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'Things are coming full circle – people value our service': agent Steven Woodley reflects on near 50-year career with Premier Travel

Interview
Rob Gill
16 December 2025

Steve Woodley started his career in travel in the late-1970s and has served thousands of clients during his time – he tells TTG's Rob Gill his story, and what would always put a smile on his face.

Steven Woodley started his career in travel with Premier in the late-70s
(Credit: Premier Travel)

Steven Woodley started his career in travel with Premier in the late-70s (Credit: Premier Travel)

Pens, paper and the humble telephone were the travel agent's tools of the trade when Steven Woodley started his career in high street travel nearly 50 years ago.

Woodley, who has just retired after 48 years with Premier Travel, the majority of which were spent as manager of the agency's Haverhill branch in Suffolk, reflects fondly on his early days in travel in the late 1970s, which frequently involved hand-writing tickets for clients.