Travel Business Owners Network
Connections and support for travel business owners who don’t take life too seriously.
A free, every-other-Friday meet-up for explorative, experience-led travel business owners who want to stop doing this alone - and start growing alongside people who get it.
Next Session:
Friday, 27 February 2026 at 11:30-12:30 UK on Zoom
Travel Business Owners Network
Connections and support for travel business owners who don’t take life too seriously.
A free, every-other-Friday meet-up for explorative, experience-led travel business owners who want to stop doing this alone - and start growing alongside people who get it.
Next Session:
Friday, 27 February 2026 at 11:30-12:30 UK on Zoom
Who Is This For?
You’ll feel at home here if:
You own a travel business - agency, tour operator, franchise, online or offline
You’re established (you’ve been selling trips, this isn’t just an idea)
You’re serious about your travel business, but you don’t want everything to be stiff and corporate
You love travel because of the experiences it creates - new cultures, new perspectives, the way it opens people up
You’d value honest connection and support from other people who live and breathe travel
In each session, we have a mix of newer franchisees and more seasoned owners with larger turnover.
What they share is curiosity, ambition, and a genuine love of what travel does for people.
relying on glasses or contacts
juggling readers
cataract-related changes
dry eyes from lenses
blurry night driving
or just feeling older because of their vision
…you could be the reason they get their freedom back.
And we promise:
We’ll take exceptional care of them — just like we did for you.
Watch surgeon/doctor-recorded videos
Explore safety, recovery, and results
Learn about LASIK, EVO ICL, and CLR
Book a free consultation
Understand candidacy
Or start with a 7-Day Vision Video Series
Why Friday at 11:30
Fridays often have a different pace.
The fires of Monday-Thursday have mostly been put out (until 5pm…), and there’s a bit more breathing room.
By meeting at 11:30 on a Friday you can:
drop in before lunch,
take an hour to reset, reflect and connect,
and go into the weekend with conversations and ideas ready to pick up next week.
Watch surgeon/doctor-recorded videos
Explore safety, recovery, and results
Learn about LASIK, EVO ICL, and CLR
Book a free consultation
Understand candidacy
Or start with a 7-Day Vision Video Series
What Actually Happens?
Each Travel Business Owners Network session runs for 60 minutes on Zoom, hosted by Charlie Bateson (Purple Umbrella).
You’ll experience:
Quick intros (Icebreaker)
Fast breakout to share:
who you are,
what kind of travel you sell,
one word for how business feels right now.
It’s light, human and gets you talking.
Collaboration breakout
That might be:
sharing a supplier or tech recommendation,
co-creating a package idea,
offering a simple skill swap,
or agreeing to cross-promote each other.
No complicated networking “rules” - just structured conversation with people like you.
Travel Reality Roundtable
We start the discussion with:
4-5 topical prompts (industry disruption, operations, sales/marketing, mindset, etc.)
You vote on the topic that feels most relevant on the day
Together, you explore how it’s showing up in your businesses and what’s helping
It’s less “here’s the magic answer” and more:
“We’re all in this together - let’s talk honestly about it.”
Watch surgeon/doctor-recorded videos
Explore safety, recovery, and results
Learn about LASIK, EVO ICL, and CLR
Book a free consultation
Understand candidacy
Or start with a 7-Day Vision Video Series
You’ll be matched with other travel business owners and given a simple mission:
find one practical way you could help each other in the next month.
What you’ll leave with
By the end of each session, you’ll have:
at least one new relationship to follow up with
at least one idea or shift in perspective you can take into next week
and a growing sense that you’re not the only one dealing with this
Candidacy
Real Patient Outcomes
Safety
Day-to-Day life Afterward
Procedure Expectations
Recovery
And the questions most patients ask
Ready to meet more people like you?
Join us every other Friday at 11:30-12:30 UK for an hour of connection, support and real talk about the travel business.
