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Home-based Dream Vacation franchise owners sell travel packages, including travel protection, shore excursions, hotels and tours to individuals, couples, families, businesses and groups.
Request InformationDream Vacations-Cruise One offers a low-cost, home-based business model. Franchise owners earn commission on the sales of exciting vacation packages from tours across Europe to Caribbean cruises and luxury resorts across the globe.
Franchise Business Review has worked with over 1,100 franchise systems. We independently contact all open and active franchisees and invite them to participate in our satisfaction survey. Only the brands that exceed our satisfaction benchmark are displayed on our website. Dream Vacations conducted their franchise review in December 2021, and collected feedback from 50% of the active franchisees (701).
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Not all franchise systems share their results publicly. Dream Vacations-Cruise One does. Download the franchisee satisfaction report on Dream Vacations-Cruise One for free.
Dream Vacations-Cruise One is a low-cost, home-based business model. You earn commission on the sales of exciting vacation packages from tours across Europe to Caribbean cruises and luxury resorts across the globe.
When owning a Dream Vacations franchise, you are joining a family that values integrity and transparency. Franchisees do not view each other as competitors, but as colleagues. The Headquarters team’s only customer is its franchisees. The company prides itself on demonstrating their devotion to franchisees, both personally and professionally. Franchisees are in business for themselves, but not by themselves. Dream Vacations has an open-door policy for franchisees’ feedback, which is apparent in their Franchise Satisfaction Survey results. They also have a multitude of committees where franchisees act as liaisons for the entire network.
The company’s goal is not to be the largest travel agency franchise, but the most successful. Franchisee success is a top priority. New franchisees have access to innovative technology, training and support programs, exclusive promotions, lead generation initiatives and more.
Dream Vacations is part of World Travel Holdings, which is one of the largest sellers of cruises in the world. This allows for incredible buying power with major cruise lines and exclusive promotions.
Dream Vacations has an award-winning training program that has been nationally recognized by travel trades, as well as by eLearning platforms.
Learn what makes Dream Vacations a flexible, rewarding and unique franchise opportunity
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