Vertical Travel Group has launched its latest in-house tour operator, Instant4Agents, to “keep more things in-house and ultimately give clients greater holiday experiences.”
Built off the back of Peter Healey’s first brand Instant Holidays, Instant4Agents will expand the current portfolio of Greece and Cyprus to include more destinations, hotels and airlines.
“We wanted to resurrect [Instant Holidays] to include everything that we’ve been doing previously and to build on that,” general manager Chris Richmond told homeworkers on Saturday (22 April).
The tour-operator will offer agents the possibility to choose from a number of options, including package holidays, hotel or flight-only options.
Instant4Agents will also offer one-way flights to give agents “more capability and a very easy booking process” in addition to a commission of 10% for package holidays and 15% for hotel-only options.
All offers will be subjected to price parity to allow agents to “make as much commission as you can, as much margin as you can on the booking.”
Richmond has also announced the group has signed a raft of new deals with hotel partners, including with Resort Marketing International – which overlooks all Caribbean and Mexico hotels.
After receiving feedback from agents, Vertical has made the terms and conditions of its accommodation-only provider Bedbank more flexible by removing the deposit as well as setting the terms’ start at 60 days or less.
“It is absolutely your choice whether you choose to dynamically package a holiday for your customer or whether you prefer to have it ATOL protected through Instant4Agents,” the general manager added. “We want to give you both options, both opportunities.”