The Advantage Travel Partnership has announced The Holiday Fixer has joined the consortia under its Advantage Managed Services (AMS) model. Founded eight-years ago by Britt-Marie Monks, this business has thirty homeworkers known as the Fixers, booking all types of holidays and ahead of 2025 are putting plans in place for their first conference.

Following Britts unexpected redundancy in 2016, she put her travel experience to practice by becoming a self-employed travel agent to help fit her job around her family and in 2018 officially launched her own agency after two years in the making. With the opportunity to travel to incredible destinations, Britt and The Holiday Fixer is able to create bespoke holidays for her customers creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. With the separate brand The Honeymoon Fixer, the team are able to accommodate the recent push for luxury honeymoons and weddings whilst The Holiday Fixer focuses on other travel opportunities. Britt’s journey to creating a successful travel agency was not without tribulations as in her first year of operating, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, and following being given the all-clear, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK. Nonetheless, Britt and her incredibly supportive team navigated these trials and now in 2024 have a growing team of thirty Fixers as well as the, Become a Holiday Fixer Mentor Programme, which will hope to see the company have a total of fifty Fixers by the end of 2025 as well as taking on a sales manager and business development manager.

Britt-Marie Monks founder of The Holiday Fixer said: “Being made redundant was the best thing that ever happened to me as, otherwise, I would never set up my travel business. It’s not a job, but more a vocation that makes me incredibly happy.  Having the opportunity to travel to amazing places and also researching and putting together bespoke holidays, making our customer's dreams come true – what could be better? Due to our growth over recent years, we needed a consortium that could support us and be flexible and Advantage offered this. We wanted the support from a managed service model but with the ability to be able to run the business the way I wanted to. This enables us to be relevant and push boundaries.”

Britt goes on to talk about her advice for anyone looking to start their own business: “Make sure you do you research before you start, I worked for a large travel franchise for two years to build my confidence to sell independently. Success takes a lot of hard work, it will not come easy but it will be worth it, so dream big!”

Kelly Cookes, Chief Commercial Officer of The Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “We’re overjoyed to have another impressive agency such as The Holiday Fixer to join Advantage. The Holiday Fixer is a great match for Advantage as we share the same ethos and want to ensure that all of its customers are treated with outstanding customer service. We are continuing to see great success with our AMS model and look forward to supporting Britt and her team to continue offering these experiences to their client base.”