Published on July 17, 2025

Apple House Rentals exclusively for business travelers has rapidly penetrated the tech startup space. The Irisih company, which promotes employees staying with friends, family or colleagues on business, is offering businesses a novel alternative to expensive business hotels. Using a good old-fashioned product model, Roamr is not only making headlines among techies but is planning to cross industries as the business- travel world gets more global.
Roamr’s aim is to help businesses save money on expensive hotel bills by offering a more cost-effective alternative. When a traveler books a stay with a friend, Roamr makes the process easy while cutting both parties in on the savings. The usual splits: 30% to the traveler, 30% to the host, 10% to Roamr. The other 30% of the savings goes to the company, so its a win-win and a no-brainer for both the employee and the employer. This approach drastically decreases travel costs for organizations, while offering employees an exclusive and personalized experience when on a business trip.
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Originally created for businesses that offered employees the option to work remotely from anywhere, Roamr shifted its business to focus on corporate travel after receiving feedback that accommodations costs were the biggest travel concern. And, via its holistic platform, Roamr doesn’t just cover your accomdation fees, as it also combines flexible trip approvals and policies for companies. Unlike most travel management companies Roamr doesn’t charge companies to onboard the platform. Instead it takes a 10% fee per booking, and the simplicity of its model means businesses can just start using it instead of needing to jump though hoops.
One of Roamr’s eye-catching perks is its “Roamr for Friends”—in this case, employees can book a one-off stay and then share 35% of the savings on their accommodation is along with the person hosting them. The firm is able to save up to 20% of the expenses and this new premises has already seen Roamr become increasingly popular with those who want to catch up with colleagues or clients on the road without working from home استcornerاغ.
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Roamr has already amassed users in more than 100 countries in just 2 years since launch. Its early adoption has been strong especially among tech startups that are already working with hybrid or fully remote teams and want to cut down on travel costs. Targeting cost-effective, high marching SaaS startups, Roamr has become the de facto solution for these businesses to streamline their travel expenses.
One of Roamr’s early customers was Protex AI, a Dublin-based safety technology firm, which used Roamr for a recent offsite. Having to foot the high cost of hotel rooms was a serious financial strain on the startup, and OpenRoamr’s platform helped them experience major savings that brought their accommodation costs under their full control. Being able to dictate employee split rates and control the cost of stays were levels of transparency that Protex AI offered that businesses were previously unable to receive from typical hotel bookings.
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Roamr has also signed on other industry clients, including a large U.S. insurance technology company. Although the company has not revealed the name of this client it does bear testament to Roamr’s larger effort to expand its client portfolio and target sectors such as engineering, construction and financial consulting, which have a requirement for competitive travel.
Even with its early wins, Roamr still has its own set of challenges as it works to survive the competitive terrain of business travel, York said. The company is actively bridging the traditional world of travel management services and the new B2B sharing economy that has been growing in popularity over past years. Sharing economy heavyweights like Airbnb and Uber alike’s have dabbled in servicing corporate customers, but Roamr has set its sights on corporate travel, a niche but fast-growing market.
In fact, this model has caught the attention of the travel management world, and Roamr is in talks with travel management companies in a bid to widen its audience.
Roamr has been very successful: Back in September 2024, the company raised a €573,000 pre-seed round. Riding on this high, Roamr started 2025 with a $2.3 million extension on its funds showing investors are willing to bet big on it. The round was led by a consortium of investors that were keen to back Roamr as they look to grow.
The company’s growth is backed by seasoned investors, including Marc McCabe, who was the head of Airbnb for Business at Airbnb when Airbnb was just 60 people. That, along with other big names from the HR tech field, is helping to power Roamr as they work on developing the platform further and securing their position in the B2B corporate travel arena.
Investors in Roamr believe in the platform as the perfect answer to high priced corporate travel alternatives while on business, providing a fresh innovative alternative to staying in dated hotels. With more investment and an increasing number of customers, we believe Roamr will have a strong influence in changing how companies manage employer travel.
With exciting new developments on the horizon and a growing user base, Roamr is at the forefront of innovation in business travel. Providing cost-effective and flexible alternative to standard hotel bookings, Roamr is disrupting the traditional place to stay and giving businesses a disruptive tool to control travel expenditure and giving employees a better experience.
Heading into the future, Roamr will continue to centre its evolution around the B2B sharing economy, and become a forward-thinking, sustainable, technology-driven solution in professional travel, ensuring it remains at the forefront of business travel’s current landscape. With growth on the horizon and ongoing investor support, the future for Roamr seems bright as it seeks to bring the sharing economy to the boardroom.
Sources : www.businesstravelnews.com
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