Top Travel Startups in 2027

A real-life experience is supposed to be delightful. But having to choose and book one online today is the opposite. The lack of trust, the difficulty in choosing the right experience and booking hassles can make exploring the world around us a daunting task. How do we solve this? Through curating journeys, partnering with the best partners and striving to build consistent experiences. With over 7000+ experiences over more than 125 cities across the world, we've served guests from 195 countries and have no plans of stopping!

Discover and book excursions, tours, and attractions in destinations around the world with Project Expedition. Choose from thousands of things to do with competitive prices and superior customer service.

GetYourGuide is an online booking platform for tours, attractions and activities. We have signed up more than 500 suppliers, who use our content management system to create, administer and sell their products on the web. See: getyourguide.com (B2C website) and getyourguide.com/en/supplier/info.php (Supplier CMS).

Vacatia Inc is an innovative hospitality company reinventing the timeshare experience across discovery, booking, and stay. Its online rental, subscription and brokerage platform makes it easy for families to vacation in a resort residence, with the space of a home and services of a hotel. The customer can choose to stay as a renter, subscriber, or owner. While the online platform is used by a wide number of partner resorts, the company also directly manages independent timeshare properties. By providing tech-enabled hospitality and renovation services, Vacatia revives older timeshare resorts to appeal to a modern audience.

TrovaTrip (trovatrip.com) is an eCommerce platform that enables topic influencers to plan & sell group trips. Yoga teachers, photographers, bloggers and more use TrovaTrip to monetize their audiences by selling their own group trips, and we’ll soon expand to other entities like brands, churches, schools and clubs.

Travoom is the social marketplace for bucket list travel experiences we empower people to discover, create, and share bucket list experiences and to buy online, 85% of multinight experience are not available online today.

Curacity has built a content and data driven marketplace serving the travel industry. Using proprietary technology, its products help hotels reach and monetize travelers at the critical point of inspiration, while enabling publishers to earn OTA-like commissions for hotel bookings catalyzed by their content within a 12-month window. Surface Hotels is an online hotel booking platform committed to curating hotels that match the interests of members of the art & design community.

Vacation With An Artist (VAWAA) is a platform for creative types and lifelong learners to book 4-7 day apprenticeships with curated master artists and craftspeople in 30+ countries around the world. From painting with a prolific artist in Italy, calligraphy with a grandmaster in Kyoto to making a bicycle with India's first bamboo bicycle-maker, it's a chance to learn new skills and immerse into the life of a master in a new place. Travelers from around the world have gone on VAWAA experiences that have led to powerful stories of creativity, personal reinvention and collaborations. The international travel market is hungry for rich immersive experiences and we are expanding to become the best company for creative travel experiences globally.

Build tools that are shaping the future of travel. Our platform helps Travel Agents, Tour Operators, and other travel professionals enrich traveler experiences and efficiently grow their businesses with tools that help them build client itineraries, manage client information, and market their offerings. We’re proud that Travefy powers thousands of travel businesses across the globe and are excited to grow our team with others who have a passion to solve problems and transform the travel industry. Travefy has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes among other publications and has won numerous industry honors including the ASTA Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was named to the 2023 Inc5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the US.

Hotelzify is transforming the hospitality industry by empowering hotels to boost direct bookings and create exceptional guest experiences using cutting-edge AI-driven solutions. Here’s how: AI-Powered Booking Websites We create lightning-fast, SEO-friendly websites that are mobile-first, user-friendly, and integrated with Google profiles for maximum visibility. AI Marketing Automation Our proprietary AI ad engine runs highly targeted campaigns on Google, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, helping hotels attract the right guests with precision and efficiency. AI Call and Chat Bots Our AI-driven sales concierge handles guest inquiries across WhatsApp, websites, Facebook, and Instagram.It boosts conversions by responding instantly, answering FAQs, assisting with bookings, and providing 24/7 support to enhance guest engagement. Google Profile Optimization From syncing property data to auto-responding to reviews with SEO-friendly content, we ensure hotels stay relevant and appealing online. Data-Driven Insights Our tools offer real-time dashboards and analytics to help hotels understand their performance and make smarter decisions. At Hotelzify, we’re not just a tech provider—we’re a partner in helping hotels thrive in the digital age. With AI at the core, we simplify operations, amplify reach, and maximize revenue for hoteliers.