TRVL

TRVL is a peer-to-peer travel booking platform, where anyone can tailor-make trips for others and earn money.

TRVL first started as a digital publication exclusively for iPad in 2010. It was co-founded in the Netherlands by entrepreneurs Jochem Wijnands and Michel Elings a day after they met for the first time at a friend’s party. It launched from a spare bedroom in Elings’ home.

Out of frustration with Adobe's publishing software, the TRVL team developed Prss, a mobile-first publishing platform. Prss was acquired by Apple in 2014 to help create Apple News and the Apple News Format.[1]

In 2015 Jochem Wijnands returned from Apple to turn TRVL into a travel booking platform where anyone can help anyone with travel recommendations while earning money. The platform is a sharing-economy approach to booking travel for your friends and complete strangers. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "TechCrunch: Prss acquired by Apple"
  2. ↑ "TechCrunch: You’re a travel agent! Everyone’s a travel agent!"

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