What Roamr does

Roamr is an Irish-headquartered, pre-seed-stage SaaS company founded in 2023 that operates a corporate travel platform enabling employees on work trips to stay with friends, family, or colleagues instead of hotels. The company operates two products: Roamr for Work, a B2B platform for companies with unlimited employee access, admin controls, policy/rate-setting, and a guaranteed 30% accommodation cost saving funded by the company paying 70% of the alternative hotel rate; and Roamr for Friends, a 2025-launched self-serve tier allowing individual employees to book without company onboarding at a 20% company savings rate. Roamr monetises via a 10% transaction fee on the alternative hotel cost (Roamr for Work), with the remaining value split between traveling employee and host; Roamr for Friends is freemium. Technology is web/mobile-based, uses Stripe for payment processing, integrates International SOS for 24/7 medical, security, and duty-of-care services, and uses AI-driven pricing algorithms to ensure the platform stays below market hotel rates.

Go-to-market is hybrid: enterprise field sales targeting mid-market and enterprise companies (TripAdvisor, Deel, CVS Health, Zendesk, Phorest) via Calendly demo bookings and dedicated customer success, paired with product-led growth for individuals through Roamr for Friends. Distribution is amplified through channel partnerships with HR and global-mobility platforms Deel, Remote, Oyster, and RemoFirst. The company has a stated presence in 100+ countries, 847 completed trips across 23 countries, a 4.9 average user rating, and a global insurance/damage protection guarantee embedded in the platform. Roamr has raised approximately $3M in pre-seed funding to date (€500K in 2024 plus a $2.3M extension in April 2025), with no institutional VC disclosed.

Name

Roamr

Legal name

Roamr Work Limited

Website

https://roamr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Roamr is a Dublin-headquartered, pre-seed SaaS platform founded in 2023 that helps companies cut corporate travel accommodation costs by enabling employees to stay with friends or colleagues instead of hotels, redistributing saved spend between the company, traveler, and host.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Travel Management Software

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Online/Hybrid Corporate Travel Agencies (Self-Booking + Support) (THAKACAB)

Keywords

• Corporate travel platform
• Alternative accommodation network
• Employee travel rewards
• Business travel cost savings
• Peer-hosted lodging

Headquarters

HQ city

Newcastle Upon Tyne

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fee (Roamr for Work): Roamr charges a 10% transaction fee based on the alternative hotel cost. The fee is only charged when savings are realized - the company pays 70% of the alternative accommodation cost, with the remaining value split between the traveling employee (30%), host (30%), and company savings (30%).
2. Roamr for Friends: Free access for individual users with the company saving 20% on accommodation compared to market prices. The traveler and host each earn 35% of the alternative hotel cost. No upfront fees for individual users.
3. Insurance Integration: Third-party insurance provider integrated into the platform for damage protection and traveler safety.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Roamr operates a corporate travel platform that enables employees to stay with friends or colleagues instead of hotels, redistributing accommodation budgets so companies save 30% while employees and hosts earn rewards. The company runs two products — Roamr for Work (B2B) and Roamr for Friends (self-serve) — built on a shared network of hosts drawn from users' professional and personal connections.

Product overview

Roamr operates a dual-product platform for corporate travel accommodation. Roamr for Work is the core B2B platform enabling companies to save 30% on travel by paying employees to stay with friends or colleagues instead of hotels, with full company onboarding, policy controls, and administrative rate-setting. Roamr for Friends is a self-serve sub-brand launched in 2025 that allows individual employees to book stays without company onboarding, offering 20% savings for companies and 35% earnings for both the traveler and host. Both products share the same booking infrastructure, Stripe payment processing, and integrated insurance and safety services through International SOS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Roamr for Work: Full company onboarding platform with access for unlimited employees, company controls, dedicated customer success, duty of care reporting, damage cover protection, and 30% company savings rate.
• Roamr for Friends

Products and services

• Roamr for Work Corporate travel platform sold/served to companies that enables employees to stay with friends or colleagues instead of hotels, allowing employers to reduce accommodation spend by 30% while employees and hosts earn rewards.
• Roamr for Friends Self-serve consumer offering that lets individual travelers stay with friends or colleagues and lets hosts earn rewards by hosting, without requiring an employer relationship.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% savings on corporate travel accommodation costs
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International SOScoreTechnology or Integration · 14 May 2025Partnership with International SOS, a global leader in travel for workforce health and security. Integration adds 24/7 medical and security assistance, real-time location-based risk alerts, and enterprise-grade duty-of-care to Roamr's platform, ensuring companies can save 30% on travel while keeping employees safe and connected.
• DeelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Strategic partnership with Deel bringing benefits to distributed teams. Companies can reduce corporate travel costs by 30% on accommodation while creating income for employees. Employees earn rewards by hosting or staying with colleagues instead of expensive hotels.
• OystercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Partnership with Oyster to provide remote workers free global accommodation through work-ready homes. Oyster members can join the Roamr community and access the Workations product for one year.
• RemoFirstcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with RemoFirst to provide remote teams with flexible, no-cost global accommodation. Helps businesses save on travel expenses while giving employees freedom to work from anywhere in work-ready homes.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is integrated as the payment processor for secure payout processing. Hosts receive payments via Stripe links directly to their bank accounts after trip completion.
• MicrosoftminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Microsoft mentioned as part of the company's leverage for platform development and marketing expansion.
• RemotecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Remote, a global HR platform, to help companies save on corporate travel costs while enabling distributed teams to connect in person.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• TravelPerk: Barcelona-based corporate travel management and booking platform serving SMB and mid-market companies with integrated hotel, flight, and ground transport booking. Direct competitor to Roamr in the online corporate travel space, though TravelPerk relies on traditional supplier inventory rather than P2P hosting.
• Navan (formerly TripActions): US-headquartered corporate travel and expense platform combining TMC, corporate cards and expense management, serving mid-market and enterprise customers globally. Most direct competitor in the corporate travel category; if Navan adds a P2P or alternative-lodging feature it could directly challenge Roamr.
• Spotnana: Modern cloud-based TMC platform built for enterprise scale, providing corporate booking, supplier inventory and NDC content. Competes with Roamr for enterprise travel budgets, particularly via its modern tech stack and agentic-AI capabilities.
• Engine (formerly Hotel Engine): Corporate travel and lodging platform originally focused on direct hotel rates for businesses, now offering full TMC capabilities. Comparable to Roamr in serving cost-conscious corporate travel buyers with technology-driven accommodation savings.
• Airbnb for Work: Business-travel vertical of Airbnb offering alternative accommodation for corporate travellers with central billing and trip management. Directly comparable to Roamr in offering non-hotel lodging for work trips, but Airbnb's host base is open market rather than social network.

Broad incumbents

• Amex Global Business Travel (GBT): Largest dedicated corporate travel management company globally, serving large enterprise clients with full-service booking, expense, meetings and consulting. Roamr competes for the same corporate travel wallet but Amex GBT's incumbency and negotiated supplier rates are a substantial barrier.
• BCD Travel: Global corporate travel management company serving multinational enterprises with traditional TMC services, traveller risk management and meetings programmes. Broad incumbent in the same corporate travel category as Roamr.
• CWT: Legacy global corporate travel management company serving large enterprise customers. Broad incumbent in the TMC space where Roamr is attempting to disrupt with a structurally cheaper alternative accommodation model.

Emerging players

• Selina: Hospitality brand targeting digital nomads and remote workers with non-traditional accommodation (hostels, co-living) and wellness amenities. Comparable to Roamr in addressing the distributed-worker travel market but supplies physical rooms rather than P2P hosting.
• Outsite: Coliving and remote-work accommodation platform offering curated shared spaces for distributed teams and digital nomads. Comparable to Roamr in addressing the cost-effective distributed-team travel use case but with professionally managed properties.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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