Berkhamsted business supports the Rainbow Travel Club

A business in Berkhamsted is supporting the launch of the Rainbow Travel Club.

Families in Hertfordshire can now travel again, and at the same time thank the NHS forever by joining the Rainbow Travel Club.

The club has opened its doors to celebrate the easing of the travel restrictions and £3 of holidaymakers’ £5 membership fee will be donated to NHS Charities Together, the nationwide fundraising forum.

It is a personal initiative by former journalist David Davis and his wife Beryl of Bushey, who turned to the NHS 60 years ago when they lost a baby.

A partner in the venture is Jackie Steadman, owner of Traveltime World agency, in Berkhamsted.

David, Chairman, Avid Media Group Ltd, said: “Like most people we have taken the NHS for granted but the pandemic has been a sharp reminder of its greatness and that the doctors, nurses and all the hospital workers have strived beyond the call of duty to save the country from a complete disaster.

“We hope that the Rainbow Travel Club will stand as a permanent ‘thank you’ to the NHS every time someone goes on holiday.”

Jackie Steadman and her team of travel consultants will offer members a personal advice service, the best possible holiday deals and handle all their travel arrangements.

Jackie said: “The Rainbow Travel Club is an ingenious initiative which will ensure every time someone goes on holiday they will be thanking the NHS, from frontline doctors and nurses to porters and back office staff and keeping alive the memory of their great deeds during the pandemic."

David confesses that recruiting members in the short term will be a tough challenge but says that once travel gets back to normal it will be easier.

He added: “Last year saw nearly nine in 10 Britons take a holiday so the potential is there for a very large membership and we expect the £3’s will soon grow into a really meaningful amount of money for the NHS."

For more information visit: rainbowtravelclub.co.uk.