Jan 14 2025 52 mins 5
A nasty tackle during a football match in his final year of school left Rory King with a broken jaw, and it changed his life. If it hadn't happened, Rory wouldn't have messed up is A Levels and would probably be a PE teacher today. A decent job. But not the dream he's currently living. For in the space of a few years, Rory has taken his passion for travel and negotiating deals and developed a multi-million pound business from what began life as a facebook page for friends. He's done it all without raising any external funding. His discount travel business now has 200,000 members in Ireland and Rory has his sights set on Great Britain. He has a unique offer - he persuades the industry to take the money they would normally hand over to the big online booking sites and instead pass that on to his members. The customer gets a cheaper deal; the hotel gets the same money; Rory gets happy members who pay him just one euro a month (and he never takes commission); and the money all stays in the local economy. No wonder his ambitions are big - his growth to date has been impressive. Listen to Rory tell Jim the full story, unvarnished and raw. And that broken jaw - has he forgiven the other player?
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