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Travelbag opens seventh UK shop
Travelbag has chosen Chester as the location for its latest UK store.
The 107 square metre shop, located at 42 Bridge Street, is Travelbag’s seventh nationwide and the first it has opened in the city.
It is staffed by a team of six expert travel consultants and manager Harrison Steven, who between them have over 60 years’ experience in selling travel.
Travelbag is planning a number of celebratory events and activities to mark the occasion. These include a grand opening weekend over June 1 and 2, where residents, visitors and customers can win Travelbag-branded goodies and even a holiday for two to Australia.
Bookings made in the new shop by June 2 will also benefit from a special £100 per booking discount.
Travelbag managing director Lesley Rollo, said: "It is Travelbag’s 40th anniversary this year, and it feels fitting that we’re taking the travel expertise and long haul knowledge we’ve built up over that time to a new High Street as part of our birthday celebrations.
"We’re very confident that the residents of Chester and beyond will love coming in to speak about their holiday ideas with our experienced team, and to be inspired by the range of destinations and types of holidays we sell and excited by the packages we can book for them.
According to Travelbag’s data, Thailand was the most popular holiday choice for Chester residents in 2018, accounting for just over a quarter of all of the bookings made. The so-called ‘Land of Smiles’ is followed by the USA (18%), the Caribbean (16%), Australia (12%) and South Africa (9%) as the favourite holiday locations for people from the area, with cruises accounting for around 6% of bookings.
Travelbag will open its eighth shop, in London, in the early summer.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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