Best Online Travel Companies in Melbourne, Australia
The 43 best Online Travel companies in Melbourne, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: luxury escapes.
Ranked: Best Online Travel companies in Melbourne
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | luxury escapes Luxury Escapes is a travel business operator. | $70M | 54 mo ago | Series C | — | 2009 | MopinionZendeskApple iCloud Mail+38 | 1 partnership · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 2 | Rome2rio Online metasearch platform for multiple travel services | $3M | 145 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2010 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceRuby+21 | — |
| 3 | ShareRing Decentralized sharing economy | $3M | 74 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 2 launchs |
| 4 | Kamelpay Provider of corporate payment cards and payroll processing solutions | $1M | 53 mo ago | Seed | Zishan Rahman Co-Founder & CTO | 2020 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+23 | — |
| 5 | Expense Check Expense and Supplier Management | $1M | 125 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | Tripalocal Online P2P marketplace for tours & activities | $850K | 134 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jemma Xu Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | Airguides Online marketplace for travel guides created by travel influencers | $400K | 95 mo ago | Early Stage | Paul Rowsthorn Co-Founder & CEO | 1997 | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+17 | — |
| 8 | YouLi Travel White-label group travel management solution | $200K | 87 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | — |
Top 9 Online Travel companies in Melbourne
#1
Series C · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2009 · 600 employees$70Mraised▾
Operator of a travel website intended to provide holiday plans through a free membership program. The company offers exclusively negotiated prices for hotels, resorts, villas, tours and cruises, enabling clients to enjoy premium vacations.
#2
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2020 · 34 employees$1Mraised▾
Provider of corporate payment cards and payroll processing solutions. The company offers platforms for managing employee onboarding, expense automation, and salary disbursement. It provides digital applications for accessing financial information, remitting funds, and paying bills. The company also facilitates employee access to earned wages and installment plans.
- Mar 2022Seed$1M
#3
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 48 employees$2.9Mraised▾
ShareRing is a decentralized peer-to-peer sharing economy which claims to enable users to share almost everyday products and services with others. Aims to centralize the fragmented sharing market across the world. All the transactions on its platform are conducted in the native token.
- Jun 2020Seed—
- Mar 2018Angel$2.9M
#4
Acquired · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2010 · 94 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Rome2rio is an online metasearch platform for multiple travel services such as flight, train, bus, ferry, rideshare, rental car & more. It provides a multi-modal travel search technology to deliver door-to-door travel itineraries. Bookings can be done via the platform by making an online payment. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.
- Jul 2014Grant (prize money)$800K
- Sep 2013Angel$1.2M
- Dec 2012Grant (prize money)$385K
- May 2012Angel$450K
#5
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 10 employees$200Kraised▾
YouLi is a SaaS-based custom branded group travel management solution for travel groups, group tour operators and group travel agencies. The solution enables users to create travel groups, create & share personalized itineraries, manage documents & bookings, send automated e-mails, and manage surveys. Additionally, the platform also provides a metasearch engine which enables users to make bookings on redirection to third-party websites. It is available for a monthly subscription fee depending on the user requirement.
- May 2019Angel$200K
#6
Early Stage · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 1997 · 4 employees$400Kraised▾
Airguides is an online marketplace for travel guides curated by vetted travel influencers (called Trip Creators) such as photographers, writers, bloggers, and local experts. Trip creators can sign up on the platform and publish offline accessible travel guides along with recommendations & insider tips. Travelers can browse through travel guides based on its destination & author. Additionally, users can also connect with travelers going to the same destination. Its mobile app is available for iOS and Android devices.
- Sep 2018Unattributed$400K
#7
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014$1Mraised▾
Expense check is a market place. It compares the prices of SME suppliers with the best in market and helps SMEs to connect with the best value supplier. It saves a lot of money for SMEs. It also provides an option for automatic switching. Based on preference, Expense Check will switch to the best value supplier automatically.
- Mar 2016Seed$1M
#8
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 9 employees$850Kraised▾
Tripalocal is an online platform for travelers to discover & book tours/activities. Travelers can explore tours, connect with tour providers & book via the platform by making an online payment.
- Jun 2015Seed$850K
#9
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2015 · 6 employees—raised▾
Chozun is an app for business travellers which provides suggestions for personal services like massages, salons, restaurants to the users based on their choices. Also provides customised corporate packages and discounts, event tickets to users as an incentive. Charges a convenience fee of 15%.
- Jun 2016Series A—
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