What Travel Overland does

Travel Overland is a Munich-headquartered German online and offline travel agency operating as a hybrid price-comparison and tour-distribution intermediary. The company presents flight inventory aggregated from more than 750 airlines, alongside hotels and packaged holidays covering roughly 12,500 destinations, via its consumer-facing property at travel-overland.de. Actual flight transactions are routed to flug.de, which functions as the underlying booking engine, while packaged holidays are sourced from major European tour operators including TUI, Schauinsland-Reisen, Alltours, and Öger Tours. IATA accreditation supports ticket issuance and inventory access, and the company maintains four physical branches in Augsburg, Bremen, and two Munich locations to complement its digital channel.

The product surface consists of standalone flight search, hotel search, and package-holiday booking flows exposed both online and through branch advisors. The platform does not disclose proprietary airline connectivity, GDS integrations, or in-house booking infrastructure; its functional role sits between consumer-facing price comparison and commission-bearing tour-operator distribution. The technology footprint is therefore best characterized as a content-, comparison-, and lead-generation layer that monetizes via redirected transactions rather than operating a vertically integrated OTA stack.

The business model is a classical retail travel-agency construct adapted for digital distribution. Revenue is earned via affiliate commissions on flight bookings redirected through flug.de and via broker/agency commissions on packaged-tour sales fulfilled by partner tour operators. Customer segments are individual leisure travelers in German-speaking markets, served either through self-directed online sessions or branch-assisted advisory bookings. With a disclosed headcount of 1–10 employees, the operating footprint is small and concentrated around Munich, with no disclosed revenue, no recent capital event beyond a 2013 Travel Viva funding reference, and no management-team disclosures in the source data.

Name

Travel Overland

Legal name

Travel Overland

Website

https://travel-overland.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Travel Overland is a German hybrid online-and-offline travel agency operating four branches and a price-comparison website that aggregates flights from 750+ airlines and packaged holidays from major tour operators, earning per-booking commissions on transactions routed through flug.de and tour-operator partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Agency Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Travel Agencies (56151)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Outbound International Retail Travel Agencies (THAKABAI)

Keywords

• Travel agency services
• Package holiday booking
• Flight booking platform
• Cruise vacation packages
• Travel insurance agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Flight Commission and Booking Fees: Travel Overland earns commissions from airline bookings and flight ticket sales facilitated through its platform. Users are redirected to flug.de to complete bookings, with Travel Overland receiving referral/affiliate commissions on completed transactions.
2. Package Holiday and Hotel Distribution: The company distributes package holidays and hotel accommodations through partner tour operators (TUI, Schauinsland-Reisen, and others), earning commissions on sales of bundled travel products. Additional hotel inventory of 75,000 hotels across 12,500 destinations is offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Travel Overland is a Munich-based travel agency founded in 1978 that sells leisure travel products through an online booking platform and four physical branch offices. It aggregates flights from more than 750 airlines via flug.de, package holidays from multiple tour operators, cruises, car rentals, travel insurance, ski holidays, and group travel services, earning commissions on these bookings.

Product overview

Travel Overland is a German online travel agency offering a comprehensive multi-product travel booking platform. The core offering centers on flight search and booking from over 750 airlines, complemented by vacation packages, cruise bookings, car rentals, and travel insurance. The platform provides specialized fare categories (youth/student, group travel, ethnic fares), ski holidays, and work-and-travel programs. The company operates physical branch offices in German cities (Augsburg, Bremen, Munich) alongside the digital platform, offering personalized consultation services. Users are redirected to flug.de for flight search execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flight Booking
• Package Holidays
• Cruises
• Car Rentals
• Travel Insurance
• Ski Holidays
• Group Travel Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• flug.decoreTechnology or IntegrationTravel Overland uses flug.de as its primary booking engine, redirecting all flight search results to flug.de for transaction completion. This integration provides dynamic real-time pricing from over 750 airlines.
• Explorer ReisenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExplorer Reisen is referenced as a partner for adventure travel and round trips (Erlebnisreisen & Rundreisen), with Travel Overland distributing their products alongside its own offerings.
• TUIminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTUI, as the leading German tour operator, is featured as a recommended travel operator on Travel Overland's platform, with dedicated landing pages for TUI package holidays.
• Schauinsland-ReisenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFeatured as an experienced travel expert and package holiday provider on the Travel Overland platform with dedicated pages.
• Multiple Tour Operators (MEIER'S WELTREISEN, LMX Touristik, JT Touristik, JAHN Reisen, ITS, FTI Touristik, Fit Reisen, ETI Reisen, Ecco Reisen, alltours, Attika Reisen)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTravel Overland lists approximately 14 named tour operator partners offering package holidays, special interest travel, and destination-specific products. These partners are featured with dedicated pages on the platform.
• Airline Partners (Lufthansa, KLM, Air France, Delta, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Swiss, and 740+ others)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTravel Overland aggregates flight inventory from over 750 airline partners across all major global carriers including Lufthansa, KLM, Air France, Delta, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Swiss. The platform supports booking across economy, business, and first class cabins.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Holidaycheck: German holiday comparison and booking platform with strong reviews-based positioning for package holidays. Competes head-on with Travel Overland's Pauschalreisen offering for German leisure travelers booking vacations.
• Lastminute.de: German OTA specializing in last-minute package deals and dynamic flight+h hotel bundling. Directly comparable product mix to Travel Overland's last-minute and Pauschalreisen offerings for price-sensitive German consumers.
• Check24: Germany's largest comparison/booking platform covering flights, hotels, and package holidays. Directly competes with Travel Overland for German consumers searching and booking flights and vacation packages online, though Check24 operates at significantly larger scale.
• Kayak: Meta-search/price comparison engine aggregating flights and hotels from multiple OTAs and suppliers. Directly competes for the same comparison-shopping traffic that Travel Overland targets with its 750-airline inventory and fare comparison positioning.
• Opodo: European online travel agency offering flights, hotels, and packages with a German presence. Competes for the same mid-market leisure traveler segment with similar breadth of airline inventory and bundled products.

Broad incumbents

• Booking.com: Global OTA leader with strong presence across flights, hotels, and packages in Germany. Represents the dominant digital-first competitor whose scale, marketing spend, and brand recognition pose ongoing competitive pressure on smaller German OTAs like Travel Overland.
• DER Touristik: Major German tour operator group (part of REWE Group) operating DER Travel, Dertour, ITS, and Meiers Weltreisen brands. Directly competes in package holidays and travel agency distribution through extensive own-brand retail network across Germany.
• FTI Touristik: German tour operator featured as a partner on Travel Overland's platform. Competes in the package holiday space with own-brand hotels, broad destination coverage, and direct-to-consumer sales alongside travel agency distribution.
• TUI Deutschland: Germany's leading tour operator, distributed through Travel Overland's platform but also selling direct. Represents the dominant vertically integrated competitor in package holidays with proprietary hotel inventory, cruise fleet, and own retail branch network across Germany.

Others

• Fluege.de: The underlying flight booking engine on which Travel Overland's entire flight business relies (redirects to fluege.de for transactions). Functions as both critical infrastructure partner and potential competitive threat if it cuts Travel Overland out as a direct channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/traveloverland1
• Facebookfacebook.com/traveloverland

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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