Wandertrails, A Travel Start-up, Has Raised 1 Million USD in Seed Funding

Company plans to build India’s largest experiential travel network by 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka – June 23, 2017 /MarketersMedia/ —

Wandertrails, a Bengaluru-based online experiential travel platform has raised 1 million USD in seed funding. Wandertrails has raised the funds from Earlsfield Capital, a UK-based venture capital firm of entrepreneurs-turned-investors. It equips the start-up with the finances to support its plans for expanding operations across the country and create innovative products for its growing set of clients.
This comes as a reaffirmation of the vision of Wandertrails. It will give the company a strong financial cushion for executing its expansion plans on a pan-India basis. said Vishnu Menon, co-founder & CEO of the company.

Launched in 2016, Wandertrails aims to bring experiential travel to the forefront in India. The intent is to enable people to experience a place for what it is in real, says Narayana Menon K, co-founder and CMO of Wandertrails. By curating and digitally presenting the known, the lesser known and often the not-yet-known to the world, new age travellers get to truly experience the place than merely visit it.

Wandertrails offers its customers over 6,000 experiential stays such as camping stays, homestays, tented stays, heritage homes, houseboats, tree houses and boutique resorts, and immersive activities in 68 destinations across 14 states in India, namely Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab. There are no run-of-the-mill block hotels on offer. The company also offers activities such as adventure trails, treks, culinary sessions, cycling tours, wellness sessions, art trails and food and heritage walks. Wandertrails aims to build Indias largest network of experiential stays and what it calls immersive activities by 2020.

Meraj Alam, Managing Partner, Earlsfield said, “We were super-impressed with their ability to execute and the supply they have built in a very short time in a capital-efficient manner. We talked to a large number of their customers, both from within India and Europe, and the net promoter scores we have witnessed are incredibly high. We believe this is the next iteration in travel and we are very positive they are building a strong business with great fundamentals.”

For travellers looking for help in crafting trips, especially those from the USA, Canada, Europe and Middle East, Wandertrails has a concierge service which helps them fine-tune the itinerary to the last detail and is backed up with robust customer support. Visit www.wandertrails.com and start exploring.

ABOUT WANDERTRAILS

Wandertrails was originally launched in July of 2016 by Narayana Menon K, Vishnu Menon K, Sruti Ramesh Chander, Pranav Kumar Suresh and Hari Gangadharan Nair. It is an online platform that provides on-demand booking of various experiences indigenous to a certain area, in addition to related experiential accommodations. The site offers a curated marketplace model that focuses on deep listings and integrity. With more and more travelers searching for the thrill of adventure, offbeat accommodations, and unique experiences, Wandertrails is the site that delivers what they are searching for.

Contact Info:
Name: Narayan Menon
Organization: Wandertrails.com
Address: Bengaluru, Karnataka 560068
Phone: +9196325 63535

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