Solamento Reisen

What Solamento Reisen does

Solamento Reisen GmbH is a privately held German tourism intermediary founded in 2005 and headquartered in Essen. The company operates a network of more than 450 self-employed, mobile travel advisors (Reiseberater) who provide personalized travel consultation and booking services to end consumers across Germany, with additional advisors in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Malta. Solamento positions itself as a hybrid between a traditional travel agency and an online travel platform, combining personal advisory services with digital booking infrastructure.

The company runs a multi-vertical technology platform spanning package holidays, cruises, flights, hotels, rail travel, car rentals, travel insurance, language travel, and holiday camps, deployed across dedicated booking portals (pauschalreisen.solamento.com, kreuzfahrten.solamento.com, fluege.solamento.com, hotel.solamento.com, bahnreisen.solamento.com) and embedded in individual advisor portals (meinberater.solamento.com). The "Touristik Everywhere Office" stack provides advisors with booking systems, CRM, back-office support, accounting, tax/legal advisory, and Microsoft-based collaboration tools. The company has integrated a third-party AI vacation package builder (Holiday Heroes Pro) and supports its network with content channels including solaMoments, a podcast series, and a co-branded travel magazine. A physical Travel Boutique in Essen provides a brick-and-mortar consultation point.

Solamento earns revenue primarily through commissions from travel service providers (tour operators, airlines, cruise lines, hotels, car rental companies) and supplementary booking flat fees (Buchungspauschale) on flight and hotel mediations, plus insurance referral fees as an Annex mediator. The customer base is highly fragmented — individual leisure and business travelers served through the long tail of 450+ advisors — with no disclosed enterprise concentration. The company is bootstrapped, with no external funding rounds disclosed, and is led by founders Sascha Peter Nitsche and Udo Lutz.

Name

Solamento Reisen

Legal name

solamento Reisen GmbH

Website

https://solamento.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solamento Reisen is a German tourism intermediary operating a network of 450+ self-employed mobile travel advisors who provide personalized booking and consulting services across package holidays, cruises, flights, hotels, rail, and insurance, primarily to individual leisure travelers in Germany and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Agency Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury Travel Agencies (THAKAFAA), Island, Beach & Resort Travel Agencies (THAKAFAL)

Keywords

• Travel advisory services
• Vacation booking platform
• Mobile travel agent
• Package holiday booking
• Travel consultant network

Headquarters

HQ city

Essen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commission from Travel Service Providers: Solamento earns commissions from travel service providers (tour operators, airlines, hotels, cruise lines, car rental companies) when customers book through their network of advisors or online platforms. The company acts as an intermediary/middleman between customers and travel service providers.
2. Booking Fees for Flights and Hotels: According to the AGB, Solamento charges a booking flat fee (Buchungspauschale) for the mediation of flights and hotels. This fee is shown separately during booking.
3. Insurance Mediation: Solamento mediates travel insurance as a permitted Annex mediator (Annexvermittler) according to §34d Abs. 8 No. 1 GewO, directing customers to insurance providers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Solamento Reisen operates a network of over 450 self-employed, mobile travel advisors (Reiseberater) who provide personalized vacation consultation and booking services to individual customers across Germany and select international markets. The company mediates package holidays, cruises, flights, hotels, rail travel, car rentals, language travel, holiday camps, and travel insurance through integrated online booking platforms and personal advisor consultations, supported by a physical Travel Boutique in Essen.

Product overview

Solamento Reisen is a travel agency platform operating as a network of over 450 independent travel advisors who provide location-independent travel consulting services. The offering consists of a centralized booking platform (pauschalreisen.solamento.com) for package holidays and cruise bookings (kreuzfahrten.solamento.com), supplemented by individual advisor portals (Mein Berater) that each function as personal travel websites with integrated booking tools for hotels, flights, rail, car rentals, travel insurance, language travel, and holiday camps. The platform also includes AI-powered vacation recommendations through Holiday Heroes Pro, a physical Travel Boutique in Essen, editorial content (solaMoments), a podcast series, and a digital travel magazine. Travel advisors operate as independent agents equipped with modern technology to provide personalized consultations both remotely and at the physical boutique.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• solaMoments: Travel inspiration and tips section of the website featuring destination guides and travel stories.
• solamento Travel Boutique
• Travel Boutique

Products and services

• Travel Advisor Network (Reiseberater Netzwerk) Network of 450+ independent travel advisors offering personalized, location-independent vacation consultation and booking for individual travelers across Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Malta, and other markets.
• Package Holidays Booking (Pauschalreisen) Online booking platform for searching and booking package holidays, inclusive tours, and vacation packages from multiple tour operators, with no separate booking fee.
• Cruise Booking (Kreuzfahrten) Dedicated cruise booking platform offering ocean cruises, river cruises, and themed voyages from 238 ships and 932 departures, accessible via advisor portals.
• Hotel Booking Hotel search and reservation service integrated into advisor portals for standalone hotel bookings, with a booking flat fee (Buchungspauschale) applied.
• Flight Booking (Flüge) Scheduled flight booking service for airline tickets and flight-only reservations, with a booking flat fee (Buchungspauschale) applied.
• Rail Travel Booking (Bahnreisen) Train and rail travel booking platform for German and European railway tickets, integrated into advisor portals.
• Travel Insurance Mediation (Reiseversicherung) Travel insurance products including cancellation insurance, foreign health insurance with repatriation coverage, and travel interruption insurance, mediated as an Annex mediator.
• Travel Boutique Essen Physical retail location in Essen, Germany offering in-person vacation consultation, booking services, and student exchange program appointments.
• Mein Berater (My Advisor) Portal Individual web portal for each travel advisor at meinberater.solamento.com featuring personal booking pages, cruise finder, hotel search, flight booking, rail travel, car rentals, and travel insurance.
• solaMoments Travel Inspiration Platform Travel inspiration and editorial content platform featuring destination guides, travel tips, and trip ideas for prospective travelers.
• Solamento Podcast (Dein Mobiler Reiseberater) Podcast series 'Dein Mobiler Reiseberater' (Your Mobile Travel Advisor) providing travel insights, advisor stories, and industry news.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Fora Travel: US-based host agency network providing independent travel advisors with booking technology, supplier contracts, marketing support, and community. Highly analogous to Solamento's Touristik Everywhere Office model, just applied to the North American market.
• HolidayCheck: German-language online travel platform combining hotel reviews, meta-search, and package booking. Competes with Solamento for German leisure travel demand but via a digital-only model rather than the hybrid advisor approach.

Direct peers

• Travel Leaders Network: Large North American host agency consortium serving thousands of independent travel advisors with centralized technology, supplier relationships, and marketing. Direct functional analog to Solamento's advisor-network model.
• DER Touristik: German travel agency and tour operator group operating a network of retail travel agencies (DER Reisebüros) and online booking brands. Comparable to Solamento because both distribute package holidays, cruises, and individual travel bookings through a multi-channel agent-plus-online model in the German market.
• Lufthansa City Center: International franchise network of independent travel agencies with ~700 partners, many in Germany. Directly comparable to Solamento's model of independent advisor offices operating under a shared brand with centralized technology and supplier contracts.
• RTK International: Cooperative of more than 3,000 independent German travel agencies sharing technology platforms, supplier agreements, and marketing. Functionally similar to Solamento as a host network for self-employed travel advisors.
• Schmetterling Travel: German travel agency cooperative providing independent travel agents with booking technology, supplier contracts, and back-office services — closely mirroring Solamento's Touristik Everywhere Office and host-network value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• TUI: Europe's largest integrated travel group with its own tour operator, airline, hotel brands, and a network of TUI travel centers (franchise agencies). Overlaps with Solamento in package holiday distribution and German leisure travel retail, but at vastly greater scale and with vertical integration.
• FTI Group: German tour operator and travel retail group (now restructured after its 2024 insolvency) that distributed package holidays through both its own brand and partner agencies. Comparable German leisure travel distribution competitor to Solamento.
• Schauinsland-Reisen: German tour operator selling package holidays through travel agencies and direct channels. Comparable to Solamento as a German leisure travel supplier that flows commission volume through agent networks like Solamento's.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SolamentoTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/solamentotravelboutique
• Instagraminstagram.com/solamento.official
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solamento-reisen-gmbh

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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