# Wander

> Wander is an Austin-based hospitality technology company offering a curated vacation-home marketplace and WanderOS, a direct-booking platform for property managers. Founded in 2021 by John Andrew Entwistle, it combines luxury-home stays and concierge support with booking, payments, marketing, and distribution technology for operators.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** John Andrew Entwistle (Founder & CEO)
- **Products:** Wander.com Marketplace, Wander mobile app, Wander Operated, WanderOS
- **Notable:** Reported more than 1,000 live homes as of April 2025., Reported Q1 2025 Net Promoter Score of 85., Raised a $50 million Series B in May 2025.

## Products & services

- **Wander.com Marketplace** — Curated vacation-home discovery, reservations, payment infrastructure, and guest concierge support. Approved third-party operators remain responsible for property operations.
- **Wander mobile app** — Mobile discovery and booking for vacation-home stays; early owned smart homes also supported app-based home controls.
- **Wander Operated** — Historical full-service management offering launched as Wander Managed in 2023; coordinated cleaning, repairs, and guest services for owners. Current operated and branded landing pages redirect to the marketplace listing page.
- **WanderOS** — Current direct-booking platform for property managers, including branded websites, PMS-connected listings, payments, analytics, guest marketing, and distribution. The name was previously used for internal operations software.

## Achievements

- Reported more than 1,000 live homes as of April 2025.
- Reported Q1 2025 Net Promoter Score of 85.
- Raised a $50 million Series B in May 2025.
- Current operator pages advertise more than 10,000 properties and 70,000 cumulative nights booked, observed October 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — September product recap announced neighborhood search improvements, consistent prices through checkout, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and Custom Charges for agreed reservation extras. The live page shows October 5; search and web snapshots show October 1.
- **2026-09** — Wander announced the Polarity AI research team was joining the company on September 21.
- **2026-08** — August 5 article positioned WanderOS as a direct-booking layer alongside Airbnb and Vrbo, rather than a replacement for all distribution channels.

## Links

- Website: https://www.wander.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandercom/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/wander
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WanderHQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wander/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wanderfb/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wander

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Last updated: 2026-10-05