33 Travel & Tourism App Business Ideas You Can Start Today [2023]
Interested in starting a travel & tourism app business in 2023?
We put together 32 of the best travel & tourism app businesses you can start in today.
For each business idea, we’ll show you real-world examples of other travel & tourism app businesses to help you see what it really takes.
Here's the full list:
1. Start a city guides app business
How much you can make: $75,000 — $114,200,000/month
How Jessica Baumgart founded a successful food tour business in Denver, which broke even and started making a profit after just three months, generating $20,000/month in revenue from offering different food tour experiences.
2. Start a lounge finder app business
3. Start a car rental app business
How much you can make: $2,000 — $583,333/month
Subskryb is a luxury vehicle subscription service founded by Giovanni Smith, Kendell Johnson, and Preston Martelly that allows car owners to rent their high-end cars and renters to book them daily, weekly, or monthly, building a VAAS model with car owners and renters.
4. Start a travel itinerary generator app business
How much you can make: $550,000/month
Find out how Lillian Rafson started a travel agency that plans surprise getaways around the United States and sent 25,000+ travelers to 100+ destinations nationwide since launching in 2016, with a business model that takes a 20% service fee for planning trips and earns commission on hotel reservations.
5. Start a location-based alerts app business
6. Start a tours search app business
How much you can make: $13,083,333 — $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
7. Start a flight booking app business
How much you can make: $30,000 — $364,000/month
Mirai Flights is an app-forward private jet booking service with a focus on UK, Europe, Middle East and CIS states, that allows customers to bypass the long wait times with more than 30 parameters analysed in less than 30 seconds, achieving $4.37m turnover from March to December 2021, and planning to increase it up to $10.2m and expand internationally in the future.
8. Start an emergency service app business
9. Start a restrooms finder app business
10. Start a currency rate converter app business
11. Start a travel app business
Traveling has become an essential part of people’s lives. A travel app business can help you tap into the ever-growing travel industry, providing a platform for travelers to explore new destinations and experiences.
By offering a wide range of services such as booking flights, hotels, rental cars, and tour packages, a travel app can become a one-stop-shop for all travel-related needs. Moreover, it can provide users with valuable information about travel destinations, including popular tourist spots, local customs, and safety tips, making their travel experience more enjoyable and stress-free.
With an intuitive, feature-packed app that caters to diverse globetrotter needs and makes travel more epic, connected, and memorable, you can position your platform as a must-have tool for modern adventurers across the world.
How much you can make: $60,000 — $114,200,000/month
How much does it cost to start: $9,999 (?)
How long does it take to build: 75 days (?)
LuggageHero CEO Jannik Lawaetz founded a network of short-term luggage storage options with +40 locations across the world and raised $2.25 million in funding in 2019, with aims to expand to +1800 locations using a POI algorithm, offering customers value and building a reliable team.
12. Start a weather forecast app business
13. Start a cab/ taxi app business
14. Start a deal finder app business
How much you can make: $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
15. Start a local public transport accessing app business
16. Start a language translation app business
How much you can make: $5,000 — $13,500,000/month
Lotuly is a remote translation agency with over 500 translators across the globe, offering translation & localization services in over 90 languages and 40 subjects for e-commerce, e-learning, software & marketing companies, universities, and legal firms.
17. Start a gas station finder app business
18. Start a kids friendly places finder apps business
How much you can make: $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
19. Start an accommodation booking app business
How much you can make: $200,000 — $114,200,000/month
Casa Mia Coliving, a sustainable and modern co-living and property management company in Singapore offering affordable accommodation, has an annualized revenue of $2.5M with 150 bedrooms across popular neighborhoods, attracting young professionals and boasting a 10x LTV/CAC ratio, all while focusing on unit economics and profitable growth.
20. Start a travel destination finder app business
Travelling is always an exciting adventure. Travelers want to explore the world and find new places to visit. The travel destination finder app helps travelers find their desired destinations and plan their trips accordingly. The app can be downloaded on smartphones, tablets, and laptops. It has a user-friendly interface that is easy to use.
The user can enter their preferred location, travel date, budget, interests, etc., and the app provides a list of destinations that match these parameters.
Travel app provides information about:
- The best time to visit these destinations for each season.
- Things that should be taken care of before traveling.
- Details about visa requirements.
- Top tourist attractions in different countries etc.
How much you can make: $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
21. Start a museum tours booking app business
How much you can make: $250,000/month
Meet Museum Hack: The NYC-based company that made $2.8 million in revenue in 2018, offering renegade tours of the world's best museums through VIP, fast-paced, story-based, and social events, and now adapting to social distancing with online storytelling workshops.
22. Start a world clock time converter business
23. Start a social media platform app business
How much you can make: $2,000 — $14,500/month
Pallyy, a social media scheduling platform built for social media agencies and managers, achieved almost 100% growth in the last three months, from $1300 MRR to $2450 MRR, after founder Tim Bennetto shifted focus to a particular niche of users and built new features, although he admitted to naming and branding mistakes.
24. Start an e-sccooter app business
25. Start a restaurant table reservation app business
How much you can make: $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
26. Start a white label food delivery app
Nowadays, people prefer ordering food online rather than cooking at home. The trend has created a high demand for food delivery apps.
Are you interested in starting a food delivery app and selling it to restaurants and food delivery people?
Coding your food delivery app could take weeks, if not months. The white label food delivery app could be a much more convenient and cheaper option. A white label food delivery app is software provided unbranded (by the software developer) to you as the reseller. You rebrand the application and sell it to restaurants and food delivery companies as if it were your developed software.
With the white label food delivery app, you can choose to rent or lease the tool under a monthly or annual subscription.
27. Start a socialising app business
28. Start a travel payment app business
How much you can make: $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
29. Start a navigation app business
30. Start a luggage tracker app business
31. Start a tour guide booking app business
How much you can make: $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
32. Start an adventure sports booking app business
How much you can make: $500,000 — $114,200,000/month
Tripadvisor is a global travel advice network with over 1 billion reviews and recommendations from almost 8 million companies that generated 902 million U.S. dollars in global revenue in 2021, representing a 49% increase from the previous year.
- 4,818 founder case studies
- Access to our founder directory
- Live events, courses and recordings
- 8,628 business ideas
- $1M in software savings
"An amazing network of founders that truly want to help each other grow their business."
