Will there be any issues applying for a Thai DTV while working remotely as a UK travel agent?

We’ve always booked customers to Thailand on UK-protected package holidays with ABTA & ATOL protection where applicable 😊🇹🇭✈️ But we’re a worldwide travel agency, so Thailand is only one of the many destinations we sell.

The rules we work under mean we can only book UK clients who live in the UK and are travelling to and from the UK, so we’re not operating as a travel agency within Thailand or selling holidays to people there.

We don’t actually have access to suppliers for local tours and excursions in Thailand anyway. Even for our own holidays, I book our package holiday as normal and then once we’re there, I arrange and pay for our tours directly with local Thai tour operators.

I’ve recommended local tour operators that we’ve personally used before, but that’s literally just a recommendation — customers contact them, book with them and pay them directly. We don’t take any payment or commission from it.

We’ll still be looking after our UK customers and booking their holidays all over the world, just as we always have.

Coming up 8 years in business