“I cannot believe I’ve got this business, it’s working financially, it’s flexible and I enjoy it as well!”

Alison Hunter-Gray, a mum of three girls who lives in the Shetland Islands, off the north-east coast of Scotland, had often joked that she’d like to be a travel agent but didn’t think it would be possible. But when her youngest child started school she began researching if she could make her dream come true.

But just six months after investing in The Travel Franchise, she can’t believe how busy she is and how her new career has “slotted into life”.