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'We have fire in our bellies because the perfect place for our travel agency came up'

Agents
Katherine Masters
27 May 2026

Former Club Voyages homeworker Emma Norman is making the leap onto the high street in her Cheshire village with the help of her best friend Elaine Slater.

Emma Norman and Elaine Slater
© Emma Norman

Emma (left) and her business partner Elaine outside their new travel agency premises in Farndon, Cheshire

“The news is obviously full of scaremongering, so for the first week, we were like – ‘what are we doing?'," says travel agent Emma Norman. “But at the same time, there was a little fire in our bellies, and we said to ourselves – 'let’s do it, let’s take the leap' – because from here, the only way is up.”

Emma is about to open a new travel agency in her Cheshire village, which she’s calling ROAM, under the banner of Protected Trust Services.