Green cliffs dropping into the Atlantic on the north coast of Madeira

Discover places through people you trust

Save your favourite spots, share them with friends and find hidden gems recommended by people you actually know.

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Free to download for iPhone and Android.

Inside the app

Your friends' best tips, on one map

Tap through the app and see how TravRec works.

Home feed with friends' travrecs and the category filter open
Friends screen with a pending request and a list of friends
3D globe at night with travrec pins across Europe and North Africa
Your TravRecs: your own saved spots, like Chapada Diamantina and Monkey Beach

From our beta community

Real feedback. Real people.

“It’s cool to see my saved spots from my last trip to Japan.”
“I like the map feature to check out my friends’ favourite places!”
“I would use the app on my next backpacking trip!”
Our story

Built by travellers, for travellers

We're a team of travel enthusiasts, backpackers and digital nomads, passionate about authentic experiences and sustainable ways to explore the world.

On our journeys we keep meeting amazing people who share their stories and their favourite places with us. Those tips always led to the best moments of a trip, and they always got lost in some chat.

So we're building an app that makes it easy to share your favourite places, hidden gems and trusted recommendations with friends and your community. A more personal way to discover the world.

To help travellers experience the world beyond tourist traps by sharing real insights, hidden gems and local knowledge.

To build a global network where travellers share authentic experiences and inspire each other to explore the world more deeply.

The team

Three travellers, 136 passport stamps

Between us we've seen a lot of the world, and the best of it came from other people's tips.

Nikolai travelling
Nikolai
Favourite placeSecret islandMexico

Nikolai

Co-Founder & CEO

42 countries visited

Travel style
Backpacking, hidden gems, hammocks & local conversations
Loves
Discovering places through people

“A gap year in New Zealand, studies across Europe and North Africa and a semester in Budapest taught me one thing: the best places I found came from people, not from rankings.”

Philipp travelling
Philipp
Favourite placePatagoniaChile & Argentina

Philipp

Co-Founder & COO

84 countries visited

Travel style
Solo backpacking, adventures, cultural exchange
Loves
Hiking and trying new food

“I’ve been solo backpacking since I was 18, exploring the world and connecting with people wherever I go. Later I spent two years on the road full-time. Now I want to help others experience travel beyond the tourist hotspots.”

Elias travelling
Elias
Favourite placeTokushimaJapan

Elias

Co-Founder & CTO

10 countries visited

Travel style
Backpacking, quality over quantity
Loves
Snorkeling

“For me it’s quality over quantity. I spent 1.5 years in Japan and love really getting to know a place. Today I’m the developer behind every line of the TravRec app.”

Release notes

What's new in TravRec

We keep improving TravRec with every release, shaped by feedback from our beta community.

Version 0.9.1

LatestDetails

Improvements

  • A short message asks you to wait a few seconds if an image is still being compressed

Performance

  • Much faster image compression

Bugs fixed

  • A new avatar now shows up in comments right away, without restarting the app reported by @wakame
  • Liking your own travrec no longer shows negative likes reported by @ghosty
See all release notes

Real places. Real gems.

Your next trip starts with a friend's tip

Get TravRec, add your friends and start collecting the places worth going to.

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Supported by HHL Digital Space – The Entrepreneurship Hub Hohenlohe4Talents