The two Backyourtrip founders together beside the waterfront in Amsterdam

Amsterdam · 2025

From bucket list to real life.

Our story

Travel has always been part of our story.

First through our careers. Then through the journeys we took ourselves. Backyourtrip grew from both.

Where it began

We’ve been around travel for a while.

Long before Backyourtrip, travel was already part of both our working lives.

We started in customer-facing travel roles, speaking directly with travellers and learning the industry from the ground up. Over the years, we moved into managing teams, shaping customer experiences, building processes and understanding what happens behind the booking screen.

Then, over the last five years, we began travelling much more ourselves—together, separately, with friends and with family.

Working in travel showed us how the industry works. Travelling ourselves showed us what it feels like from the other side.

We saw that wanting to travel was rarely the problem. Turning an idea into a real trip took saving, planning and countless decisions. And even after everything was booked, travellers still needed someone they could trust when plans changed or something went wrong.

That is why we started Backyourtrip.

We want to make travel easier from the moment you begin thinking about a trip to the moment you return home. Whether you are saving, planning, booking or already travelling, Backyourtrip is here to help you move forward with confidence—and to support you when you need it.

Our travels

The journeys that brought us here.

Hamya visiting the Great Sphinx of Giza
Egypt · 2025
Pradip beneath the illuminated Eiffel Tower
Paris · 2024
Hamya visiting the Colosseum in Rome
Rome · 2022
The Backyourtrip founders together beside an Amsterdam canal
Amsterdam · 2025
Pradip exploring New York City in the rain
New York · 2026
Hamya beneath the illuminated Eiffel Tower
Paris · 2024
Pradip visiting Palais Longchamp in Marseille
Marseille · 2024

Why Backyourtrip

There are plenty of companies ready when you are ready to book. Backyourtrip begins before that and stays with you beyond it.

Because “someday” isn’t a travel plan—and travelling should never mean figuring everything out alone.

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