TravelMuse is an inspirational travel-planning Web site that combines planning tools with stimulating travel content, such as professionally written travel articles, stunning photography, and city guides on hundreds of worldwide destinations.

Site visitors can use the industry’s first Inspiration Finder to discover destinations based on individual preferences and needs and build out vacation plans in the TravelMuse Planner, all trip plans can be shared securely with family and friends. Air, car, hotel, cruises and packages reservations can be made through a comprehensive booking engine to complete vacation arrangements. (Reservations made on TravelMuse.com are powered by World Choice Travel, a division of Travelocity.com LP).

Founded by avid travelers, the team hails from various technology and media backgrounds and is motivated to improve the online travel-planning experience.

The company was originally founded as TripOvation and changed its name to TravelMuse in Q3 2007

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
05/01/07 Series A 3M NGN Capital Unknown

People

Dorothy Pavloff (Board Member)

Donna Airoldi (Editorial Director)

Frank Murialdo (Lead Engineer)

Jay GaBany (Director of Product Management)

Eric Wood (VP of Products & Co-Founder)

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