Behandi

What Behandi does

Behandi is a French SASU travel agency founded in 2014 that organizes adapted vacations for persons with disabilities. It operates three sub-brands: BEHANDI for individual tailor-made trips, HandiVAO for group travel (minimum 3 adults), and HandiKOLO for adapted holiday camps for children aged 6-17. The company sells all-inclusive packages covering home pickup, TPMR-adapted transport, PMR-compliant accommodation, medical equipment delivery, accessible activities, and continuous accompaniment by qualified professional caregivers (nurses, care assistants, specialized educators), with 24/7 support throughout each stay. Service delivery is vertically integrated through subsidiary BEHANDI SERVICES, which supplies the in-home personal care and accompaniment labor force.

The core operating technology is a quote-based booking workflow supported by a proprietary "holidaymaker profile" questionnaire that assesses each client's disability type, autonomy level, and care requirements to design individualized trips. Underlying distribution is a multilingual Joomla website (French, English, Spanish, German) with a third-party accessibility plugin, supplemented by direct phone, email, catalog requests, and institutional outreach to French healthcare structures (FAM, MAS, ESAT, EPAD). Behandi holds the sector-gating French approvals required to operate: Atout France (IM041150002), Agrément VAO (IDF_2019_10_02_005), ANCV acceptance (663502E001P001), and road passenger transport capacity (JEV111602731), and is backed by APST financial guarantee and HISCOX professional liability insurance.

The business model is sales-led direct-to-customer, with no intermediary resellers. Pricing is entirely quote-based in euros including all taxes, varying by destination, duration, accommodation level, and care intensity; a deposit equal to 100% of BEHANDI services is collected at booking with the balance for BEHANDI SERVICES due 30 days before departure. The company claims 10 years of experience, 200+ trips organized annually, 2000+ satisfied clients, and 13 salaried staff, with offices in Paris, Beauce la Romaine, and Orléans. No revenue figures, funding rounds, M&A activity, or named management team are disclosed in available source materials.

Name

Behandi

Legal name

SASU BEHANDI

Website

https://behandi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Behandi is a French travel agency (founded 2014, 13 staff) that organizes all-inclusive adapted vacations for persons with disabilities through three sub-brands: BEHANDI (individual trips), HandiVAO (group travel 3+), and HandiKOLO (children's camps), serving individuals and institutional healthcare clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accessible Travel Services

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Tour Operators (56152), Tour Operators (561520), All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (561599)

akta.pro primary industry

Accessible & Special-Needs Itinerary Planning (THAKAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Needs & Accessible Travel Services (Local DMC) (THAKAEAL), Managed Corporate Travel Programs (End-to-End TMC Services) (THAKAMAA)

Keywords

• Accessible travel services
• Disability tourism
• Adapted holiday packages
• Tailor-made travel
• Special needs vacations

Headquarters

HQ city

Ouzouer-le-Marché, Centre-Val de Loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Package Tours and Forfait Tourism: Behandi operates as a travel agency organizing complete package holidays (forfaits touristiques) for persons with disabilities. Revenue is generated through the total price of customized travel packages that include transport, accommodation, activities, professional accompaniment, and medical equipment delivery. Prices are quote-based and vary according to destination, duration, number of participants, accommodation type, and specific care needs.
2. Professional Care and Accompaniment Services: Services provided through affiliated company BEHANDI SERVICES, including professional accompaniment by qualified caregivers (nurses, care assistants, specialized educators) during trips. This represents an additional revenue stream for the broader Behandi ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Behandi is a French travel agency that designs and sells accessible/adapted holidays for people with disabilities and reduced mobility. It operates three brands — BEHANDI for individual tailor-made trips, HandiVAO for group stays (3+ persons), and HandiKOLO for holiday camps for children aged 6–17 — coordinating transportation, accommodation, and on-site assistance in France and abroad. The company holds Atout France, VAO, and ANCV approvals and is covered by APST and HISCOX guarantees.

Product overview

Behandi operates as a travel agency platform with three distinct product lines: BEHANDI (individual tailor-made trips for persons with disabilities), HandiVAO (group adapted travel for adults with 3+ participants), and HandiKOLO (holiday camps for children aged 6-17 with disabilities). The platform provides comprehensive all-inclusive adapted travel services including professional accompaniment, adapted transport (TPMR vehicles), accessible accommodation, medical equipment delivery, and 24/7 support. Services are organized across different autonomy levels (good autonomy, sustained independence, slight dependency-PMR, high dependency-PMR) and cover various destinations in France and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HandiVAO: Adapted group travel brand for groups of 3 or more persons, offering both pre-programmed and tailor-made stays for adults with disabilities.
• HandiKOLO

Products and services

• BEHANDI — Individual tailor-made adapted trips

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% accessibility guaranteed on all trips with customized adaptation to each disability type
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Booking.com: Global accommodation platform with extensive accessibility filters and adapted-property tags. Represents the generalist competitive threat as accessibility search becomes a commoditized feature of mainstream travel platforms.
• TUI Group: Europe's largest integrated tourism group offering accessible holiday options across its mainstream package portfolio. Not specialized in disability travel but offers overlapping accessible accommodation and transport at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• AccessibleGO: Online accessible travel platform that searches and books hotels with verified accessibility features for disabled travelers. Comparable market focus on accessibility-specific inventory, though primarily accommodation-led rather than full-service package operator.
• APF Évasion: Travel branch of APF France Handicap organizing adapted vacations for disabled persons in France. Closest French-market peer given shared regulatory environment, beneficiary base, and adapted-stay focus.
• Sage Traveling: US-based accessible travel agency providing custom trip planning for wheelchair users and slow walkers. Comparable in providing personalized, quote-based accessible itineraries with destination-specific accessibility research.
• Limitless Travel: UK-based accessible travel agency organizing group and individual holidays for people with disabilities, including wheelchair users and those with mobility needs. Directly comparable niche-specialized model with similar accompaniment and adapted accommodation focus.
• Wheelchair Travel: New Zealand-based accessible travel agency specializing in wheelchair-accessible vacations and cruises. Comparable in niche specialization on disability travel with curated itineraries and accessibility-first vendor selection.
• Enable Holidays: British accessible travel agency specializing in wheelchair-friendly holidays and disabled traveler packages across Europe and beyond. Comparable in offering adapted accommodations, transport coordination, and disability-specific service.

Others

• Special Needs Group: US-based provider of wheelchair and special-needs equipment rentals for travelers. Adjacent ecosystem participant supplying medical and mobility equipment that Behandi also delivers to its clients' destinations.
• Tourism for All UK: UK charity promoting accessible tourism standards and providing traveler guidance on adapted accommodations. Not a direct competitor but a thematically related ecosystem organization shaping accessible-travel market expectations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/behandi

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

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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