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Journee
Planning surprise trips to unconventional destinations!
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Travel
- Lifestyle
- Wellbeing
- London, UK
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Company mission
To make exploring new cultures easy and fun.
63% female employees
Our take
Journee believes the true joy of travel often comes from moments of spontaneity. Whether it's a discovery of a hidden gem or an exciting excursion, there are lots of different things that make our traveling experiences memorable.
In 2019, UK residents took 72.6 million trips overseas. Each trip made is usually coupled with a lot of time spent browsing through a myriad of companies promising the 'experience of a lifetime'. Travelers book a trip hoping that it will meet their expectations based on reviews from people who all hold their own set of preferences for what makes a trip meaningful.
Journee looks to make its mark in the travel industry by matching users with unique destinations based on their travel personality. After filling in a 15-minute Trip Matchmaker form, the travel experts take care of everything so there's no need to research, plan or book anything. In the run-up to the trip, the travelers will be given clues about where they're going and will only find out where they're going once they've turned up at the airport.
This new approach to traveling is likely to find success with Gen Z due to its spontaneous and stress-free nature. To stay competitive within the travel industry, they will need to continue to provide best-in-class remote problem resolution to help travelers with any issues they run into.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Employee options (you’ll own a piece of Journee!)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Work from Anywhere - For up to 3 weeks per year, every year!
- And so that you can experience the product you’ve built first hand, it only seems right that every employee should enjoy a Journee trip worth £1000, on us, every year!
Company values
- Authenticity
- Courage
- Curiosity
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2022
$2.2m
SEED
Apr 2021
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.7m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Ed Tribe
(Co-Founder)Ed studied Ancient History and History at Nottingham, before becoming the Head of Growth at Depop. Most unique travel memory: going to the top of Mount Etna in Sicily, 3km upwards.
Megha Chaturvedi
(Co-Founder)Megha studied Engineering, prior to gaining an MBA and becoming the Growth Manager at Depop. Most unique travel memory: Spotting a polar bear devouring a whale in the wild in Svalbard!
James Gillard
(Technical Co-Founder)James has an MEng in Electronic Engineering, and was previously a Platform Engineer at Depop. Most unique travel memory: Climbing into the Ijen crater in Indonesia.
People progressing
Anna was promoted to a Senior Community Exec in under 2 years, before being promoted to Marketing Exec recently. Unique travel memory: Visiting a Maasai Village in the middle of Kenya's Rift Valley!
Sophie joined as employee #1 and was promoted to Senior Community Exec in under 2 years. Now, she is our Product Manager. Travel memory: Spending 48 hours alone in the mountains in southern Alaska.
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Meaningful work (1)
Hard working team (1)
My opinions are valued (1)
Flexible working (1)
Inspiring mission (1)
Growing fast (1)
Working towards inspiring people to travel curiously and adventurously feels incredibly rewarding. The driving force behind what we do is to make the world a better place through travel, and being able to contribute to that mission makes working for Journee feel very impactful.
Marketing
Meaningful work
Jan 2024
The whole team at Journee is super passionate about changing the way we travel. There is a great sense of camaraderie within the team knowing we are all working together to achieve something special. Everyone is always willing to work together and help each other, which makes it a great team to be a part of.
Marketing
Hard working team
Jan 2024
Within just the last year Journee has grown so much. Momentum is building in so many areas from our social media following to Explorers sent on trips. It's really exciting and rewarding to contribute to that growth and see more and more people get excited about Journee.
Marketing
Growing fast
Jan 2024
I think that Journee is really made exceptional by the whole team's earnest desire to get better at everything we do. Our small team lends itself to communal problem solving, so your opinion will be genuinely valued from Day 1. This means you not only feel heard at Journee, but appreciated.
Operations & Strategy
My opinions are valued
Feb 2022
A lot of travel has become commoditised, but at Journee we actively work to avoid this. We feel passionately that travelling is an emotional experience and, when done correctly, can transform how we see and interact with the world. That's a wonderful thing to be a part of!
Operations & Strategy
Inspiring mission
Feb 2022
Everyone at Journee really wants to make working at Journee work for you. Flexible working hours, location and workload makes joining the team extremely easy and seamless.
Operations & Strategy
Flexible working
Feb 2022
