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10 Days · 2 Travelers
4★ Hotels · Tours · Transfers
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Boutique Hotels · Tours · Ferry
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Italy
8 Days · 2 Travelers
5★ Hotels · Private Tours · Transfers
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What is EuropeanTravelCompanies.com?
EuropeanTravelCompanies.com (ETC) is a three-sided travel marketplace covering Europe. Travellers describe a trip once and receive concrete, priced offers from up to 8 verified travel companies — free, with no obligation to book. Travel businesses receive matched leads and can post or answer B2B partnership requests. Creators find paid campaigns and prove their audience through read-only, official API connections. Every company is verified before it is listed, the ranking model is published, and sponsored placement is always labelled.
- Cost for travellers
- Free
- Companies per request
- Up to 8
- Typical first offer
- Within a few hours
- Verified companies
- 254
- European countries
- 8
- Booking party
- The travel company
Last updated August 2026 · EuropeanTravelCompanies.com
How the industry actually works
How to book a trip with a travel company: the eight steps
From “I want to go to Italy” to a signed, priced itinerary — the eight steps of the travel agency booking process, and the three points where buyers lose money.
9 min read
Travel agent vs booking online: when each one actually wins
The four trip types where an agent is measurably cheaper or better, and the ones where booking direct plainly wins. An even-handed comparison, with the DIY case made properly.
6 min read
How much does a custom trip cost in Europe?
Real per-person-per-day bands for Southern Europe, what a planning fee looks like, and where the operator’s margin actually sits in the number you are quoted.
6 min read
Travel agency scams: nine warning signs worth acting on
Nine signals that reliably separate a real tour operator from a payment-collection front, and how to check a company registration number in ten minutes.
7 min read
Trip deposits and payment terms: what is normal, what is not
Normal deposit sizes by trip type, the payment methods that keep your chargeback rights, and the six clauses in a booking contract worth reading twice.
6 min read
How the travel industry works: the five links in the chain
Suppliers, DMCs, tour operators, agencies and you. What each link is paid, who becomes legally responsible for your trip, and how to tell which one you are actually talking to.
9 min read
Tour operator vs travel agency: who owns the trip, and who you claim against
One builds and owns the product, the other sells someone else’s. That single difference decides pricing, flexibility and who is legally responsible when the trip fails.
6 min read
Travel agent commission and markup: what the trade earns on your trip
Typical commission bands by product line, the difference between commission and markup, and how to ask a company for the split without insulting anyone.
6 min read
Travel agency licence requirements in Europe, country by country
Which body licenses travel companies in each European market, what insolvency cover is compulsory, and how to check that a licence number is real before you pay.
7 min read
Travel influencer marketing: a campaign structure that survives contact with reality
Most travel creator budgets buy content, not demand. Here is the structure — brief, rate, contract, usage rights and one measurable outcome — that separates the two.
9 min read
How much do travel influencers charge? Rate bands for European travel brands
Indicative € rates by tier and platform for European travel work, the uplifts for rights and exclusivity, and what a hosted stay is actually worth against cash.
6 min read
How to work with travel influencers: shortlist to published post in six steps
The six steps that take a travel brand from shortlist to published post, including the outreach message that gets answered and the one-page brief that stops creators guessing.
5 min read
Influencer contracts and usage rights: the nine clauses that decide what you can reuse
Deliverables, licence, exclusivity, disclosure, payment and takedown — the nine clauses that decide whether you can still run that reel as an advert in eighteen months.
6 min read
How to spot fake Instagram followers: seven checks in ten minutes
Seven checks that expose bought followers and engagement pods before you send a contract, and why metrics read under read-only OAuth beat a screenshot of Insights.
6 min read
How to get travel agency clients: five channels ranked by cost per booking
Repeat business, trade partnerships, search, marketplaces and paid media all work, but not equally. Here is what each one costs per confirmed booking, and which to fix first.
9 min read
How to write a travel agency profile description that gets shortlisted
Buyers scan a profile for about eight seconds before deciding whether to read on. Proof first, geography second, adjectives never — with a before and after rewrite.
6 min read
How to respond to travel enquiries: the first four hours decide it
Buyers compare several companies in one sitting. The first substantive reply sets the benchmark — here is what belongs in it and what quietly loses the booking.
6 min read
Travel marketplace vs own website: which costs less per booking
One is a variable cost that works immediately, the other a fixed investment that pays back slowly. An honest comparison from a marketplace, including when the marketplace is wrong.
6 min read
What is a DMC, and when do you actually need one?
Destination Management Companies sit between tour operators and the ground. Here is what they do, what they cost, and when hiring one beats booking direct.
7 min read
How to brief a travel company so you get a real quote
Most weak quotes are caused by weak briefs. The six things to include, the three that do not matter, and why a budget range doubles your response quality.
6 min read
How company verification works on ETC
What we check before a company appears, what each badge level means, and what verification deliberately does not promise.
5 min read