Tour Operation Management Report: Travelodge UK, HND Hospitality

This report delves into the intricacies of tour operation management, specifically within the context of Travelodge UK. It begins with an introduction to the subject, outlining the various activities and functions inherent in the business. The report then explores the regulatory bodies that govern tour operators, including the Association of British Travel Agents and others. A significant portion of the report is dedicated to the stages and timescales involved in developing holiday packages, emphasizing the importance of market research, planning, contracting, costing, and financial evaluation. It also examines different contracting methods, such as fixed and sale-only contracts, and provides a detailed calculation of a holiday's selling price, considering costs for rooms, bus transport, guides, and other expenses, along with a profit margin. Finally, the report includes a list of references used in its preparation.

TOUR OPERATION
MANAGEMENT
Travelodge UK

TASK 2

Table of content
• Introduction
• Regulatory bodies
• Stages of tour operators development
• Type of contract
• Cost evaluation

INTRODUCTION
• Tour operation management includes different activities and tasks in the
business which contain its nature and functions.
• ‘Furthermore, it includes planning, organising, staffing, etc. activities.
• Therefore, present report included different packages that consider by
Travelodge.

REGULATORY BODIES
• Association of British Travel Agent
• Association of independent tour operators
• Federation of tour operators

2.1 Stages and timescales involved in developing
holidays
• Planning for development of holidays is very lengthy process which takes
around 2 years to determine appropriate package. One of the vital issue in
planning process is occurs with estimation of price due to which currency
fluctuate. Travelodge need to consider following stages and timescales in
developing holidays:
• Market research
• Planning and scheduling

CONTINUE…
• Contracting
• Costing:
• Financial evaluation

CONTINUE…
• Creating brochure
• Advertising
• Operations and execution
• Post tour management

2.2 Suitability of different methods of contracting
different components of the holidays and different types
of tour operator regulators
• There are generally two kinds of contract methods that can be used by
different tour operators in present time such as fixed and sale only
contract. Both types of contract can be explained under here:
• Fixed contract
• Sale only contract

2.3 Calculate selling price of holiday from given
information
Activities Cost Calculation Total amount
Cost of rooms Fixed 5*45*54 £6,210.00
Variable cost Variable £8,370.00
Bus cost Fixed £5,400.00
Other expenses Variable £2,160.00
Guide cost Fixed £900.00
Total tour cost £14,454.00
Profit margin
20%
£2,890.00
Total sales price
of tour
£17,344.80
In order to consider selling price for holiday package, following rate consider:

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