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Beachcomber's Gary Bagnall reveals 'daunting' decision to jump into homeworking after 25 years with specialist

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Harry Kemble
20 October 2025

Beachcomber Tours marketing manager Gary Bagnall has left the luxury operator after 25 years to set up his own agency business from his Guildford home.

Baggers Travel owner Gary Bagnall
Credit: Gary Bagnall

It took Gary Bagnall around a year to take the plunge and leave Beachcomber Tours and set up his own agency business (Credit: Gary Bagnall)

Bagnall, affectionately known in the industry as “Baggers”, launched Baggers Travel and The Mauritius Club earlier this month. Speaking exclusively to TTG, Bagnall confirmed he had been thinking about ending his quarter-of-a-century stint at Beachcomber for around a year.

"The question was: when do I actually leave and set up my own business?” he said. “I'd been thinking about it for a year or so. You just have to get on with it. There’s going to be no better time than now.”