For several years, the Vasco travel franchise has been offering its clients several flexible business models, allowing them to adapt to the objectives, pace and reality of each entrepreneur.
This traditional model involves operating a physical agency with a storefront location within a municipality, in a defined territory. It is aimed at entrepreneurs seeking a visible commercial presence and a physical meeting point for clients.
A home-based agency allows you to offer the same services and support as a physical agency, but without the constraints of a commercial space, such as rent and certain fixed costs. This concept is ideal for those seeking a more streamlined structure while still benefiting from the brand recognition and support of a franchise.
The hybrid concept combines working from home with the use of a small shared or occasional office. This increasingly popular model offers great flexibility and allows for easy switching between the two concepts, depending on the evolving needs of the entrepreneur, without complications.
Our lucrative Partners Edge program offers qualified agencies a highly profitable opportunity to earn a year-end bonus in the form of profit sharing, higher upfront commissions, and exclusive discounts and amenities from select suppliers for your clients. Mutual success leading to profitability—that’s the Atrium Group method.
Notre programme d’adhésion exclusif, sur invitation seulement, comprend un système unique de territoires exclusifs, réservé aux agences de voyages détaillantes. C’est en vous donnant un avantage concurrentiel et en vous démarquant sur votre marché local que nous nous distinguons auprès de nos agences partenaires affiliées !
We work closely with an exceptionally efficient technology company that is always available to meet your needs, help you improve your tools, help you create new ones, and much more. They are always available to answer your questions and are your primary contact for all your technology support needs. Fees may apply depending on your requirements.
In order to offer its members an additional and highly useful tool, Voyage Vasco has an agreement allowing you access to more than 160,000 hotels worldwide with very advantageous pre-negotiated NET rates or with a guaranteed commission of up to 15%.
This tour operator was established to offer travel agencies direct and professional access to exclusive cruises and tours, in addition to offering an excellent commission rate. The company's shares are held by several agency owners within the group.
All our members have free access to Sabre and Sabre Vacations. We grant one PCC per agency, which can then be used to access this booking system at no cost.
Through the dashboard, you can share and/or take advantage of groups offered by all network members. This allows you, as an agency, to offer your clients an even wider range of exclusive products and also enables you to fill any gaps in your bookings with other agencies, if necessary.
Vasco agency clients will now have access to a variety of products, discounts, benefits, and more, which will be useful before, during, and after their trip. This card will help retain existing customers and encourage future clients to visit one of our branches.
For each customer purchase, an amount will be deposited into an escrow account and allocated to the customer for a future purchase. This amount represents between 0.5% and 1% of the commissionable value of the purchased trip.
This percentage will, of course, be paid directly by the agencies and given to the clients. Furthermore, in addition to allowing the client to accumulate dollars, the card will also give them access to various benefits offered by our participating partners.
The highly esteemed “Elite” designation is reserved for our most productive agencies, who earn higher commissions and benefit from premium free marketing programs, exclusive promotions and discounts, and much more. Elite agencies attend the Vasco Travel Global Conference as VIP guests and are also invited to Elite Retreat, our annual celebration of your success and one of the most sought-after events of the year.
If you wish to increase the number of your outside agents, we can help you do so. Several programs are currently in place to facilitate this, but in the meantime, we can assist you with crafting your advertisements and identifying the best placements. We can even assist you with interviews, depending on your needs.
We publish our partnership reports annually, and in addition to providing you with comparative data that will allow you to see your return on investment, which we know is an important factor for many.
Vasco Travel agencies can now offer financing of up to $2000 to all interested clients in a simple and quick manner without any legal involvement required from the agency.
We can offer you several cruise departures with each of our preferred partners. This allows you to remain competitive and gives you access to exclusive savings and added value.
Training is a crucial part of our industry and cannot be overlooked. Our members receive training from our preferred suppliers through online courses, webinars, and at our conferences and meetings with the Owners Committee. Training is also available online through our exclusive training platform. We are the only travel agency association offering a training program accredited by the Canadian Institute of Travel Advisors (CITC).
We offer exclusive ship tours annually, as well as various cruise training courses to help our members become recognized cruise specialists.
Another module accessible via the dashboard, our online training tool, consists of two parts. The first provides you with around thirty online courses in the form of short videos. You can therefore follow them at your own pace, without time constraints, and even pause them if needed. This is a significant advantage compared to standard webinars. The second part also allows you to monitor your agents' training activity in real time. You will therefore always be aware of each agent's training level and the courses they have completed.
We offer exclusive familiarization trips to our members. These trips allow you to discover, firsthand, different cruise destinations, groups, weddings, and more, helping you deepen your knowledge and ultimately sell a diverse range of products effectively and professionally.
Vasco Travel‘s website, online since 1999, has everything a travel site could want. From our booking tools for southern destinations, cruises, flights, Quebec getaways, and insurance, to our daily specials and unique cruise-hotel database, every customer will find the information they’re looking for. Built using the latest technology, Vasco Travel‘s website adapts to all types of browsers and devices. No app to download, and no platform restrictions. With nearly 100,000 visitors each month, redirected to the nearest agency, it’s a tool that will allow you to generate additional revenue.
Vasco Travel offers you a proven website structure. Get a complete and responsive transactional website, just like the parent company’s. Furthermore, you can also offer your agents and external agents the same type of website, fully customized and under their own address. Professional and high-end, this will save you thousands of dollars in web development costs.
As a member, you have access to various online booking engines. Furthermore, with our cruise search and booking engine, your clients can access a wide range of cruise lines in just a few clicks.
The dashboard is first and foremost our primary communication tool. Through our message center, you can read internal memos and even add your own. Your dashboard allows you to manage your information and applications. Easy to use, it will be with you everywhere and will quickly become indispensable.
The groups module allows you to easily and efficiently manage your groups via the dashboard. Once added to the module, your group is displayed directly on your website. You can also share your group with all agencies in just a few clicks, thus benefiting from a true distribution network. Furthermore, you gain direct access to the inventory of all groups registered by Vasco Travel agencies. You will therefore be able to offer your clients a wide range of group choices organized by your peers.
The CRM's functions are as varied as they are powerful. It's not just a simple customer database; it's the heart of your agency. More than forty qualifying fields include general information, travel history, passport details, areas of interest, relationships, and much more. By centralizing your company's information and intelligence in this way, you will greatly increase your team's productivity and communication.
This tool allows any agency that wishes to do so to provide after-sales support to its clients. This automated system sends two separate emails to the client. The first email thanks the client for their support and trust in the agency and includes a wide variety of travel-related websites. The second email welcomes the client back from their trip and encourages them to share their feedback through an online survey. This tool allows agents to develop a business relationship with their clients, positioning their agency as professional and enabling it to stand out from the competition.
Sending a newsletter to thousands of customers every week is a huge undertaking. That's why our newsletter module will do it for you with remarkable efficiency and precision. Subscription and unsubscription management, open and click statistics—in short, all the tools you need for a successful advertising campaign are combined in one solution. The ideal email marketing solution to simplify your life while complying with Bill C-28.
Soltec is an accounting system specifically designed for travel agencies. Very similar to popular applications, Soltec is much less expensive and is directly linked to the customer relationship management (CRM) system implemented for the group's agencies.
VOYAGE VASCO’s marketing objective is to promote the franchise’s name and brand image regularly and consistently using all available media to maintain our strong brand recognition and establish ourselves as a leading provider for all travel requests. In addition to advertising shared by all franchisees, we also allow each franchisee the freedom to conduct local advertising in the media of their choice.
Unlike other travel agency networks, the Atrium Group, in collaboration with its preferred suppliers, offers free advertising to all its agencies, which is a major advantage when it comes time to choose the banner with which you will sign your agreement.
Each year, over half a million dollars is invested in marketing the Voyage Vasco brand through a multitude of initiatives that benefit each agency. Whether through television and radio campaigns, billboards, magazine and newspaper ads, or any other type of media, we do everything we can to ensure the brand is recognized by everyone.
In addition to the funds allocated to the entire Vasco Travel network, funds are earmarked for marketing activities carried out individually by our members. Agencies simply need to submit a marketing plan, and our team will work to find ways to reduce their costs.
For a fee, members can set up a Facebook contest in collaboration with one of our suppliers. This contest will allow the agency to gather more detailed information about its clientele, enabling better targeting. To participate, clients will complete a pre-defined form. The agency will have pre-selected the questions, which, once compiled, will provide the agency with sufficient information to develop a substantial database. This database will make it easier to determine the best time to approach clients, as well as their needs, expectations, budgets, and other relevant factors.
The vast majority of Voyage Vasco's marketing comes from funds negotiated with our partners. The agencies themselves contribute a small amount to this fund by paying $100 per month. Managed by a committee of franchisees elected by their peers, this fund is used exclusively for province-wide campaigns.
A dream-inspiring brochure containing all the information, details, and exceptional destinations to help your clients plan and celebrate their dream destination wedding. This brochure serves as both a tool for the agent and a reference for the client.
It features articles on various cruise lines and ships, destinations, hotels, and prestigious itineraries. This magazine will inspire your clients. Prestige Magazine can be personalized with your logo. Thus, in addition to being informative, the magazine becomes an excellent marketing tool for your agency. The fact that the magazine is available in PDF format allows you to send it via the internet to clients in your database.
The days of a "shotgun" approach, hoping something would stick, are over. Customized solutions are our tailored approach, offering a robust direct mail and email program with hundreds of mailings to choose from, and allowing our agencies to target their clients based on their individual travel preferences.
Offer your clients more with the TRAVELSAVERS VIP program. Who doesn’t love getting more, paying less, and traveling better? With the TRAVELSAVERS VIP (Value Incentive Program), your clients have access to exclusive promotions, upgrades, credits, and onboard discounts, as well as a dedicated area for group cruises on select departures, offering discounts and value-added amenities—all without having to assemble your own group. Best of all, the VIP program gives you a competitive edge to offer your clients more and close deals!
We’ve also negotiated with several of our cruise and travel suppliers to offer you exclusive benefits valid year-round. These benefits range from booking discounts to onboard credits. Often, these benefits can be combined with other special offers!
Gift cards are a real advantage and a highly sought-after tool for both agents and clients. A gift card is a unique and memorable present that will always be a hit with your client's friends, colleagues, or family. Your client simply decides the amount they wish to give.
Informational videos for subscribers made by various representatives, as well as videos made by our highly valued Globe-Trotters during their travels around the world, detailing their experiences.
Various media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter share the latest promotions with their members. The Facebook page, which has 17,000 members, is also regularly sponsored, and each agency has access to the products displayed on the general Facebook page so they can feature them on their own agency's Facebook page.
Every Tuesday, you will receive a newsletter containing all the news from the group, exclusive promotions, promotions with Travelsavers, etc.
Destinations by JOURNEYS is a destination-focused travel publication that will captivate your clients and make them dream about their next vacation! Every time your clients receive a copy of JOURNEYS, they will first see your agency's name and details on the back cover, and then they will contact you to book their trip.
Create a personalized flyer with your agency's contact information and logo in just minutes. Several templates are available, depending on current promotions. You can even share your flyer directly on Facebook, via email, and through consumer leaflets.
Thanks to Voyage Vasco’s Single Destination Wedding Specialist Program, it’s easy for travel professionals to translate “I do” into more destination wedding sales. One of the most lucrative segments of the travel industry, destination weddings generate over $16 billion in annual revenue. With Voyage Vasco, agents can quickly become specialists in this growing niche and benefit from resources such as a branded agency website and a customized, mobile-optimized consumer website, ongoing marketing support, and exclusive, continuous training.
Thanks to Voyage Vasco’s Single Destination Wedding Specialist Program, it’s easy for travel professionals to translate “I do” into more destination wedding sales. One of the most lucrative segments of the travel industry, destination weddings generate over $16 billion in annual revenue. With Voyage Vasco, agents can quickly become specialists in this growing niche and benefit from resources such as a branded agency website and a customized, mobile-optimized consumer website, ongoing marketing support, and exclusive, continuous training.
Vasco Cruise Magazine is the only French-language magazine dedicated to the cruise industry. Available at newsstands and published twice a year, it features articles on various cruise lines and ships, destinations, and the most popular itineraries. The Vasco Travel brand and the world of cruising are prominently featured, making it not only an informative magazine but also an excellent marketing tool.
Each year, the Atrium Group publishes a client brochure featuring several hundred cruise groups organized by our agencies and preferred suppliers. All our agencies have the option of adding their own cruise groups to this brochure, allowing them to reach the widest possible audience. These brochures, distributed at over 300 kiosks across Quebec, are also provided to agencies, who can then help sell the featured groups or simply give the brochure to interested or curious clients.
Every autumn, cruise ships call at Quebec City. Voyage Vasco takes advantage of this opportunity to create an event where owners and agents can visit these ships while benefiting from training sessions given by representatives of the cruise lines.
A two-day cruise sales event is being held at the Cosmodome. Our major cruise suppliers are on hand to give client presentations, and several of our members are participating by handling bookings, allowing them to both acquire new clients and benefit from a share of the profits proportional to their involvement.
Notre base de données croisière possède des informations extrêmement détaillées sur chacun des navires existants dans l’industrie de la croisière. Grâce à cette base de données, votre client, vos agents ou vous-même pourrez accéder à toutes les informations requises en ce qui a trait aux différents navires que possèdent les multiples compagnies de croisières.
Vasco Travel offers a range of exclusive cruise products at very competitive prices. Vasco Travel reserves a selection of cruises to the most popular destinations and dates, exclusively for the benefit of its members.
These informative capsules, approximately 10 minutes each, are primarily used to provide information to the customer on various cruise situations, ships, or frequently asked questions.
The investment required to become a VOYAGE VASCO franchisee varies depending on the franchise model chosen. For detailed information tailored to your project, it is recommended to contact the VASCO TRAVEL team directly.
Several financing methods are available to entrepreneurs, and VASCO TRAVEL offers a complete service to help you find funding. The amounts mentioned may vary.
VASCO TRAVEL has a very different vision from other franchisors, regardless of their industry. Most franchisors base their members' royalties on a percentage of revenue generated, whereas we have chosen a fixed monthly price that includes advertising and website management. Whether your agency generates $1 million or $10 million in revenue, your royalties will remain the same.
The "turnkey" option may also be a possibility for future franchisees. Vasco Travel can take care of everything from A to Z, including furnishing, painting, and equipping your premises, if that is the option chosen.