UK host agency & homeworking directory
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UK host agencies and homeworking networks, compared

If you want to sell holidays from home in the UK, you will usually join one of three kinds of company: a franchise, a commission-split host, or a membership consortium. A few sit outside those three. This directory records what each of the 42 companies below charges, what share of commission you keep, and how customers’ money is protected — with a source and a date against every figure.

We are not a host agency and we do not recruit agents. Nobody listed here has paid to be included, and the order on this page is simply alphabetical within each model type. Where a company does not publish a figure, we say Not published rather than guess.

Compare all 42 companies in one sortable table →  — joining cost, monthly fee, commission split, protection and whether newcomers are accepted.

A word on the vocabulary

“Homeworking” is the established British trade term; “host agency” is American usage now common here too. In practice they describe the same arrangement: you trade under somebody else’s licences and bonding, and split the commission. A franchise is different in law — you buy the right to use a brand and a system — and a consortium is different again, as you usually trade in your own name and pay fees instead of sharing commission.

All companies by model

Franchises (5)

You buy the right to trade under the brand. Expect an upfront fee, ongoing fees, and a defined commission share.

Commission-split hosts (28)

You work self-employed under the host’s licences and bonding, and keep an agreed share of the commission you earn.

Consortia and membership platforms (2)

You join as a member and usually trade in your own name, paying fees rather than giving up a share of commission.

  • Protected Trust Services

    Joining £999+VAT per TG#108; PTS’s own site mentions no joining fee — sources conflict, unverified · Keeps 100%
    ATOL · Trust account

  • Travel Trust Association

    Joining On enquiry · Keeps 100% (members keep all commission and pay fees)
    Trust account

Hybrid and mixed models (5)

The company mixes models, so its fees and commission terms may not line up neatly with a straight commission split.

Sub-affiliates (1)

You join through a smaller company that itself sits inside a larger network, and trade under that network’s licences.

  • Warton Travel

    Joining £156 · Keeps 70% to £3,500 of earnings, then 80%
    ABTA · ATOL

Employed homeworking (1)

This is an employed, salaried role worked from home rather than a host agency you pay to join.

How to read these figures

Every figure comes from a published source — the company’s own recruitment pages, the Travel Weekly Guide to Homeworking, or the Travel Gossip homeworking comparison charts — and each profile lists which source supplied which field. None of it has yet been checked against the ABTA member search or the CAA’s ATOL register, so every entry is marked as unverified. Confirm anything that matters to you directly with the company before you sign.

Dataset last reviewed 2026-09-21.