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Travelers know where they want to go.
They just can't figure out how to get there.

The ease of getting somewhere is the one factor that determines whether travelers go there at all. Payments, accommodation and experiences are solved. Ground transport — the very first decision travelers make — still isn't.

15apps

Per trip, on average

12Go, Busbud, Omio, FlixBus, local apps… One trip = a dozen different apps depending on the country.

100h

Lost per trip

On transport planning alone. Search, compare, pay — then start over in a different language.

30%

Give up on their destination

For lack of accessible info. Hundreds of cities connected — but no one knows it.

Bus.  Trains.  Ferries.  Everywhere in the world.  One single app.

The story behind the app.

120+ long-distance rides across 24 countries. I’m not guessing the problem. I live it.

Young travelers have always crossed the world this way : months on the road, solo, moving through regions, not destinations. The trip has no fixed endpoint. Just the next place to reach.

But every new country means the same nightmare restarts. Which app works here? Which operator can I trust? Where does the bus actually leave? Existing transport tools were built for tourists with round trips — not for people who move like this.

The information exists. It’s just never been in one place.

— Nicolas, Founder & CEO · 24 countries · 0 flights · 120+ rides

Nepal
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Greece Greece
Turkey Turkey
Egypt Egypt
Thailand Thailand
India India
China China

45 million backpackers.
No ground transport app built for them.

Within 330 million international young travelers, 45 million identify as backpackers — long trips, multiple countries, fully digital, and entirely underserved on ground transport.

45M backpackers globally · part of 330M young travelers internationally
41 days average trip length · €300–600 spent on ground transport per journey
€2–5B current OTA market for ground transport · Trainline, Omio, redBus, Busbud combined

Who actually uses this.

Marco

Marco, 29

Germany

Berlin → Prague → Vienna → Budapest → Bucharest → Sofia → Istanbul → Tbilisi → Tashkent → Almaty → Bangkok → Chiang Mai → Luang Prabang → Hanoi → Hué → Da Nang → Ho Chi Minh → Phnom Penh → Siem Reap → Kuala Lumpur → Singapore

120 days ~€1,200 on ground transport 20+ rides 🚌 Bus 🚂 Train ⛴️ Ferry
Sofia

Sofia, 24

Spain

Mexico City → Oaxaca → San Cristóbal → Palenque → Flores → Antigua → Guatemala City → Cartagena → Medellín → Bogotá → Quito → Cuenca → Lima → Cusco → La Paz → Salar de Uyuni → Buenos Aires

75 days €680 on ground transport 14 rides 🚌 Bus 🌙 Night bus ⛴️ Boat
Léa

Léa, 26

France

Bangkok → Ayutthaya → Chiang Mai → Chiang Rai → Luang Prabang → Vang Vieng → Vientiane → Hanoi → Sapa → Ha Long Bay → Hué → Da Nang → Ho Chi Minh

45 days €245 on ground transport 8 rides 🚌 Bus 🚂 Train ⛴️ Ferry
Lars

Lars, 28

United States

Almaty → Bishkek → Issyk-Kul → Kochkor → Osh → Tashkent → Samarkand → Boukhara → Khiva

60 days €140 on ground transport 6 rides 🚌 Bus 🚐 Minivan
Tom

Tom, 27

Australia

London → Paris → Lyon → Barcelona → Madrid → Lisbon → Porto → Rome → Florence → Venice → Vienna → Prague → Berlin → Copenhagen → Oslo → Stockholm → Helsinki → Tallinn → Riga → Vilnius → Warsaw

90 days €990 on ground transport 25 rides 🚂 Train ⛴️ Ferry 🚌 Bus
Marco Sofia Léa Lars Tom

Backpackers have an app for everything.
Except getting there.

Every category solved. One gap remains. Ground transport is still the exception.

Revolut
Revolut 1 app. Pay across 195 countries.
Sayli
Saily 1 app. Stay connected with eSIM across 150+ countries.
FlixBus Omio BusBud RedBus 12Go ClickBus CheckMyBus Plataforma 10 FlixBus Omio BusBud RedBus 12Go ClickBus CheckMyBus Plataforma 10
+ 100 OTAs 100+ transport apps. 1 journey.
Hostelworld
Hostelworld 1 app. Book a bed across 180+ countries.
NordVPN
NordVPN 1 app. Secure your connection across 195 countries.

Every backpacking trip starts with exploration

We help travelers discover all routes and transportation around them.

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See where you can go from here

From your current location, the map shows every bus, train and ferry route available. No search needed — just open the map and explore what's possible.

Plan your full route in a few taps

Chain multiple rides across countries into one saved itinerary. The app finds the connections, you choose the adventure.

Every route you've taken, on your map

Your traveled routes appear on the world map. A visual record of everywhere you've been — and a window into everywhere you haven't.

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