Sometimes friends and family can’t join your trips, and not everyone is ready for traveling solo. Our TooSIM team put together a top list of apps for finding journey buddies across Europe, the USA, Asia, and beyond. All of these apps include optional verification so users can show they’re trustworthy.
GAFFL
GAFFL is a user-friendly app for finding travel buddies, used in over 190 countries, including the Asia region and the USA. It’s especially popular among avid travelers who frequently go solo. This app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Key features include:
- Filters to find adventure buddies by country, interests, and specific dates. You can also create a «trip profile» and let others reach out to join your trip;
- Chats and private messaging with other travelers;
- Planned trips from other users (you can join);
- Shared bookings and expense splitting to make trips more affordable.
Different levels of verification are available to enhance user safety, including email, phone number, social media, and ID identification.
Tourlina
Originally designed for women to find companions, the app now also allows men to register. It’s available on the App Store and Google Play.
Key features include:
- Finding travel buddies with a variety of filters such as gender, age, travel destination, and interests;
- Chats to communicate with other users;
- Trip-specific matching to find companions for a particular journey, including country, dates, budget, and more;
- Recommendations for countries and locations.
The administration manually verifies profiles and users to ensure maximum safety.
Backpackr
This user-friendly app is available in over 160 countries and can be downloaded on both Apple and Android devices. It features a convenient option to view all travelers heading to the same city on specific dates and detailed traveler profiles.
Other features include:
- Creating a trip with all the relevant information (others can join);
- A shared online room for discussions;
- Extra perks for users, such as discounts on tours, restaurants, hostels, and hotels;
- Viewing other travelers’ profiles.
Stay Connected With Your Travel Companion With TooSIM eSIM
Finding a company is the first step, the second is enjoying a smooth journey together. To keep in touch and never lose each other, you can get a travel eSIM. We offer data packages of all sizes (from 1 GB to 50 GB) with coverage in nearly 200 countries – for example, an eSIM for Spain or New Zealand.
Not Just Travel Companions, But Also a Place to Stay
Sometimes it’s hard to find a travel buddy for your whole trip, but with the popular platform Couchsurfing you can connect with locals in advance, make friends, and even stay at their place for free. Just search by country or city to find hosts who are happy to let you stay at their apartments. Often they’ll also offer to show you around, suggest great restaurants, and share local tips. Different levels of verification are available for extra safety.
Conclusion
Apps like GAFFL, Backpackr, and Tourlina are an effective and safe way to find travel companions. To make sure you stay connected during your trip you can activate a TooSIM travel eSIM with the right amount of data for your needs.