Sold. Passport And Visa Service

Passport and visa service

Ref.GP150
Location Hampshire
Asking Price £ 115,000

Established over ten years ago following the current owner’s successful career in the travel industry – selling all kinds of travel from individual flights and family package holidays right through to group travel bookings - this business has grown to become a leading provider of passport and visa services.

Operating from very well suited retail premises for the past seven years - in a location that attracts a good level of walk-in traffic from private individuals including students, UK and foreign nationals living either temporarily or permanently in the area, businessmen and professionals – together with a high volume of telephone orders from customers from all over the UK, this business specialises in emergency situations when the urgent turnaround of a passport or visa is an absolute requirement.

This business can guarantee that a customer will have everything necesasary to make that all important trip – business or leisure. It offers express 24 and 48 hour services – whether it’s a first time passport for an adult or a child, a passport renewal or the replacement of a lost or damaged passport in the UK. A similarly impressive service is available for the supply of Visas – all major Visa forms are available to download from its well used website – for most of the major travel destinations throughout the world. The business also offers a premium rate telephone line which offers advice and guidance on securing a passport or Visa.

The cornerstone to the success of this business is that it knows what the rules are – what an applicant can or can’t get away with, what forms are required, the supporting documentation that will be needed and where the documents need to go, saving customers a huge amount of time, hassle and red tape involved in dealing directly with the relevant government department, embassy or consulate. This bsusiness also has the infratructure in place to swiftly deliver paperwork – often working to pre-booked appointments with passport offices and the visa departments of embassies and consulates – and therefore far earlier than customers could themselves. Put simply this business is a professional ‘queuer’.

Expansion Potential
There is an outstanding opportunity to build on the existing services and customer base of this business. With a strong demand for its services combined with a capacity to increase turnover, a new owner contributing fresh ideas, enthusiasm, motivation and investment in marketing and advertising will have every advantage of building on an excellent platform.

There is an excellent opportunity to leverage the excellent reputation this business has built up for customer service and delivery by increased marketing of its services to travel agents, corporates and universities. The use of search engine optimisation techniques would also enable this business to reach a wider target audience through its website – as would the securing of links with travel websites.