Youth Travel

What Youth Travel does

Jongerentravel NV (Youth Travel) is a privately held Belgian travel company founded in 1986, headquartered in Antwerp, and operating in the youth and young adult travel segment for nearly 40 years. The company organizes fully supervised and semi-supervised summer and winter vacation packages for travelers aged 12 to 18+ across five age-segmented sub-brands: Globers (12-16, 100% supervised), Young Spirit (15-17, supervised with free time), Free Spirit Limited (16-17, daytime freedom), Free Spirit (16+, daily check-in only), and JT Next (18+, full independence). Destinations span Southern and Western Europe (Spain, Croatia, Greece, Portugal, Italy, France, Austria), with 10 pickup locations across Belgium and the Netherlands. The company runs 105 summer and winter vacation packages and is supported by a pool of 325 volunteer monitors trained and continuously educated by the dedicated non-profit Sports4fun vzw.

The technology foundation is a proprietary online booking platform featuring a 4-hour reservation option system and group booking workflow, where one initiator books a trip and all travelers individually confirm within the option window. An internal JT Platform (summer/winter variants) handles crew management and office administration. The company is licensed under Toerisme Vlaanderen (Vergunde Reisbureaus) and is a member of the Vlaamse Solidariteit Reisgelden (VVR) consumer protection fund. Marketing is primarily organic social (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok), email newsletter, and a blog, with no third-party resellers. Optional insurance add-ons (cancellation, travel assistance, combined) are provided through partnership with Protections Travel Insurance.

The business model is direct-to-consumer package sales priced per traveler, with revenue mechanics driven by one-time package purchases that include transport, accommodation, meals, activities, excursions, and supervision. Pricing varies by destination, accommodation type (hotel, apartment, hostel, villa), transport mode (bus, plane), and meal plan, with optional add-ons (cancellation insurance at €34, travel assistance at €29, combined at €44, monitor training contribution of €15 per person, extra pickup/dropoff fees). The permanent staff is 11-50 employees, with no external funding, parent company, or disclosed acquisitions. A JT US sub-brand exists in the brand portfolio, signaling potential future geographic expansion beyond the Benelux core.

Name

Youth Travel

Legal name

Jongerentravel NV

Website

https://jongerentravel.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jongerentravel (Youth Travel) is a Belgian private travel company founded in 1986 that organizes age-segmented, supervised summer and winter vacation packages for youth and young adults aged 12-18+, serving travelers and parents across Belgium and the Netherlands via a direct-to-consumer online booking platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Travel Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (56152)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAKAGAA

Student & Youth Educational Tours

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Group Travel & Educational Travel Operators

SECONDARYTHAKADAJ

Educational & Student Multi-Day Tour Operators

Travel & Hospitality/Travel Agencies, Tour Operators & OTAs/Tour Operators (Multi-Day Package Tours)

Keywords

• Youth travel packages
• Supervised group vacations
• Youth tour operator
• Winter ski camps
• School trip programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mechelen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Package Vacation Sales: Complete travel packages including transport, accommodation, activities, meals, and supervision for youth and young adult groups

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Youth Travel is a Belgian tour operator that organizes supervised group vacations for youth aged 12 to 17 and for young adults aged 16 and up. The company sells packaged trips that include transport, accommodation, activities, on-trip supervision by trained monitors, and optional insurance add-ons across summer, winter, and short-trip formats.

Product overview

Jongerentravel (Youth Travel) operates as a Belgian youth and young adult travel specialist with nearly 40 years of experience. The company offers a portfolio of age-segmented travel programs: Globers (12-16 years, fully supervised), Young Spirit (15-17 years, supervised with some freedom), Free Spirit Limited (16-17 years, daytime freedom with group evenings), Free Spirit (16+ years, fully flexible), and JT Next (18+ years, complete independence). Programs span both summer (beach, water sports, excursions) and winter (ski/snowboard) seasons. The company also offers short ski trips and partners with Protections Travel Insurance for optional coverage. All trips include supervised monitor teams, with internal platforms for crew and operational management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Globers: 100% supervised youth vacations for ages 12-16 years, with activities and excursions at sea, lake, or mountain locations.
• Young Spirit
• Free Spirit Limited
• Free Spirit
• JT Next
• JT Platform Zomer
• JT Platform Winter
• JT US

Products and services

• Globers (Summer) Summer supervised group vacation package for the youngest age band of Youth Travel's youth segment (younger end of the 12-17 range), bundling transport, accommodation, activities, and on-trip monitor supervision.
• Young Spirit (Summer) Summer supervised group vacation package for an intermediate youth age band, bundling transport, accommodation, activities, and on-trip monitor supervision.
• Free Spirit Limited (Summer) Summer group vacation package positioned between the strictly supervised youth trips and the more independent Free Spirit offering, for a transitional youth age band.
• Free Spirit (Summer) Summer group vacation package for older youth / young adults seeking more independent group travel within a Youth Travel-managed structure.
• JT Next (Summer) Summer group vacation package for the 16+ young adult segment under the Jongerentravel brand, bundling transport, accommodation, activities, and group supervision suited to older travelers.
• Shortski's (Winter) Short-format winter ski package offered by Youth Travel for youth groups, bundling transport, accommodation, ski-related activities, and on-trip supervision.
• Winter versions of Globers, Young Spirit, Free Spirit Limited, Free Spirit, JT Next Winter-season variants of Youth Travel's summer age-banded group vacation packages, extending the same age-segmented, supervised-trip concept to the winter season.
• Optional Trip Cancellation and Travel Insurance Optional insurance add-on available with Youth Travel vacation packages, providing trip cancellation and travel insurance coverage for booked travelers.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Protections Travel InsurancecoreOthersOfficial insurance partner providing cancellation insurance, travel assistance insurance, and combined insurance packages for travelers. Available as optional add-ons during booking.
• Sports4fun vzwcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining and education organization responsible for monitor recruitment, screening, training, and annual continuing education. Manages the monitor contribution fee (€15 per person).
• Vlaamse Solidariteit Reisgelden (VVR)coreOthersTravel fund organization providing consumer financial protection for advance payments. Member logo displayed on website as trust signal.
• Toerisme Vlaanderen - Vergunde ReisbureauscoreOthersOfficial licensing body for travel agencies in Flanders, Belgium. Licensed travel agency status required for operating in Belgium.
• Hotels and Accommodations (various)coreOthersPartnerships with hotels such as Hotel Delfin, Appartementen Astra Plava Laguna, Hotel Summer Sun, Hotel Miami, Casa JT-villa Italia, and various hostels across destinations in Spain, Croatia, Greece, Portugal, and Italy.
• Local Entertainment VenuesminorOthersLocal bars, clubs, and entertainment venues at destinations that work with Jongerentravel for evening programs and party deals.
• Bus CompaniescoreOthersLuxury touring coach companies providing transport to destinations with multiple pickup locations across Belgium and Netherlands.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sunweb Group: Sunweb Group is a leading Benelux tour operator offering package holidays to European sun and ski destinations. It overlaps directly with Jongerentravel's product categories but operates at materially higher volume and lacks the supervised-monitor specialization.
• TUI Group: TUI is one of the world's largest integrated tourism groups operating in Belgium and the Netherlands with packaged holidays, family resorts, and youth product lines. It competes with Jongerentravel for the same BE/NL family traveler, but with a vastly broader portfolio and scale.
• Contiki: Contiki is a specialist tour operator for 18-35 year olds running group travel across Europe. It directly competes with the Free Spirit and JT Next brands for the older end of Jongerentravel's traveler age range, with a similar group-tour format and chaperone-led model.
• Corendon: Corendon is a major Dutch travel company offering package holidays across Europe, the Caribbean, and Turkey with strong family positioning. As a broad incumbent, it competes for the same Belgian and Dutch summer holiday consumer that Jongerentravel targets.
• Club Med: Club Med operates premium all-inclusive resorts globally with family and teen programs. Its supervised, full-board, activity-led resort product is the closest functional analogue to Jongerentravel's Globers and Young Spirit offering, scaled globally.

Direct peers

• EF Educational Tours: EF Educational Tours is one of the largest global operators of multi-day student and youth group travel packages. It is the closest direct peer in terms of multi-day format, group supervision requirements, and youth/student target traveler.
• Traveldeal: Traveldeal is a Dutch online travel agency emphasizing youth- and budget-friendly package holidays to southern European destinations. It targets a similar demographic to the Free Spirit and JT Next brands with a comparable destination mix and price positioning.
• Prijsvrij: Prijsvrij is a Dutch online travel agency focused on package holiday deals to popular European destinations. It competes head-on for price-sensitive Dutch and Belgian package travelers, with a stronger digital/OTA model but no supervised-youth specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC1wj_Nr0_ng4IHhB397WvWw/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/jongerentravel
• Instagraminstagram.com/jongerentravel
• TikToktiktok.com/@jongerentravel
• Xx.com/Jongerentravel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jongerentravel

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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