The Co-op Travel Consortium brings together independent retail agents, call centres and homeworking travel businesses. Its members trade under their own brands. The published offer includes supplier agreements, business support and back-office services, with a management-fee model described on its membership website. Source: The Co-op Travel Consortium: Membership and services

Use your own sales mix

Ask for a proposal based on the kinds of holidays and suppliers you expect to sell. Check the management fee and any additional charges against those bookings. This gives you a more useful comparison than applying one headline percentage to an unrealistic sales forecast.

Check the support you will use

Choose three routine tasks that currently take time, such as supplier reconciliation or preparing marketing material. Ask the team to show how its services would handle them. Record the answer alongside the costs so the comparison includes practical value as well as price.

Written and updated by Travelgenix. Sources checked on 16 October 2026. Practical checks are Travelgenix editorial guidance.