Group Travel Videos

What Group Travel Videos does

Group Travel Videos, operated by PhotoVision, Inc., is a privately held Charlotte, NC company (founded 1997) that provides a photo-sharing platform and professional keepsake video production service for the group travel industry. The core offering is the Group Travel Videos App, a mobile (iOS/Android) and web platform that functions as a private social network for travelers on group trips, enabling photo uploads, secure messaging, document sharing, and time-bounded GPS tracking, all gated by group-specific usernames and passwords with no requirement for personal contact information. After the trip, the company produces a professionally edited storytelling keepsake video with music and effects, alongside physical media products (DVDs, CDs/flash drives, and PhotoMozaix 20x30-inch photo mosaic prints).

The business operates primarily through a B2B2C model, bundling the service into travel packages offered by 200+ tour operator partners, including Bob Rogers Travel, WorldStrides, BrightSpark, and Educational Tours Inc. The company holds long-standing memberships in the National Tour Association (NTA), Student Youth Travel Association (SYTA), and American Bus Association (ABA). Primary end-user segments are student/youth travel groups (school bands, orchestras, choirs) and adult/senior tour groups, while tour operators are the core business buyer. Revenue is generated through per-traveler fees (as low as $15/traveler with a $150 minimum for direct sales), physical product reorders, and tour operator branding packages that provide white-label logo placement across app cards, videos, and watermarks. The company has produced over 2 million keepsake videos since 1999 and retains the Create A Video trademark for a separate retail business transferring analog media to digital.

Name

Group Travel Videos

Legal name

PhotoVision, Inc.

Website

https://grouptravelvideos.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Group Travel Videos (PhotoVision, Inc.) provides a private photo-sharing app and professionally edited keepsake videos for group travelers, selling primarily through 200+ tour operator partners and directly to group leaders in the student/youth and adult/senior travel markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Group Travel Media Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Tour Operators (56152), Photofinishing (81292)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Photofinishing Laboratories (7384), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAKABAJ

Group Leisure Retail Travel Agencies

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Traditional/Retail Travel Agencies

SECONDARYTHAKAMAC

Meetings & Group Travel Management (Corporate Groups)

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Corporate Travel Management Services

SECONDARYTHALANAH

Meetings & Group Travel Management (Corporate/MICE)

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Technology & Distribution Services/Corporate Travel Solutions

Keywords

• Group travel apps
• Keepsake video production
• Tour operator services
• Photo sharing platform
• Travel memory preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Per-Traveler Subscription/Fee: Charge per traveler for app access and keepsake video production. Minimum order $150. As low as $15 per traveler when purchased directly. Tour operators typically include in package pricing.
2. PhotoMozaix Orders: 20x30 inch photo mosaic prints available as individual purchase or quantity discount. Ordered through website, phone, or mail-in form.
3. Physical Media Products: DVD copies of keepsake video ($15 each with S&H), CD/flash drive of all edited photos, additional photo downloads.
4. Tour Operator Branding/Packages: White-label/branded version for tour operators with custom logos, watermarks, and partner program features.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Group Travel Videos provides a private mobile app and web platform that enables tour groups to upload, share, and store trip photos in real time without sharing personal data. After the trip, its in-house production team edits the photos into professionally produced keepsake videos with music, transitions, and effects, and offers PhotoMozaix large-format photo mosaic prints, DVDs, CDs, and flash drives as physical deliverables. The service is sold both directly to group leaders and as a white-label add-on through 200+ tour operator partners.

Product overview

Group Travel Videos is a platform-plus-products offering from PhotoVision, Inc. (founded 1997, Charlotte NC) built around its core Group Travel Videos App—a private social network for group travelers. The primary products include the Group Travel Videos App for real-time photo sharing, GPS tracking, messaging and document distribution during trips; the Keepsake Video (storytelling video assembled from trip photos with music and effects); and PhotoMozaix™ (large-format photo mosaic prints). For tour operators, the company offers Tour Operator Branding (white-label logo placement throughout the experience) and Advertise GTV (demo video players and logo assets for tour operator websites). The company also maintains Create A Video™ as a separate retail sub-brand for analog-to-digital media transfer services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PhotoMozaix™: A 20x30 inch photo mosaic print made from trip pictures, printed on high-quality glossy photo paper.

Products and services

• Group Travel Videos App Mobile application (iOS/Android) for group travelers enabling private photo sharing during trips, real-time family viewing, GPS tracking during trip dates, secure in-app messaging, document and itinerary sharing, and access to the finished keepsake video.
• Keepsake Video A professionally produced storytelling video created from a group's trip photographs, combined with non-copyright music and customizable titles, transitions, and effects; delivered electronically for streaming and download via the Group Travel Videos app and website.
• PhotoMozaix™ A 20x30 inch photo mosaic print on high-quality glossy photo paper, created from trip pictures using photo collage techniques; sold individually or with quantity discounts.
• Tour Operator Branding (White-Label) White-label branding service where a tour operator's logo appears on information packets, app cards, photo galleries, the app interface, and the beginning and end of the keepsake video; includes partner program features such as watermarks and priority support.
• Advertise GTV on Your Website Marketing materials including logo assets and an embeddable customizable demo video player that tour operators can place on their websites, featuring either generic or tour-operator-branded content.
• Create A Video Retail Retail service operated by PhotoVision that transfers analog films, tapes, photos, and slides into digital format, retained as a separate sub-brand under the Create A Video trademark.

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased student participation in trips when previous year's video is shown at pre-trip meetings
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Tour Association (NTA)coreOthersLong-standing membership in good standing for over 12 years. Industry trade association for tour professionals.
• Student Youth Travel Association (SYTA)coreOthersLong-standing membership for over 12 years. Industry association serving student and youth travel market.
• American Bus Association (ABA)coreOthersLong-standing membership for over 12 years. Trade association for motorcoach and touring industries.
• Travel Alliance PartnersminorOthersIndustry partnership for travel professionals and tour operators.
• Visit CharlotteminorOthersLocal tourism organization for Charlotte, NC where PhotoVision/Group Travel Videos is headquartered.
• British Educational Travel Association (BETA)minorOthersUK-based association for educational travel providers.
• Bob Rogers TravelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFeatured tour operator partner appearing in customer testimonials. Multiple testimonials mention Bob Rogers Travel as the tour company including GTV in their packages.
• WorldStridescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor educational travel company listed as a client partner on the website.
• Educational Tours Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTour operator partner featured on the Clients page with logo display.
• Gerber Tours, Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStudent tour operator partner featured on the Clients page.
• Hemisphere Educational TravelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEducational travel company listed as a client partner.
• BrightSpark TravelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStudent and youth tour operator partner featured on the Clients page.
• New Horizons Tour And TravelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTour operator partner featured on the Clients page.
• Visit CanadacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEducational tour operator specializing in Canada tours, listed as client partner.
• Winged Victory USAcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTour operator partner featured on the Clients page.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WorldStrides: Major educational travel company listed as both a GTV customer and a comparable operator in the same student/youth travel vertical. Operates its own performance, educational, and sports travel programs with embedded media/keepsake offerings.
• Shutterfly: Large-scale consumer photo printing, photo books, and personalized products platform. Comparable as a mass-market alternative to GTV's physical media (DVDs, CD/flash drives, prints) keepsake offerings.
• TourRadar: Online marketplace for multi-day guided tours across hundreds of operators. Overlaps with GTV's downstream market (group leisure travelers booking escorted tours) and competes for the same tour operator partnerships.
• StudentUniverse: Student-focused travel marketplace serving the same end demographic (students, youth groups, schools). Comparable as a distribution and discovery layer for the group travel market that GTV also serves through operator partnerships.
• EF Education First: One of the largest global educational travel operators, offering its own group travel experiences, photo/video documentation, and post-trip products. Comparable because it serves the same student/youth group travel market and bundles its own media keepsakes into tour packages.

Direct peers

• Animoto: Automated video creation service that turns photos and clips into music-backed videos. Directly comparable to GTV's Keepsake Video product as a low-cost, template-driven alternative for non-professional users.
• Journi: Travel-focused photo book and trip journal app that automatically turns travel photos into printed books. Comparable to GTV's photo-based keepsake products with a mobile-first travel narrative focus.
• Artifact Uprising: Premium photo print and photo book company. Directly comparable to GTV's PhotoMozaix and CD/flash drive photo products as a higher-end keepsake print alternative for travel memories.

Emerging players

• Magisto: AI-driven video editing app that produces polished short videos from user photos. Comparable to GTV's keepsake video workflow but emphasizing AI automation over human editors.
• WeTravel: Booking, payment, and itinerary platform built specifically for multi-day tour operators. Comparable because it sells B2B software into the same tour operator channel that GTV relies on for distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GroupTravelVideos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grouptravelvideos

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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