What VakantieVeilingen does

VakantieVeilingen B.V. is an Amsterdam-based online auction platform founded in 2007 that enables Dutch-speaking consumers to bid on leisure experiences, travel packages, event tickets, wellness services, and consumer products. The company operates a digital auction marketplace where users compete in ascending-bid auctions across 11+ categories, including hotels, vacations, sauna and beauty, day trips, dining, outings, vouchers, and merchandise. The platform is accessible via website, email newsletter, blog content, and a dedicated mobile application, supporting a product-led, digital-first go-to-market approach aimed at Dutch consumer discretionary spend.

The core product is a web- and mobile-based auction experience with a category-driven catalog and direct-to-consumer owned-media distribution. The platform monetizes through transaction fees on winning auction bids, capturing a spread between the winning bid amount and the underlying cost of the experience or product supplied by partner merchants. VakantieVeilingen operates under the House of Tickets BV holding, which also runs Belgian sister brands VakantieVeilingen.be and Vavabid.be, as well as Tripper.nl for Dutch travel discovery, indicating a multi-brand portfolio strategy concentrated on Benelux leisure and travel markets.

Name

VakantieVeilingen

Legal name

VakantieVeilingen B.V.

Website

https://vakantieveilingen.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

VakantieVeilingen B.V. is an Amsterdam-based online auction platform, founded in 2007, that enables Dutch and Belgian consumers to bid on leisure experiences, travel packages, event tickets, and consumer products across 11+ categories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Travel and Leisure Auctions

NAICS

Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Auction-based Generalist Marketplaces (CRAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Destination/Activity Booking Marketplaces (Tours & Tickets Aggregators) (THAKAAAH)

Keywords

• Online travel auctions
• Leisure deal marketplace
• Hotel auction deals
• Consumer auction platform
• Travel discount bidding

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Auction transactions: VakantieVeilingen generates revenue through auction-based transactions where users bid on leisure products, hotel stays, travel packages, dining experiences, and consumer goods. The platform takes a commission or fee from winning bids.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

VakantieVeilingen operates an online auction platform where Dutch consumers bid on discounted travel, accommodation, day trips, dining, wellness, and lifestyle experiences. Founded in 2007 and based in Amsterdam, the platform aggregates offers from third-party providers such as hotels, restaurants, and experience operators and lets users compete for vouchers via a fixed-time auction format.

Product overview

VakantieVeilingen.nl is a unified auction marketplace operated by House of Tickets BV that enables consumers to bid on discounted rates for leisure experiences and products. The platform's core offering is its auction mechanism where users compete for deals across distinct category verticals: Hotels, Vacations (Vakanties), Day Trips (Dagje uit), Dining (Eten & Drinken), Sauna & Beauty, Evening Out (Avondje uit), Gift Vouchers (Waardebonnen), and general Products. Users register to place bids and compete in real-time auctions to win discounted rates on these experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VakantieVeilingen Online Auction Platform A web and mobile auction platform where individual consumers bid on discounted vouchers for hotels, vacations, day trips, dining, wellness, shopping, and event tickets supplied by third-party providers across the Netherlands.
• Hotel and Vacation Auctions Category within the VakantieVeilingen platform where consumers bid on hotel stays, short breaks, and vacation packages supplied by partnered hotels and travel providers.
• Day Trips and Experiences Auctions Auction category on the VakantieVeilingen platform where consumers bid on discounted day trips, excursions, and lifestyle experiences supplied by partnered operators.
• Dining and Wellness Auctions Auction category on the VakantieVeilingen platform where consumers bid on discounted restaurant meals, spa and wellness treatments, and other lifestyle vouchers supplied by partnered merchants.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• House of Tickets BVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVakantieVeilingen is part of House of Tickets BV, which also operates VakantieVeilingen.be (Belgian version), Vavabid.be, and Tripper.nl. This is the parent company relationship under which the brand operates alongside sister sites in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hotelspecials: Dutch hotel deals platform offering discounted overnight stays and short breaks — directly competing in VakantieVeilingen's core Hotels and Vakanties auction categories.
• SocialDeal: Dutch group-deals marketplace offering discounted travel, dining, and leisure experiences to Dutch consumers — a closely comparable business model and customer base.
• GroupDeal.nl: Dutch collective-buying deals platform focused on local services, dining, and travel, directly competing for the same deal-seeking Dutch consumer audience.
• Vavabid.be: Belgian sister auction marketplace under House of Tickets BV, offering travel, leisure, and product auctions directly comparable to VakantieVeilingen's auction mechanic and category mix.
• VakantieVeilingen.be: Belgian-language mirror of the VakantieVeilingen platform, operated under the same parent House of Tickets BV, with an essentially identical auction-based leisure marketplace model.
• Tripper.nl: Dutch travel-focused platform within the House of Tickets BV portfolio, targeting adjacent leisure and travel discovery use cases for Dutch consumers.
• TravelBird: Originally a Dutch-headquartered travel deals marketplace selling discounted holiday packages and experiences, sharing VakantieVeilingen's travel-deal focus and Dutch heritage.

Broad incumbents

• Groupon: Global deals marketplace with a Dutch presence, offering discounted local experiences, travel, and products — overlapping with VakantieVeilingen's auction/deal model at much greater scale.
• Secret Escapes: Premium travel-deals marketplace offering discounted luxury hotel stays and experiences, comparable to VakantieVeilingen's hotel and vacation auction categories but at the higher end.
• Booking.com: Global OTA dominating Dutch online travel bookings. While not an auction site, it competes head-on for the discounted hotel and travel demand that VakantieVeilingen serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/veilingen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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