‘I was making no money’: Travel agent side hustle promoted by influencers criticised over fees

Influencers promote InteleTravel and PlanNet Marketing to large audiences, with slogans such as ‘normalise working from anywhere’. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Months before she entered the Love Island villa, the content creator Yasmin Hadlow promised viewers of her online videos that they could “catch flights and get paid mid-air”. All they had to do, she said, was send her a direct message with the word “freedom”.

The 23-year-old is among several influencers and celebrities, including the former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison, working for PlanNet Marketing, which recruits people to work as independent travel agents with a separate US business, InteleTravel.