About

Mobility impaired travellers may need months to design their trip because of the complexity and lack of credible and updated online information. Countless times, they are anxious whether they will get the services that they paid for when reaching their destination. To build on these, 88% of them state that the information they receive before travelling is insufficient, 96% have faced an accommodation issue during their trip and 70% are dissatisfied with their overall travel experience. orbito travel, a comprehensive online travel platform, empowers disabled travellers to book their trips with confidence, enhancing their travel experience, focusing on a tourism segment that is considered niche but has the wish and the means to travel

Solution & Product

orbito travel empowers travellers to plan and book their travel in an easy and effortless way. Focusing on the accessibility chain throughout, provided services, all accessible, are presented into the following categories: - How to get there: including air tickets, ferry tickets, train tickets, bus tickets - Where to stay: including hotels, hostels, apartments, camping, cruises - What to do: including museums, workshops, city tours, day cruises - Where to eat and drink: including restaurants, cafes, bars - How to move around: including car rental, pickup service, taxis, black cars - What’s extra: including personal assistant options, wheelchair travel insurance, wheelchair rental The travellers select the services of their interest, add them to the shopping cart and complete their order in a single online credit card transaction. For each venue, which is included in orbito travel, an in-house Virtual Tour is produced, visually justifying accessible features.

Innovation & Scalability

orbito travel is designed in such a way to fully cater all the needs of the accessible chain. It does not focus on one or two components of a trip but offers accessible options for any part of travel. The unique selling point of orbito travel are the following: - personalised results with focus on the traveller’s ability needs - virtual tours: an in-house Virtual Tour is produced for each venue, in order to justify the accessibility and allow the travellers to take the final decision with confidence - accessible chain: the service is online, covering all the travel needs and is booked - online in a single credit card transaction - trip coordination: all the required paperwork, to make travel hassle free, is handled by the orbito travel team All the processes of orbito travel operation are documented and streamlined, in such a way to ensure quality and consistency, allowing a scalable model.

Traction & achievements

orbito travel was established in 2022 and has achieved recognition of its impact on the accessible travel since. Starting with the EIT Digital Venture Program, the company was initially formed. Being part of the 5th cycle of the CapsuleT Accelerator (supported by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels), orbito travel won the 2nd award and developed its presence in the tourism sector and awareness in the disabled community. Finally, in 2023, being a finalist at the mit gsw competition, orbito travel secured a spot at the StartSmart SEE Accelerator and was awarded with the 1st runner up position.

Team & Why Us

orbito travel has two founders, who complement each other. One founder has a background and more than 20 year experience in the travel industry, whereas the other founder has a background and more than 20 year experience in the e-commerce industry.

Funding Needs

orbito travel secured a pre-seed round for €125.000. The funds shall be used to accelerate our growth for new accessible destinations to be added in our platform, new services development and new hires in marketing, sales and support of accessible new destinations.