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Travel Counsellors reveals average earnings
Travel Counsellors says its agents are now earning an average of £24,000 a year.
It claims this represents an average rise of 9% each year since 2005.
Meanwhile, its five top performers earn over £150,000 per year and its 10 top corporate travel specialists earn an average of £113k per year.
The homeworking company also reported an increase in agents joining since the start of the year, with an 11% rise in recruitment compared to the same period last year.
"Despite the reported upturn in the economy there are still many experienced and talented travel professionals facing uncertainty in their current roles," said managing director Steve Byrne Byrne.
The group now has over 1,300 agents running their own business from home across the UK and overseas.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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