In December 2016, Internet entrepreneur Sergey Marevskiy opened the startup Team2.Travel. The service helps find a team of like-minded people for joint travel. The literal translation of the name - a team for travel - accurately reflects the essence of the project. Some cross the ocean in alone because they have no one to cross it with.
The idea of the service
When people are young, they have no questions when it comes to a simple task: “who to go on a trip with.” But as people age, putting together a group becomes increasingly difficult: one has a mortgage, another has family matters, and a third is not given vacation at work.
The more interesting the trip, the harder it is to find company for it. The cost of participation in many trips depends on the number of participants in the group. This is true, first of all, for those trips where the share of expenses on transport is high, for example, helicopter transfer or yacht rental.
The idea for the service appeared in 2011. Sergey traveled with five people and the cost of participation for each was 86,000 rubles, compared to 55,000 if there were eight travelers.
Market today
There are separate topics on thematic forums, but all these points of possible search for like-minded people, on the one hand, are extremely small, and on the other, technologically they are just bulletin boards. There is also Bla-Bla-Car and the like, since the word "fellow traveler" also has a meaning in the field of passenger transportation.
There are thematic topics in social networks filled with offers of transport services. Technologically, such a solution is no better than a regular forum: the posted ad will be seen by a very narrow circle of users here and now and that's it, the ad will simply drown in the general flow.
A tourist needs a service to offer many contacts. Those who are really interested in the topic of travel. Or the traveler himself wants to join someone. A tourist needs to see full information about the planned trip, and not a couple of lines. The tourist himself decides whether he wants to go on a trip with these people, asks questions. He starts communicating, receiving answers here and now, and at the same time sees the team as a whole, and does not communicate with just one organizer.
Service Features
Team2.travel invites everyone to join others or open a set of participants for their own trip - to organize their own group. Or you can simply post an ad and the system will find similar plans of other users and offer to establish contact.
Anyone can sign up to receive information about the appearance of a set of new trips that meet their interests by topic (there are more than 20 of them), by country or even by specific places and desired dates.
Each trip where participants are invited receives a permanent address where all conditions can be found, news is published, discussions are held and organizational issues are resolved. Anyone can ask a question to the author of the trip or subscribe to receive news about the group to decide whether to join.
You can join the trip not only personally, but also include other participants on your behalf. For example, someone indicates that his family members will go with him, who may not be Team2.Travel users at all. The service allows you not only to unite strangers, but also to introduce them to each other by the time the trip begins
Despite the fact that the service is positioned primarily as a solution for private trips, Team2.travel is also of interest to tour operators organizing group trips.
Development
The service is currently gaining momentum. Users are interested in attracting new participants. The principle of “word of mouth”, according to which the project is primarily developing, says: “If everyone brings someone else with them, even to participate in someone else’s journey, then the common goal will be achieved.” Team2.travel is a free service, and gratitude is a kind of internal trust rating.
Full monetization will be introduced a little later, when the service gains popularity. But the audience dictates its own rules - now many are ready to pay rather than receive a limited service for free, and therefore, since July 2017, paid functions have begun to be introduced. In any case, the Team2.travel model is Freemium. Oddly enough, the closest analogue is Head Hunter: after all, the service also helps some people find others.
The first version of mobile applications was launched in June 2017.
Finally, the most immediate plans include creating a free service for “pumping up” ads, when a new trip is published on dozens of friendly sites and in thematic publics, thereby receiving maximum user coverage.
In December 2016, internet entrepreneur Sergey Marevskiy opened the startup Team2.Travel. The service helps find a team of like-minded people for joint travel. The literal translation of the name - a team for travel - accurately reflects the essence of the project. Some people cross the ocean alone because they have no one to cross it with.
The idea of the service
When people are young, they have no questions when it comes to a simple task: “who to go on a trip with.” But as people age, putting together a group becomes increasingly difficult: one has a mortgage, another has family matters, and a third is not given vacation at work.
The more interesting the trip, the harder it is to find company for it. The cost of participation in many trips depends on the number of participants in the group. This is true, first of all, for those trips where the share of expenses on transport is high, for example, helicopter transfer or yacht rental.
The idea for the service appeared in 2011. Sergey traveled with five people and the cost of participation for each was 86,000 rubles, compared to 55,000 if there were eight travelers.
Market today
There are separate topics on thematic forums, but all these points of possible search for like-minded people, on the one hand, are extremely small, and on the other, technologically they are just bulletin boards. There is also Bla-Bla-Car and the like, since the word "fellow traveler" also has a meaning in the field of passenger transportation.
There are thematic topics in social networks filled with offers of transport services. Technologically, such a solution is no better than a regular forum: the posted ad will be seen by a very narrow circle of users here and now and that's it, the ad will simply drown in the general flow.
A tourist needs a service to offer many contacts. Those who are really interested in the topic of travel. Or the traveler himself wants to join someone. A tourist needs to see full information about the planned trip, and not a couple of lines. The tourist himself decides whether he wants to go on a trip with these people, asks questions. He starts communicating, receiving answers here and now, and at the same time sees the team as a whole, and does not communicate with just one organizer.
Service Features
Team2.travel invites everyone to join others or open a set of participants for their own trip - to organize their own group. Or you can simply post an ad and the system will find similar plans of other users and offer to establish contact.
Anyone can sign up to receive information about the appearance of a set of new trips that meet their interests by topic (there are more than 20 of them), by country or even by specific places and desired dates.
Each trip where participants are invited receives a permanent address where all conditions can be found, news is published, discussions are held and organizational issues are resolved. Anyone can ask a question to the author of the trip or subscribe to receive news about the group to decide whether to join.
You can join the trip not only personally, but also include other participants on your behalf. For example, someone indicates that his family members will go with him, who may not be Team2.Travel users at all. The service allows you not only to unite strangers, but also to introduce them to each other by the time the trip begins
Despite the fact that the service is positioned primarily as a solution for private trips, Team2.travel is also of interest to tour operators organizing group trips.
Development
The service is currently gaining momentum. Users are interested in attracting new participants. The principle of “word of mouth”, according to which the project is primarily developing, says: “If everyone brings someone else with them, even to participate in someone else’s journey, then the common goal will be achieved.” Team2.travel is a free service, and gratitude is a kind of internal trust rating.
Full monetization will be introduced a little later, when the service gains popularity. But the audience dictates its own rules - now many are ready to pay rather than receive a limited service for free, and therefore, since July 2017, paid functions have begun to be introduced. In any case, the Team2.travel model is Freemium. Oddly enough, the closest analogue is Head Hunter: after all, the service also helps some people find others.
The first version of mobile applications was launched in June 2017.
Finally, the most immediate plans include creating a free service for “pumping up” ads, when a new trip is published on dozens of friendly sites and in thematic publics, thereby receiving maximum user coverage.
Source: tourprom.ru