Launchtrip Lets You Actually Enjoy Your Vacation

Julian Ing, Founder and CEO of Launchtrip, has a gift for us. After the past two years… hell… after the past ten years, we could all use a vacation. We all need a moment to close our eyes, turn off our brains, lie in the sun, sip champagne, and relaaaaaax. 

Unfortunately, there are logistics to figure out. That’s right. You have to do something before you do nothing. 

“Anything from finding the right accommodations to picking the right restaurant, chasing down invites – which is a pain and sometimes awkward. 

“And then obviously the biggest pain of all, chasing down money, going to your friends, having to collect all that money up. 

“Why has that never changed the last 15 – 20 years?”

Enter Launchtrip. 

“Launchtrip is the first travel booking app in the world that actually handles payment processing for groups. So we handle your invites and we do split payments.

“So for example, if you actually did book your next trip with your buddies, let’s say to Vegas, right on Launchtrip, you could pick the hotels. We even recommended really great restaurants. 

“Booking happens right on the app. And once you’re done, all of your friends get an invite to Launchtrip and they download the app, they put down their own credit card. They pay their portions. They are off to the races. 

“Just like that, you never have to chase on an invite or a payment ever again.”

Planning A Trip With Friends

If you’ve ever had to organize a group trip with friends it can be a real pain in the tuchus. Let’s say you’re planning a road trip from Philadelphia to Seattle. There are four of you plus one dog and you have one week to complete the trip. Which route do you take? North or south? Where do you stay and when? What do you eat? How much gas and food money do we budget? What are we going to do when we arrive at a stop? 

There’s an incredible amount of logistics to plan. Usually, it falls to one brave soldier to take on the coordinating responsibilities. Some are better at it than others. But, no matter how comfortable you are demanding money and availabilities from people, it can be tiring and discouraging. 

If your friends are difficult (because we all know that Jill is needlessly difficult), it can ruin the excitement of the trip. Preparing for a trip shouldn’t take so much energy and time, but it does. We all want to have a great trip, and proper preparation can help guarantee that. 

Launchtrip takes all the stress and hassle of preparing for a trip and does it for you. Leaving you to place all of your energy in enjoying yourself with your friends. 

“You can travel by car, train, walk, bus. It doesn’t matter how you get there. We care a lot about what you do when you do get there. So, if you’re planning a trip, once you’re there, we really do care about it. Our ethos of the company is to really build the best experience we can for our users.”

There For You 24/7

Another critical feature of Launchtrip that you won’t find with other travel services is 24/7 customer support. No matter what or when Launchtrip is available to help you out. Even if you’re in the middle of transit, you can reach someone to give you a helping hand. 

“We’re really big on SMS text. It allows us to provide 24-7 support to all of our users whenever they need it, right? So whether they’re in the middle of transportation or they’ve ended up looking for accommodations or their lost or available to them [we provide help] 24-7.” 

The idea that it’s too late to get customer service because you’re already “wheels up” dies with Launchtrip. 

Only Up From Here

Launchtrip is just getting started. As the world emerges from a pandemic (or tries to if people would just take the effing vaccine, KAREN!), we will begin to travel again. And we will need help. Because, after all of the everything, we need a vacation. 

“Our goal for the remaining part of this year is just to make sure our systems are in place. We can scale customer support is all set up. So, next year is really about growth. We want to … expand our brand, not just in the U.S., not just in Canada, but internationally. 

“We want to expand to at least 70 cities next year globally. We also want to really start scaling our users. We want to hit our one to three million milestone by the middle of next year, and we’re built to do that. 

“But by the end of next year, we’re hoping that travel comes back a little bit bigger and gives us a little bit more support.”

This author will definitely be using Launchtrip to get as far away from everything as possible. Momma needs a vacation. STAT.