tour-operator-software
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Open Destinations makes complicated holidays add up
Behind a tailor-made tour sits a thicket of rates, rooms, rail seats and revisions. Open Destinations sells the software - and the human help - that keeps them together.
Aaron Fessler
He built booking software for the tours-and-attractions world by first living inside it - running a 100-acre racetrack in the Nevada desert. Now Aaron Fessler wants to hand every operator the tools he wished he'd had.
TripWorks
TripWorks is a New York-based, AI- and business-intelligence-driven booking, automation, and management platform built for tour, activity, and attraction operators. Founded in 2019 by Aaron Fessler and described as 'built by operators for operators,' the platform consolidates online and in-person bookings, reservations, dynamic pricing, digital waivers, staff and resource scheduling, OTA channel management, and marketing automation into a single system. It powers thousands of daily bookings worldwide and, following a $6M Series A in January 2026 led by Spring Mountain Capital, is expanding AI-driven pricing, revenue optimization, and predictive demand tools.
WeTravel
WeTravel is a fintech and SaaS platform built specifically for multi-day, group and tour travel businesses. It lets operators create branded booking pages, collect deposits and staged installment payments in multiple currencies, manage traveler details, pay suppliers, and build AI-assisted itineraries - all from one dashboard. Founded in 2016 by three immigrant entrepreneurs who met at UC Berkeley, the company has processed trips in 206 countries for more than 1.6 million travelers and raised $126M in total funding, including a $92M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures in September 2025.
Travefy
Travefy is a Lincoln, Nebraska-based SaaS company that builds itinerary management, proposal, CRM, and marketing software for travel professionals. Founded in 2012, it pivoted from consumer group-trip planning to a B2B platform now trusted by 50,000+ travel brands worldwide, helping travel advisors, agencies, tour operators, and DMCs design branded itineraries, send proposals, manage clients, and market their businesses from a single connected platform.