Travel Association

Travel Association Success Stories [2024]

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Updated: October 8th, 2024

Looking to unite travelers under one comprehensive umbrella? Consider starting a travel association. A travel association is a membership-based organization that provides resources, discounts, and community to avid travelers.

Your role involves networking with travel service providers to secure exclusive deals and coordinating member activities such as workshops, webinars, and group tours. This is not a passive undertaking; managing memberships, organizing events, and creating valuable travel content will demand time and dedication.

However, for those passionate about exploring the world and helping others do the same, a travel association offers a fulfilling and potentially lucrative path. Imagine cultivating a vibrant community of travel enthusiasts who rely on your organization to enhance their travel experiences. If you are driven by wanderlust and have excellent organizational skills, this could be your ideal venture.

In this list, you'll find real-world travel association success stories and very profitable examples of starting a travel association that makes money.

1. CuddlyNest ($2.8M/year)

Ritesh Raj, the co-founder and COO of CuddlyNest, came up with the idea for the accommodation booking platform after years of traveling to over 100 countries and realizing the pain points of finding diverse types of accommodations. Alongside his co-founder, they decided to create a centralized platform that offers all kinds of properties for all types of travelers. Since its launch, CuddlyNest has raised over $14 million in funding and has plans for continued growth and expansion.

How much money it makes: $2.8M/year
How many people on the team: 72

How We Solved A Major Pain Point With Travelers And Built An All-In-One Booking Platform [$2.1M Sales in 2022]

CuddlyNest has become the only online travel agency that offers all types of accommodations in one platform, with inventory currently including over 4 million properties of all types in 80k+ cities, and is expecting to hire more than fifty new employees in the coming months.

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