Surprises light us like a fireball from inside. That goes without saying that everyone likes surprises. As an avid traveller, I’m always on a lookout for a disruption and what a group of people have to offer to make travel woes easy. During one of those prowls, I stumbled upon these guys. TheWonderTrips actually offer ‘wonder trips’. By that I mean, their USP is that they don’t reveal the destination they’ve chalked out an itinerary for. Boom. A total surprise.

This European start-up works on simple steps.
1) Pick your package.
2) Select your preferred weekend.
3) Discard or not some of the 25 exciting possibilities.

And they would surprise you with the entire plan. You don’t need to book a flight or arrange for the accommodations and they reveal the surprise before 72 hours of your next unforgettable experience. All you got to do is pick your set of dates.

It’s an aggregation of hassle-free experiences. The idea of landing in an unknown place is a thrill in itself, especially when things to do are planned out already. The whole concept provides a different perspective on the state of travel amongst the millennials.

It all started for them on a Trello board in August 2015. The team got together and started to brainstorm ideas on entrepreneurship ( I mean that’s how they put it). They finally boiled down to cater the travel space but with a twist. They chose the one that was proposed by Lorena García, their Marketing specialist. They clearly remember her adding, “Don’t show the destination until some hours before the departure”. Well, that does feel like a twist for sure. So they started looking at some projects that had surfaced along the same lines and began to develop an understanding of the market dynamics. The surprises began for them in October 2015 when they finally went live with their site and haven’t stopped pouring still.

They had imagined this market to be less admirable earlier but as they grew, they observed that travellers from all sort of ages were coming and using their services. They currently have more than 200 customers each month and more than 40,000 Euros in three months of billing.

The aim to create a “TheWonderTrip” community is to have a  global network of people sharing the experiences that they lived in the different destinations cities where they went. In an attempt to work for a less segregated society, these people think that our ideas must all get in a pool and play together. TheWonderTrip wants to create that pool.

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Travelling is a humble experience. Yes. Planning that ‘humble experience’ requires you to have some calm nerves on yourself. The amount of energy that planning a trip takes is humongous. You cannot just go to one portal and start booking to ensure that you will have a memorable experience. You’ve to play hop-scotch on different websites till you realize that you’re almost there and have customized an itinerary. This coupled with being a full-time parent could be absolutely nerve-wrecking.

As almost the entire travel industry comes together to provide a solution to all the problems from traveller’s point of view, innovators at Momaboard have personalised family trip planning service from a parent’s perspective. Momaboard connects travelling parents to local moms to provide bespoke itineraries. Local moms are the go-to persons for any local travelling tip. Each itinerary is built from scratch to suit the family’s budget, demographic make-up, and interests. They also include a list of need-to-know parent essentials – hospitals, babysitters, and cultural nuances.

Momaboard was started by Kaamna Bhojwani-Dhawan, a mother of two, who was much known for her immaculate desire to travel. As a parent, she dealt with certain challenges she faced while she travelled with her kids. Post her vacation, she started giving parent-friendly travel tips to fellow friends on social platforms which were received with much appreciation. Her travel diaries and family-centric methods to travel appealed to the hysteric moms and anxious dads. Hence, this idea was germinated and she created a platform where the global family of travelling parents would meet to take advice from local parents. These people come up with various solutions to best kid-friendly places to visit, the worst tourist traps to avoid, where to stay, where to eat, how to get from point A to B, and who to call in an emergency.

“I am thrilled to have teamed up with an impressive network of moms around the world who serve as our Mombassadors.  They are accountants, scientists, bloggers, full-time moms, and much more but we all come together because we connect with the fundamental principle here: Moms trust other moms. That’s why this network is so powerful.”

They currently cover 35 cities of the globe including New York, San Francisco, Barcelona, London, Rome, Havana, Moscow, Hong Kong, Bali, Singapore. They also offer relocation itineraries – for expats moving from one city to another. The ‘Plan my Move’ segment helps the relocating families to find great advice on neighbouring schools, transportation advice, playgrounds, activities, babysitting recommendations, and local norms and customs.

This start-up is a shout out to all those parents who are on the verge of losing their wanderlust because of their new set of responsibilities. To know more about Kaamna and her team of mombassadors, visit www.momaboard.com.

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