About Us

Marken Travel is an Independent Travel Agent that has been established since 1983.

We are a member of ABTA the Travel Association (membership no: 41886) www.abta.co.uk. Being a member of ABTA ensures we work to high professional standards and we offer choice, value and quality to all our clients.

We are a strong believer of ‘good old fashion customer service’ which sadly in today’s environment is quite rare. Being in business since 1983 has given a chance to build a strong and loyal customer base and I believe our service and our team our outstanding.

Our membership of the “The Travel Network Group” (TTNG) Consortium

We are also a member of the “The Travel Network Group” (TTNG) Consortium.

TTNG have a history that dates back to 1978. They support over 900 independent travel agents and offer a powerful distribution channel to more than 170 tour operators, travel consolidators, airlines and accommodation businesses worldwide. The Group was born out of various mergers and acquisitions over the past 35 years, but they continue to grow and evolve in what is one of the world’s fasting growing, exciting and ever-changing industries.

The proprietor, Carla Hesketh, has worked at Marken for over 32 years starting as a travel consultant and gradually taking over as the previous partners retired. All our staff are widely experienced having spent many years in the travel business. We ensure every enquiry/booking is dealt with on a friendly but professional level. Not only taking your reservations but ensuring you have valid passports, advising on the necessary visa/entry requirements, from pre-allocating seats, making the necessary arrangements for special needs passengers, GHIC/EHIC cards are valid, arranging USA ESTAS applications, contacting hotels, airlines with any special requests and much more! Every air package holidays we sell are ATOL protected (www.atol.co.uk) for your financial security. Please be aware if you book a flight only or hotel only separate and not as a package – you may not have financial cover.

All offers and prices displayed are correct at the time of posting online. This information has been obtained from the relevant Tour Operators systems.