Liphook Travel in Hampshire was established by Jean Meech in 1971 and is now run by her son Andrew and his sister Frances Cloude.

“Frances started in 1975 and I started in 1982 and we were one of the founders of Worldchoice,” Andrew said. 

He said the business, a member of Worldchoice and Aito, had earned some loyal clients that had given “some great bookings” over the years.

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“People that have moved away have stayed with us; we have clients all over the place now.”

The agency furloughed full-time staff members Trudy Lee and Hollie Munro during the pandemic, but both are now back.

“We came through it as well as we could; our clients appreciated the level of service we gave them and we refunded as fast as we could,” Meech added.

Covid meant celebrations were kept low-key, with clients being given cake, but Meech said he planned to revive the agency’s local Holiday Show event next year to properly mark the occasion.