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South coast travel

  • Company established

    Jack and Mia establish business from spare room at Mias house in Rye. First adverts placed in mailings to schools in Northern France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.
  • First schools take up planning service.

  • rapid uptake on the service as news of the service spreads by word of mouth.

  • 500 visits planned for customers

  • 1,000 visits planned for customer. Jack and Mia decide to go full time and open a small office in Hastings. Office manager employed.

  • – Following feedback from customers SoCoTS introduce two and three day visit plans with recommended overnight accommodation.

  • – 5,000 visits planned for customers. Company introduce ‘hosted accomodation’ option for 2 or 3 days visits.

  • 10,000 visits planned for customers. Company employs two additional office staff.

  • Company information website launched

  • Website redesigned to be interactive, customers able to send booking requests via the website.

  • 25,000 visits planned for customers.

  • – Expansion planned into UK market offering same services to UK schools