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'My cancer story has changed the way my colleagues sell travel'

Accessibility
Katherine Masters
27 May 2026

Travel agent Vicky Jones has used her personal challenges as a powerful force for good, helping make accessibility a fundamental part of Barrhead Travel's service. She tells TTG's Katherine Masters her story.

Vicky Jones
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Vicky Jones collects her TTG Top 50 Responsible Travel Champion award at this year's ceremony in Manchester

It takes a special person to turn their own adversity into an opportunity to enrich the lives of others. By doing exactly that, Vicky Jones has endeared herself to her colleagues across Barrhead Travel – and earned herself a TTG Top 50 Intrepid Responsible Travel Champion award too.

Vicky is a travel agent through and through; she started with Going Places 26 years ago, which became Thomas Cook. After its demise, she joined Barrhead in 2022, and is now assistant manager at the agency's Northwich store in Cheshire.