Top Woman-Owned Travel Companies That Should Be on Your Radar in 2025

It probably won’t come as any surprise to you that women are a formidable force in travel. Women make up more than half of today’s leisure travelers, and are responsible for nearly 85% of all travel decisions – for themselves, their friends, their spouses, and their families!

And those stats are climbing. In the past few years, searches for solo female travel tips, top solo female travel destinations, and advice on getting started have increased steadily as more and more women feel empowered to take a trip. 

As a woman in the travel industry myself, I know travel blogging is skewed largely towards women, which is great as women still make up just 36% of small business owners worldwide. But in many ways, the opposite is still true of the larger tourism workforce. While 54% of employees in tourism are women, they often earn 14.7% less than their male counterparts and are nearly 6X less likely to reach an executive leadership position. 

Crazy, right? You would think that if women were making the majority of the travel decisions worldwide, they might have an easier shot at getting representation at the top of the food chain in the tourism industry, no? 

These are the questions that keep me up at night.

It’s because of this disparity that I get extra giddy when I learn about different women-owned businesses in travel that are rewriting the script, forging their own paths, and normalizing women getting a seat at the table in the tourism industry. 

While it might seem small, booking with, buying from, and supporting woman-owned travel companies not only benefits women’s travel, it directly boosts gender equality in tourism and the opportunity to both explore – and earn – on a level playing field. 

So, I spoke with the female CEOs and founders of some of my favorite woman-owned travel companies to spotlight their amazing businesses for you. And each year, I select new and up-and-coming women-owned businesses to add to this list so you know exactly how and where to support women in travel.

From adventure apparel and social enterprises, to travel communities and unique experiences for both men and women, here’s why these companies need to be on your radar if they aren’t already!

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Woman-Owned Travel Companies That Should Be On Your Radar in 2025

1. Wanderful

• Founder / CEO: Beth Santos
• Type of Travel Company: Community, Events
• Website: sheswanderful.com/join

What Is Wanderful?

Wanderful is an international collective of travelers and travel content creators on a mission to make travel better for all women. Wanderful offers a hybrid online/offline membership community giving women the chance to make lifelong travel connections both at home and abroad through a global hosting network, an exclusive 24/7 member app, and local chapter events in cities around the world, plus travel and professional webinars hosted by an in-house team of resident experts. They are the creators of the popular travel marketing event WITS (Women in Travel Summit), the annual Bessie Awards, and the first major outdoor travel festival by and for women, Wanderfest. 

How Did Wanderful Start?

Beth started Wanderful as a blog in 2009 while living in Sao Tome and Principe, a small two-island nation off Africa’s west coast. The reality is that women make 80-85% of consumer decisions in travel, but are woefully underrepresented in travel industry marketing and leadership. They’re constantly faced with messaging related to safety or fashion — and not much in between — and lack a strong support network. Wanderful was first created to share some of the real stories of women, and now does so much more, challenging the travel industry to do better, amplifying the work of women who are content creators and small business owners, and encouraging travelers to be mindful of their local impact and the effects of their travels.

What Makes Wanderful Unique?

Every month, Wanderful donates a portion of member dues to an organization doing great things for women and girls around the world. They also do a lot of work in equitable representation and DEI, and especially in supporting and amplifying the voices of a diversity of women.

2. Kind Traveler

• Co-Founder / CEO: Jessica Blotter
• Type of Travel Company: Hotel Booking, Giving Back
• Website: kindtraveler.com

What Is Kind Traveler?

Kind Traveler, a women and veteran-owned public benefit corporation, as well as the first socially-conscious Give + Get hotel booking and media platform that empowers travelers to positively impact the communities they visit. Through the Give + Get platform, travelers can unlock exclusive rates and perks when they give a minimum of a $10 donation to a locally vetted charity that positively impacts the community they are visiting. 100% of donations go to charity and travelers will receive impact metrics to learn exactly how their dollars are being put to work with various community and environmental charities. To date, travelers can explore 170 hotels and 100+ charities in 23 countries. 

When booking with Kind Traveler, travelers will additionally learn about the initiatives Kind Hotels have in place to advance community impact, environmental sustainability, and individual wellness. Lastly, through the Kind Traveler Blogzine, travelers will find educational content to inspire responsible and sustainable travel, learn about the regenerative practices of hotels, women-owned hotels, destinations that are advancing stewardship, and more. 

In a recent Kind Traveler study, 96% of travelers indicated that it was important to ensure their travel dollars made a positive impact in local communities. However, more than 50% of travelers find this to be confusing or don’t know how to make a positive impact within communities. Kind Traveler makes it easy to find hotels committed to social responsibility and give back in a meaningful way to charities that are woven into the interconnectedness of the health and well-being of communities and destinations. In turn, trip satisfaction increases, and travelers are filled with a sense of purpose knowing that they are helping to leave destinations better than before they arrived. 

How Did Kind Traveler Start?

During a trip to Belize, Jessica and her co-founder, Sean Krejci, witnessed heart-breaking poverty, polluted swamps, and the plight of emaciated dogs on the streets. As animal rescue volunteers in the U.S., they had a difficult time ignoring the begging dogs. They made a choice to feed the dogs and unintentionally inspired other travelers to get involved. The feelings of helplessness turned to hope as they yearned for a way for their travel dollars to make a lasting, meaningful impact in the local community. 

When they returned home, they asked themselves: “What if we could create a way for travelers to easily make a meaningful positive impact within the communities they visit and in turn, be filled up with a greater sense of joy and purpose while traveling?” After years of development, the answer was Kind Traveler.

What Makes Kind Traveler Unique?

Kind Traveler has 10 core causes and 100+ charities that are actively advancing the UN’s Global Goals. Causes range from wildlife conservation, environmental sustainability, human rights, public benefit, arts and culture, and more. 

A $10 donation can go a long way! Here are a few examples of what a $10 donation can do:

• Plant 10 trees with One Tree Planted, helping to restore forests and create habitat for biodiversity
• Provide a clean water filter that serves up to 2,500 per day with Imagine Thailand Foundation 
• Provide three weeks of food to three rescued wildlife patients with the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW Clinic)

3. Opulist

• Founder / CEO: Sara Bacon
• Type of Travel Company: Aesthetics-Driven Directory of Hotels, Bars, Restaurants and More
• Website: opulist.co

What Is Opulist?

Opulist is a database that prioritizes ambiance over anything else. The directory of places to eat, drink, and stay has been scouted, vetted, and built out to bring you the most aesthetically appealing destinations wherever you may find yourself, all with a quick location search + only beautiful photos to browse through.

How Did Opulist Start?

The idea for Opulist was born in founder Sara Bacon’s brain after too many hours spent googling haphazard search phrases yielding messy results, and from the desperate desire for a site like this to exist in the world. She and her team research and scout locations by city, profiling each business, and list them in an abundantly stocked database of the most beautiful locations this world has to offer.

What Makes Opulist Unique?

This isn’t your typical Yelp or Google Review page—you won’t find sponsored results, reviews from strangers, or low quality images here. Instead, you’ll find categories and filters like: “city,” “hotel,” “coffee shop,” “rooftop,” “work remote,” or “view.”

If you like to plan your travels based on cute photo ops or that specific vibe, Opulist is your new inspiration board. Its website is highly curated and vetted with heavy on beautiful imagery so you don’t have to spend forever bouncing from different sites to see what the vibe or interior of a place is like.

4. Sojrn

• Founder / CEO: Tara Cappel
• Type of Travel Company: International Adult Study Abroad Programs
• Website: sojrn.travel

What Is Sojrn?

Sojrn is a modern study abroad program for adults. Sojrn allows people to travel while working remotely and learning something new alongside a diverse community of curious individuals.

How Did Sojrn Start?

No stranger to launching travel companies, Tara actually first launched a company called FTLO Travel (For the Love of Travel) in 2016. She designed this company to help people in their 20s and 30s have perspective-broadening travel experiences while making new friends and supporting local economies. Travel had a huge impact on Tara as a kid growing up in the middle of Idaho, and she wanted to help others have similarly impactful experiences even if they didn’t have someone to travel with. They plan amazing itineraries that attract adventurous, fun people around the same age (25-39). It’s an approachable and social way to travel while still having genuine, “slow travel” experiences that ensure tourism dollars benefit the local community.

Tara then dreamed up the idea for Sojrn during the pandemic when FTLO couldn’t run trips, and she had a lot of time to think about what travel could look like post-pandemic if people took their laptop with them and could immerse somewhere for a longer period of time. At the same time, Tara observed how many people were rediscovering latent interests and hobbies during the pandemic, and how it brought them joy during an incredibly difficult time. She fused the concept of extended travel with learning something new in a supportive, experiential environment, and Sojrn was born.

What Makes Sojrn Unique?

From learning about wine tasting in Tuscany to practicing your Spanish with a private tutor in Colombia, Sojrn’s mission is to provide an opportunity for adults an opportunity to learn something new and foster new creative interests, while working and traveling.

At the core of Sojrn (and FTLO) is a dedication to cross-cultural understanding and keeping money in local communities. At times, their trips cost more than competitors because they are adamant about using local, independent suppliers, not large corporations who trade in cheaper mass tourism.

Not only does this help keep money in the community, it provides a better experience overall.

5. The Animal Experience International

• Founder / CEO: Nora Livingstone
• Type of Travel Company: Ethical Volunteering, B-Corp
• Website: animalexperienceinternational.com

What Is The Animal Experience International?

Animal Experience International is a B Corp that connects people to safe, ethical and authentically beneficial animal volunteer programs. They are a woman-owned Canadian company that was founded in 2011 by a travel expert (Nora Livingstone) and a wildlife veterinarian (Dr. Heather Reid). The programs offered range from one-week group adventures to months-long solo immersive experiences, but what links them all is that they are in the service of animals and all locally run and supported – making sure they are economically and socially responsible while being environmentally sustainable. From wild horse and shark conservation in Mongolia or South Africa (respectively) to rescue and rehabilitation of dogs and monkeys in Nepal and Malawi – there is an ethical program for every animal lover.

How Did The Animal Experience International Start?

Nora and Dr. Heather started AEI because they both saw a great need for travelers to have a guide while they searched for authentic volunteer programs. They also saw a role that needed to be filled as a conduit between international programs and travelers. Programs need volunteers but often lack the resources to have a full-time volunteer coordinator, marketer, recruiter and/or health and safety officer. Their roles are as important to the traveler as they are to the animal conservation and welfare programs. Bringing in travelers who have the correct expectations and had their questions answered quickly and effectively means the centers are able to operate at a higher capacity. AEI came from the very simple idea that people who love animals want to help them but oftentimes don’t have the capacity to find other helpers.

What Makes The Animal Experience International Unique?

Being a B Corp, AEI has been audited every few years to show that there is a true quantifiable benefit to their business and their programs. So, when they say they specialize in ethical and authentic volunteering, they have the math to back it up. In an effort to demystify ethical, sustainable and justice-based travel, they do everything they can to educate people on what they know rather than just tell people to ‘trust them’.

They are making life-long ethical travelers through these practices.

_{My good friend Lauren went on a trip to Guatemala with Animal Experience International and absolutely loved it. You can read about her firsthand experience here!}

6. Pack Up + Go

• Founder: Lillian Rafson
• Type of Travel Company: Surprise Trip Travel Agency
• Website: packupgo.com

What Is Pack Up + Go?

Pack Up + Go is travel agency that plans surprise vacations around the U.S. You fill out a pre-trip survey to give their team your travel dates, budget, travel history, and hobbies + interests. They use those details to build your entire itinerary from destination information, to travel logistics, packing lists, hotel info, reservations, personalized recommendations and more. Your destination remains a surprise until the day you depart and open your snail mail envelope with all the details!

How Did Pack Up + Go Start?

Pack Up + Go’s founder Lillian had recently quit her corporate job and was traveling in Riga, Latvia when she met two girls who were in her hostel on a surprise vacation. She thought it’d be a hit back in the states and thought about how a surprise travel agency could help to encourage domestic tourism. Pack Up + Go started as a single-woman operation and she rented a desk at a co-working space, registered as an LLC, and learned how to become a travel agent! The business went live four months later and has been thriving since 2016.

What Makes Pack Up + Go Unique?

This travel agency builds a heavily personalized trip for you all the while maintaining the spontaneity of the trip. There are a ton of logistics that go into travel planning—choosing the destination, how to get there, reserving dinner spots, activities and more. Pack Up + Go takes all the planning off your plate, keeps it a suprise, and offers 24/7 traveler support throughout your trip. All you have to do is fill out a quick survey, show up, and explore the destination.

7. Legit Trips

• Co-Founders: Kristen Sargent, Megan Lundquist
• Type of Travel Company: Local and International Group Trips
• Website: legittrips.com

What Is Legit Trips?

Legit Trips is a women-owned boutique travel company, specializing in hand-crafted small group itineraries. They curate an adventure that includes the well-known “best of” a destination while also uncovering hidden gems. Their average group size is 10-12 guests, and they welcome solo travelers, groups of friends, and couples. Their mission is to help you discover the world together, and they believe the joy of discovering a new place is better when shared. You can choose everything from an easy beach weekend in Cozumel or Belize, to a 9-day cultural experience in Thailand. 

How Did Legit Trips Start?

Megan Lundquist and Kristen Sargent dreamt up Legit Trips eight years ago on the beach in Belize. Both avid travelers already, they’d been organizing an annual friends’ trip which continued to grow in size until it became the first-ever official Legit Trip. The business has been run very similarly ever since – using feedback from customers to plan new trips, and growing through incredible word-of-mouth references and referrals. Megan and Kristen are best friends who love to work together and travel the world, and they built the business to meet these two goals. They never intended for Legit Trips to be for everyone, but they’ve always strived to build a community, create connections, and serve the people who want to explore the world with other like-minded, adventurous individuals.

What Makes Legit Trips Unique?

Legit Trips carefully selects the destinations and vendors they work with to ensure their itineraries are good for the people, places, and animals they visit. They always choose local companies – from boutique hotels to tour guides. They’re particularly passionate about the ocean and regularly support efforts to protect and clean up our oceans.

The team also constantly keeps in touch with local friends in these destinations to understand the needs of the places they visit and invite their guests to bring needed supplies. Overall, they aim to leave a positive imprint on each place they have the great privilege to visit. 

8. CALPAK

• Founder: Judy Kwon | Current President: Her daughter, Jennifer
• Type of Travel Company: Luggage, Bags, and More
• Website: calpaktravel.com

What Is CALPAK?

CALPAK is an AAPI family-owned and operated luggage brand based in Los Angeles, CA. They’re known for their aesthetic and functional designs.

How Did CALPAK Start?

CALPAK was founded in 1989 by the husband and wife team, Edward and Judy Kwon, in LA. Originally, California Pak started out as a modest collection of handbags and wallets. Over the last few decades, they’ve evolved into who we now know as CALPAK, offering soft luggage, hard-shelled luggage, and other bags and travel-packing accessories.

What Makes CALPAK Unique?

CALPAK designs bags for every traveler: the weekenders, moms on the go, avid gym goers, daily commuters, and globe trotters alike. They also offer their VIT (very important traveler) rewards program where travelers receive insider perks, exclusive early access, and points every time they shop.

9. Tourleb

• Co-Founders: Nada Raphael, Joelle Sfeir
• Type of Travel Company: Socially Responsible Tours in Lebanon
• Website: tourleb.org

What Is Tourleb?

As a socially responsible tour operator with a pledge to RESPECT (Responsible, Experiential, Sustainable, Personalized, Empowering women and local Communities, and Trust), Tourleb’s goal is to make visitors fall in love with Lebanon, while promoting Lebanon as a destination.

Tourleb offers customized and personalized experiences throughout the country. Visitors can create their own unique way of discovering the country as Tourleb works with local partners everywhere. Food, wine, green tourism, animal sanctuaries, natural reserves, historical sites, local coffee shops, NGOs and marginalized populations, crafts, arts and designers… the only limit is the visitor’s interest.

Each outing Tourleb provides directly generates a fair income to 3 to 5 local families.

How Did Tourleb Start?

In 2013, Tourleb saw a great movement of change in Lebanon. Activists, new ideas, and new projects were creating a ripple of change. Having lived in Canada, the founders of Tourleb noticed that Lebanon is definitely a place North Americans don’t typically ever think of visiting because of its bad reputation. They wanted to reverse the narrative and show people that Lebanon is actually a great place, with very warm and hospitable people, good food, and tons of incredible historic sites and landscapes.

Local initiatives, development projects, and success stories of creative fellow citizens fuel Tourleb’s passion for showcasing the country, as well as surprise and delight visitors who almost never expect to discover and experience everything Lebanon has to offer.

What Makes TourLeb Unique?

Tourleb is committed to supporting local businesses, fair travels, women-owned businesses and women empowerment, access for differently abled people, youth education, and more.

Furthermore, Tourleb is committed to the economic support and advancement of local tour operators on the ground in Lebanon. 100% of the money local operators request, they receive as a pass-through from Tourleb, which is committed to attracting curious travelers and generating steady tourism for Lebanon.

_{I recently traveled to Lebanon with Tourleb and without a doubt, it’s been one of my favorite trips of my life. Mention my blog, Rachel Off Duty, when you reach out to Tourleb to get up to 15% off any private tour of 3+ days!}

10. Puebla York

• Founder: Sequoia Armstrong
• Type of Travel Company: Sustainable Culinary Trips in Japan and Mexico
• Website: pueblayorkinc.com

What Is Puebla York?

Puebla York designs thoughtful trips to Japan and Mexico for mindful travelers seeking off-the-beaten-path experiences that honor people and the planet. Puebla York was founded in 2019 to encourage conscious travel through easeful experiences that prioritize authentic connection, cultural expansion, and environmental stewardship. 

How Did Puebla York Start?

Puebla York started in 2019 as an ethically sourced apparel brand inspired by the urban energy of New York City and the familial spirit of Mexico. Sequoia had worked in the restaurant industry for many years alongside colleagues from Mexico-most being from Puebla, Mexico.

Puebla York pivoted in 2021 to encourage conscious travel through easeful experiences that prioritize authentic connection, cultural expansion, and environmental stewardship. 

The specialty in Japan and Mexico travel is because these two countries are where Sequoia has a deep connection, knowledge, and love. Japan is her second home, and she’s Japanese on her mother’s side. Mexico is somewhere she grew to love in adulthood and finds such profound meaning. 

What Makes Puebla York Unique?

Puebla York conscious travel which is being mindful of how you decide where you’re going and why, and considering how those decisions impact the people and places you visit. Her company helps to design spacious trips that make room for you to immerse yourself in the destination through a well-curated itinerary that aligns with your goals and values. She also hosts quarterly women’s dinners in various US cities to support local and/or woman-owned restaurants and connect like-minded women in an intimate setting. 

11. LUCIA

• Co-Founders: Grace McBride & Sarah Peters
• Type of Travel Company: Contractor Marketplace
• Website: letslucia.com

What Is LUCIA?

Lucia is a freelance marketplace, similar to Fiverr or Upwork, specifically for the travel industry. It connects travel businesses with vetted contractors (aka CoPilots) who are experts in the industry. Lucia can help companies save time and make more money by utilizing gig-style talent.

How Did LUCIA Start?

Grace and Sarah were in their entrepreneurship class during their undergrad when they came up with the idea for TripKit, an itinerary builder and assistant service for luxury travel advisors. After launching this business, they wanted to create something that was just as profitable but more scalable, so they sold TripKit and started on their new venture of creating a marketplace platform for the travel and hospitality industry.

LUCIA was their solution for the massive labor crisis and variable travel industry. They recognized the variety of functionalities within a travel business: sales, invoicing, day-to-day operations, social media, customer service, itinerary building, the list goes on. Often times, travel industry business owners and workers try to do it all. LUCIA was built as a contractor marketplace to help businesses fill skill gaps, elevate services, and propel businesses with professionals in the industry.

What Makes LUCIA Unique?

This is one of the few, if not only, travel-industry specific work marketplace. It connects hospitality freelancers with businesses to support in the execution of remote administrative, strategic, creative, and customer support services.

12. Eatwith

• Co-Founder / COO: Camille Rumani
• Type of Travel Company: Immersive International Culinary Experiences
• Website: eatwith.com

What Is Eatwith?

Eatwith is the world’s largest community for culinary experiences in 130+ countries and 1,000+ destinations. They connect people who are seeking unique and immersive experiences with their hand-selected local hosts, in private homes and exclusive venues. With Eatwith you’re invited to pull up a seat at a dinner party in an elegant Paris home, enjoy an Italian feast with a Roman family, take a cooking class in Tokyo, or marvel at the Manhattan skyline over a rooftop brunch. From home cooks and food lovers to Master Chefs and Michelin-starred culinary experts, they have all been curated by the Eatwith team and share one special ingredient: a passion for bringing people together through food.

Eatwith is for people who want to do something different, have a great food experience in a more casual and unique setting, discover a talented chef, learn about a new culture or lifestyle, and meet other people along the way.

How Did Eatwith Start?

Eatwith was founded in 2014 by two French entrepreneurs, Jean-Michel Petit & Camille Rumani. Camille was living and working in Beijing and had been invited by her Chinese friends to spend Chinese New Year and other celebrations with their family.

Through these experiences, Camille discovered the power of sharing food with strangers while traveling, and how it enables people to discover a new culture from the inside. That inspired her to create a platform to facilitate these experiences and gather a community of local hosts around the world.

It became her mission, “Bringing people together through food.”

What Makes Eatwith Unique?

Camille has always been an advocate for women in Tech, and has devoted herself to sponsoring events to encourage women to have a career in Tech. At Eatwith, 60% of their team is women, including in their C-Level executive leadership. It’s something really close to her heart.

Sustainable food is also something Eatwith prides itself on prioritizing, from farm-to-table to local and seasonally sourced products. They’ve also been encouraging Eatwith users to donate to the United Nations World Food Programme, via the ShareTheMeal app. It’s proposed to any user after they book an Eatwith experience, and they’ve collected +800 meals so far. Anyone can join that program using this link.

13. Solotrvlr

• Founder / CEO: Kim Callender
• Type of Travel Company: Digital Platform for Solo Female Travelers
• Website: solotrvlr.com

What Is Solotrvlr?

SoloTrvlr is an online membership platform by women, for women. Their platform makes it easy to discover, save, and share tips and recommendations from incredible local women and seasoned travelers. While open to everyone, SoloTrvlr takes a “female-first” approach. Content is tailored to the things that matter most when you’re exploring on your own – whether a full-on solo holiday or a business trip away from home.

From avoiding dodgy neighborhoods to understanding how to best blend in at the café, their guides curate the intel you need to navigate like a local. Best sushi spot for one? Female-run Vespa tour? Secret jazz club? You’re covered.

How Did Solotrvlr Start?

From SoloTrvlr Founder, Kim Callender: “I’ve found that as women we give so much of ourselves to others, whether it’s our career, partners, friends, or family. Solo travel becomes a bold, radical departure from that – taking time just for you. It’s both empowering, and freeing! And yet, the narrative so many of us hear around traveling alone starts with “be careful” and “be safe”. While those are valid concerns, they shouldn’t need to be barriers.”

Kim strongly believes that with the right knowledge, we can navigate anything, and anywhere. Building on her background in design and tech, she set out to create an app where women could share the most important information, unlocking the best parts of our cities for each other. Think of it as having your best friend’s sister in whichever city you land!

What Makes Solotrvlr Unique?

Supporting local, independent businesses is core to SoloTrvlr’s mission. Their team actively seeks out women-owned, POC-owned, and family-run restaurants, cafes and more in the cities they cover.

Being a paid membership product means they can do all of this, and more, without burdening small businesses.

14. Let’s Jetty

• Co-Founders: Suzie Palma, Nicole Martinez, Tyler Palma
• Type of Travel Company: Group Trip Planning App
• Website: letsjetty.com

What Is Let’s Jetty?

Let’s Jetty is a collaborative group travel app that makes it easier & more enjoyable to build a trip itinerary with friends, family, and communities. They’re a web-based platform, meaning it’s available on all devices and you don’t have to download it.

How Did Let’s Jetty Start?

It all started with Suzie & Tyler’s destination wedding and their maid of honor/officiant, Nicole, helping them wrangle over 50 guests to set a weeklong itinerary. The pain points of group travel planning reared its ugly head and the experience planted the seed of Let’s Jetty to modernize and reinvent trip planning into a more delightful experience.

What Makes Let’s Jetty Unique?

Let’s Jetty is a travel app created for planners by planners. The app’s main goal is to enhance the collaboration aspects of group trip planning with features like surveys, invites, RSVPs, and an itinerary builder.

15. Wild Terrains

• Founder: Lauren Bates
• Type of Travel Company: Group Trips
• Website: wildterrains.com

What Is Wild Terrains?

Wild Terrains is a women’s-only group travel company for women, by women. They specialize in small group tours for women of all ages and all life stages. In each of their destinations, they’ve cultivated relationships with local women-owned businesses to create one-of-a-kind, uplifting experiences you can’t find anywhere else.

How Did Wild Terrains Start?

Wine nights in Washington D.C., living with an artist in Buenos Aires, and so many more memories were anchored by the deep, soulful conversations with fascinating women for Wild Terrains’ founder, Lauren. With this realization, she began her search for a travel company designed to create meaningful connections that propel women forward. When she couldn’t find it, she created it herself.

What Makes Wild Terrains Unique?

Wild Terrains is, to its core, for women. The group you’re traveling with? All women. The hotels you stay at? Owned by women. The catered meals? Curated by female chefs. The experiences you take? Led by women. They believe in the importance of supporting the communities they work with, so they also donate a portion of the profits from each trip to a local organization supporting entrepreneurial women.

16. Out Of Office (OOO.)

• Co-Founders: Jan Seale and Coabi Kastan
• Type of Travel Company: Travel Recommendation App
• Website: takemeoutofoffice.com

What Is OOO?

Out Of Office (OOO.) is a recommendation app with travel ideas and inspiration from people you know and trust — the ultimate trip-planning app!

How Did OOO. Start?

Jan and Coabi met as coworkers during their time at Trunk Club. They both traveled a lot, often together and the pain points of finding recommendations, organizing them, and planning & booking travel became more and more prevalent to them. On a trip to London, they missed a reservation for high tea, and that was the final straw for them to go in on this idea. They wanted to optimize the way they planned their travels and so, Out Of Office was born.

What Makes OOO. Unique?

Out Of Office combines real reviews & recommendations, wish lists, Ai-generated itineraries, hotel deals, and booking capabilities all in one app. It’s essentially your pocket guide for travel inspiration and planning.

From incredible group trips and work-cations to communities designed to foster safety and knowledge, to unique ways to give back while exploring, these days, there’s a woman-owned travel company for any traveler. It’s up to us to find and support them!

Hope this woman-owned travel companies roundup has inspired you to do just that. If you found this article helpful, please leave a comment below!

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