How Much Does It Cost To Start A Travel Agency? (In 2024)

"It wasn’t until March of 2015 that we officially launched Luxpitality and at that point, we pretty much had everything firing." "One of the things I love so much is that we are in an era where technology is changing so rapidly, the cost and time to launch a company is greatly reduced."

Patrick Burkhardt and Rigel Bitterman are the co-founders of Luxpitality, a hospitality business that connects companies with boutique and lifestyle hotels.

"To start my business, I paid less than $200."*

Marissa Daniels is the founder of Spread Your Wings Travel, a travel agency business that started in 2019 and specializes in affordable travel deals.

"By September 2011 I had saved up about LKR 200,000 (USD 1,000) and this money only helped me “bootstrap” TTS without any external funding from parents or investors!"

Nishan Rajakaruna is the founder of Total Travel Solution, a travel agency business that provides Sri Lanka & Maldives tour packages to tourists globally.

"We had been self-funded until that point, but we obtained $80,000 in grants from Facebook via the Community Accelerator in 2021 that served to bridge the gap between the launch of our tours and the business profitability."

Mar Pages is the co-founder of Solo Female Travelers, a platform and tour business empowering women through travel that saw organic success and obtained financial support from grants.

"Before spending too much time on the project I wanted to test the market first, so I created a website for a food tour in Paris in a couple of hours, not the greatest website but good enough for a test, and I started advertising it on Google to see if we could sell some tickets. Within a few hours, we sold our first ticket, validating the project, we could invest more money and time into it."

Nico Jacquart is the founder of Secret Food Tours, a global food tour business with tours in more than 50 cities worldwide.

"My father helped me with 20,000 USD to 40 thousand to 80 thousand in the initial phase. Later he helped us by providing 700,000+ USD worth of bank guarantees to airlines for us to excel in this business. To date, the entire company is owned by us, and we do not have any external investors. We have grown up with our own money, but we seek external investors to take us to the next level."

Salman Rashid is the founder of Flight Expert, an online travel agency business that started in 2017 and is now making significant strides in the travel market in Bangladesh.

"At first, it was all about understanding the startup costs: what was it going to take in terms of tech? And the business and marketing side? Turns out, it was a challenge, but one we were incredibly excited to take on."

Ritesh Raj is the co-founder and COO of CuddlyNest, an accommodation booking platform that includes over four million properties in more than 80,000 cities.

"That $50 investment in the domain marked the official start of Pack Up + Go!"

Lillian Rafson is the founder of Pack Up + Go, a travel agency that plans curated surprise getaways around the United States and has served over 25,000 travelers since its inception in 2016.

"In the beginning, I was working on TheTravelSecret part-time while also working on my other business. During this time, I was using personal savings to pay for what I needed."

[Founder Name] is the founder of TheTravelSecret, a travel discounts website that helps users save money on travel bookings.

"As far as startup costs, mine were minimal. I created my own website through Squarespace (which was so bad, but I launched anyway), went through the process of getting an LLC, insurance and that was pretty much it."

Charlotte Curry McGhee is the founder of Whisked Away Surprise Travel, a travel planning business that saves travelers from hours of planning and gives them curated surprise trips.