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Tastemaker-driven concierge to plan your perfect trip
Owen Williams
Journy — Tastemaker-driven concierge to plan your perfect trip
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Elizabeth
So #BlackCard concierge travel services, a la carte? Nice. @gojourny @amy_guo @susan_ho @leitihsu @ow
Susan Ho
@elizabethhunker @gojourny @amy_guo @leitihsu @ow Funny enough, an early beta tester actually told us he cancelled his AMEX black card after using Journy for his Tokyo trip. We've found that credit card concierge services are great at getting you in to a place you want to go to, but fall short at helping you discover the hidden gems and spots you might not know about. And that's where we at Journy come in!
Owen Williams
This new service from my friends at Journy is seriously cool. I saw it in action in New York, and was blown away – no more relying on Foursquare or TripIt when you're in town. For $15 a day they take care of everything, getting you a customized itinerary for your trip, and they'll help you in real time once you're there. They have a great network of people who know everything about destinations, and for the price I think it's killer.
Melissa Monte
@leitihsu is hands-down the most connected, not to mention dedicated, person I've ever met in food and travel. I've been lucky enough to get her recommendations personally over the last year and can say I would 100% trust this service.
zé pinto ferreira
Looks awesome! I travel so much for work and never have time to plan out a trip... this is a no brainer to get. Are you guys planning on ever doing virtual group tours? The best hack I have to make short-term friends is hitting up meetups. Pairing with another traveller would be way awesomer.
Amy Guo
Great idea @zemvpferreira. We are thinking about how to incorporate video into our itineraries to give our customer a better understanding of the recommendations…But right now because the majority of our travelers are solo or couples, that's where our focus is.
Taylor Crane
I used Journy on my trip to Iceland last month. I highly recommend it. The concierge provided us with certain recommendations that turned out to be some of the best moments of the trip, and we would have never known about them without Journy. We used it to compliment our existing itinerary, but at $15/day it's a complete no brainer.
Robin Singhvi
Just signed up. Excited to see my Paris trip planned! And @15/day, it is truly a steal! Fingers crossed that they expand to Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence and Avignon in the next couple of months. Just in time for my trip in March! :)
John Edgar
Yes! cool to see Journy on PH, used it for a trp for Paris and I was totally blown away by how good the itinerary was, would never have found half the spots without it. Even living in Manhattan it a really simply way to plan a staycation. Super rad travel platform.
Susan Ho
@jedgar thanks for sharing your feedback here!
Nisha Garigarn
Amazing!! Can't wait to try Journy out for my upcoming trip to Iceland :) I just requested my itinerary and loved the survey!
Susan Ho
@nishsticks Amazing! Can't wait to help you out there. Iceland is gorgeeeeee.
Aravindhan
Love the concept. Makes the trip planning more interesting. I have some questions: 1. Any plans to make "ready to go" itineraries based on the user's preferences, that one can unlock and start using right away? For ex: Over a period, the team might see repeated itinerary request for Italy(with every user's preference more or less not changing much). 2. Does Journy get some monetary benefits from the places(say restaurants) recommended by the team? I'm looking forward to using this service to plan effectively for my future vacations.
Susan Ho
@rangaravind 1) We are considering providing some free basic guides (a few can actually be found over at www.gojourny.com/stories). However, the real benefit of Journy is not just getting the right set of recommendations, it's also getting the reservations and bookings needed to enjoy that trip! 2) We have partnerships with hotels to get our travelers better perks, but we do not and will NEVER take payment from restaurants to recommend them to our travelers. We're all about super transparent pricing so it's just a flat rate of $15 / day, and any activities that require advance booking are done with no additional fees for travelers. Look forward to helping you with your next Journy!
Michael Ducker
Journy helped plan a perfect adventure for me in Copenhagen. 1) they arranged activities in a natural walkable flow that took me around the city 2) they told me exactly where it was hip to stay 3) the places they recommended were on all my friends lists and highly ranked on foursquare - eg they were the places I would have gone but without any of the work to figure it out. 4) for the first time traveling in a foreign country I got to eat at nice restaurants because they arranged dinner reservations. Will absolutely use again, excited to see their launch!
Joel Wish
I was one of the early customers of Journey and have to say, it's damn cool. These ladies know their way around the cities you want to visit. It's like having that local friend who knows all the good spots...
Sarah Arnold
Pumped to see you guys up here! This is an awesome team - no one I would trust more with where to go.
Vishal Agarwal
Congratulations @susan_ho @leitihsu @amy_guo for a great product and launch. It was great hearing you speak today at TechTable. Wishing you all all the best.
Susan Ho
@vishal1982 @leitihsu @amy_guo Thanks so much Vishal! Wish we had a chance to connect in person there!
Susan Ho
Hi everyone! I'm Susan, one of the founders of Journy. We created Journy to handle the most important part of your travel — figuring out what to do when you get to your destination. Journy is a personal travel concierge that uses real human expertise. Our recommendations come from hand-picked top chefs and experts. While we liken Journy to having an in-the-know local friend tell you what's best to do there, Journy goes beyond that by taking care of restaurant reservations, as well as hotel and activity bookings. We're currently live in over 50 cities around the world. While other travel concierge services focus on helping you book your flights and hotel, Journy focuses on making sure you have the best plan while you're there, with an interface that makes it easy to keep track of all the things you want to do (without having to go through the pain of learning a new tool to do it yourself). Journy is currently available at the introductory price of $15 per day of travel (2 day trip = $30). - Susan
Lisa Q. Fetterman
I use this every time I travel to a new city. It is seriously spot on! I recommend it to everyone I know that is traveling somewhere new.
Edlyn Yuen
I LOVE Journy. I used it on my vacation last year to Montreal and it made planning so much easier - especially since we were with a group of friends who wanted to see the "best of everything." A friend is coming into town in a few weeks, and I plan on using Journy to customize our game plan :)
Susan Ho
@edlynyuen thanks for sharing this amazing feedback. Look forward to helping you and your friend find the best things to do in your city. I love staycations!
Geetika Agrawal
Congratulations Journy Team! What a fabulous idea to make travel easy and personal. A concierge for $15 on your finger-tips (um.. thumbs) is a no-brainer. Look forward to trying it out : )
Susan Ho
@geetika896 Thanks Geetika! Can't wait to help you with your next Journy ;-)
Caroline Stern
I used journey for a trip to lake Como, and am now a customer for life! The amazing itinerary, gorgeous interface, and top notch support is worth so much more than the $15/day price. The team is passionate about travel and food, and that passion carries through to the product. Looking forward to my next journy!! @susan_ho I'd travel blindly with you at the helm.
Susan Ho
@linistern shucks! thanks for using Journy for your trip even in our early days!
Sachin Agarwal
My wife and I are traveling around the world and we've been using Journy to help plan a big chunk of our trip. We save a ton of time and we're discovering a bunch of hidden gems we couldn't have found otherwise. We absolutely love the service!
Susan Ho
@agarwal so glad we're able to help! look forward to planning many more adventures for you guys!
Jason Keath ⚡️
Big fan of Journy. Makes a trip to any new city so much more worthwhile. We get way more out of the trips we take when we use the trip planning services from Journy. Use it. Share it. You will not regret it.