shearings who are offering 10% off all Summer 2010 coach holidays! Visit our website for more information or call 0845 330 3747

Coachholidays.com Business Partner Wins Travel Award for the Second Year Running

[inspic=17,left,,0]Leading operator Leger Holidays has been awarded the title of Best Coach Operator for 2008 by UK travel agents at the prestigious national travel industry Globe Awards in London. Peter Raynor, retail sales director, who received the award from radio and TV personality Mark Lamarr, said, ‘It’s a fantastic achievement to win the award for [...]

Over-65s target adventure holidays

[inspic=12,left,,0]The over-65s market is becoming one of the larger buying groups of adventure holidays among the older generations, a new survey has revealed. Shearings Holidays sales and marketing director Karen Gee said an online survey of 1,068 people by Omnibus revealed one in 12 of the 65-plus market are booking activity and adventure holidays. The [...]