Saddleworth Travel was set up 32 years ago by Lynn James after a career in promotion work and travel. She built up the business over the years and as all local competition closed we survived by trading on our reputation for excellent service and experienced staff giving good advice. The agency has always tried to keep up to date with trends in travel and the travel business. Saddleworth travel was a founder member and shareholder in ARTAC which became Worldchoice, the consortium which represents the most independent travel agents in the country. Worldchoice membership gives us a collective voice with regards to negotiating for the best rates and deals for our clients. In a recent move Worldchoice and its 2 competitors Global and Advantage have agreed to merge to form Triton which now represents virtually every independent travel agent in the country.

As you will see in the ‘about us’ section we have some very experienced staff who have travelled widely and have excellent knowledge of the destinations and operators that best suit our clients needs.

I took over Saddleworth Travel from Lyn James in December 2005 after a long period of consultation. Lyn has now moved to North Yorkshire and is happily retired and pursuing her interests in Clay Pigeon Shooting and Motorbikes, though not at the same time!.

My previous career was for 18 years in management with B&Q in a variety of stores across the Northwest. This makes me the least experienced member of the team but I am learning fast!

Since taking over we have introduced many  improvements in the facilities here in the office as we have introduced the internet and a variety of Search tools to help us ensure we get the best possible deal for our clients.Our membership of Triton has recently developed as Triton are now operating as a Tour Operator and by cutting out at least one layer of intermediaries we are seeing really good value package holidays. For this reason we are confident that we can compete with all mainstream holiday outlets both on the High Street and on the Internet.

We believe that our clients are best served by letting us find their holiday without them wasting their time searching the bewildering and confusing array of choices on the Web.

If you have an enquiry send it to us and let us filter out the real deals from the misleading and sometimes fraudulent adverts you find everywhere these days.