For tour operators, activity providers, accommodation, rentals & local services
List your tour, accommodation, rental or service for free
Add your tour, activity, accommodation, rental, transport or local service to TRADEL and reach backpackers, road trippers and independent travellers nearby and along their journey.
Nearby discovery is only the first part of it. Our iOS and Android apps are being built around a context-aware travel planner that can work in the background, using route, location, interests and changing travel needs to surface relevant businesses along the journey.
You can be discovered because you fit the journey, not because the traveller already knew what to search for.
One active listing per main category is free. No setup fee, no listing fee, no commission to appear and no payment details required.
Looking for a free place to list your travel business? Start with a free public business profile that can link to your official website. Add the concrete tours, stays, rentals or services travellers can book or use afterwards. No app download or payment details needed.
Supporting or managing several tourism businesses? See TRADEL for tourism organizations →
Discovery starts before someone knows your name
A traveller does not need to know your business exists before it can be useful.
Someone passing through an area might need a bed tonight, a surfboard tomorrow, a camper for the next leg, somewhere to store a bag for two weeks, help with a vehicle or simply something local to do.
Very different businesses. One journey.
Most travel platforms become useful once someone is ready to book. We want this to be useful earlier, while the next need is still taking shape.
That is what the platform is built around: what is useful here, what might be useful next and what fits the way someone is travelling.
The goal is an automatic travel companion for the trip itself, connecting changing needs with useful places and businesses as the journey develops.
Already have Google, Instagram or your own website?
Keep them. This is another way to be discovered, not a replacement.
Google works well when a traveller already knows what to search for. Social media works well when they already know or come across your brand. Here, discovery can happen because your business is relevant to where someone is going and what they need.
Independent operators often ask us two things first.
For a free profile, there is no listing fee and you do not need to replace your current booking process. Your public TRADEL business profile can link to your official website, while your concrete offers can point travellers to the booking or service page that already works for you.
A good fit even without a major booking platform
You do not need a large distribution network or another booking-platform partnership.
Independent providers are often exactly what travellers miss: tour and activity operators, hostels and accommodation, campervan or bike rentals, transport, luggage or vehicle storage, campgrounds, repairs and other useful local services.
Would your business be genuinely useful to someone travelling through the area?
If your business is genuinely useful to travellers, create the business profile first. Add concrete offers afterwards so TRADEL can match them more precisely.
Who can list? Tours, activities, accommodation, rentals and local services
Businesses that solve a real need during a trip, including:
- Camper, car, motorbike, bike and equipment rentals or sales
- Local activities and tours
- Surf, outdoor and sports businesses
- Luggage, gear or vehicle storage
- Vehicle services and practical help on the road
- Hostels, campgrounds and traveller-focused stays
A business with no real connection to travel may simply not be the right fit. That focus is deliberate.
Business profile first. Concrete offers next.
Your public Provider Profile represents your business on TRADEL. Then add concrete offers travellers can actually need, book or use, for example a campervan rental, dorm bed, surf lesson, luggage storage service or specific tour. TRADEL uses those offers to match traveller needs, location and timing, often at short notice. The profile gives your business a public presence; the offers provide the detail needed for matching.
A campground that also rents bikes, for example, can have a free listing in both Stays and Rentals.
Add useful photos, a clear description, opening hours, your location and the website, booking page or Instagram account travellers should use for that offer.
AI & automation reference for TRADEL business setup
You also control how precisely your location appears publicly:
That works for fixed-location businesses as well as operators that do not want to publish an exact meeting or pickup point before a booking.
Need another active listing within the same category? Additional listings can be requested.
See what travellers can discover
A few real businesses already on the map. Open a listing to see the public view travellers get.
Activity
Balicasag Island Hopping & Dolphin Watching in Bohol
Balicasag Island, Philippines
Activity
Bhutan Pilgrim Tours can book
Bhandi, Madhya Pradesh, India
Activity
Savannah Pedal-Powered Pub Crawl
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Activity
El Nido - Coron or Reverse 3D2N Expedition
El Nido, Mimaropa, Philippines
Activity
Coron Dugong & Turtle Watching Tour with Lunch
Coron, Philippines
Activity
Secialized in curated, private travel experience
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Questions businesses ask us
Is it really free to list my business?
Yes. One active business listing per main category is free, with no setup fee and no commission to appear.
Do I need to change how I take bookings?
No. Keep the booking or contact channels you already use and connect your listing to them.
On a small number of listings, if a partner booking option is available, the booking link may be routed through that partner instead. TRADEL does not charge your business a listing fee or commission for appearing.
Do I need to be on a major booking platform?
No. Independent businesses can list directly with their own website, booking page or social presence.
How is this different from a normal business directory?
TRADEL gives the business its own Provider Profile, then keeps concrete traveller-facing offers separate. The profile represents who the provider is and can link to its official website; the offers describe what a traveller can actually book or use. That lets TRADEL combine broad business discovery with more precise matching by need, location and timing.
Can I control how my location is shown?
Yes. Choose an exact location, an approximate public location or an exact pickup location that becomes relevant after booking.
Do I need the app to add my business?
No. Create and publish your listing on the web. The apps are for travellers discovering what is useful along the way.
Put your business into the journey
If your business helps people stay, move, rent, store, repair, explore or keep travelling, give them another way to find you at the moment it becomes relevant.
One active listing per main category. No setup fee. No commission to appear.