12: The Rise of Travel Apps and the Future of Group Travel with Charlotte Franzellin

Topics: Trippers, New travel app, group travel, Charlotte Franzellin, Weekend getaways in Europe

Welcome to the tourism entrepreneur podcast, I am your host Vanessa Mbenoun and today we are taking a look at a new mobile app which is hoping to change the way travel is booked. Trippers allows you to spend less time on planning and more on experiencing. Its founder, Charlotte Franzellin is our guest so please stay tuned and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and visit tourismentrepreneur.com

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

[0:53] About Charlotte: intro and background

[2:29] About Trippers: the group planning app

[3:40] Trippers target market and expansion plans

[7:10] The path to launch a successful travel app

[10:00] How the idea of Trippers came about: common issues with group travel

[12:40] What differentiate Trippers from other travel apps

[16:30] Trends and future of travel

[20:10] Lesson learned and words of wisdom

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LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

Trippers: https://trippers.app/about-us/