Shuttle Central

Shuttle Central is a Cancún, Mexico-based travel technology company that provides an API and booking engine allowing travel companies to sell ground transportation online, including airport shuttles, drivers by the hour and car rental. The company positions the product as a way for partners to increase revenue by roughly 15-20% per transaction on transportation bookings, and describes integration options designed to embed shuttle booking into partners' existing e-commerce platforms and websites.

Alongside the B2B platform, Shuttle Central operates a consumer-facing booking site covering airport transfers in Mexico, the Caribbean, the United States and Latin America, advertising more than 100 destinations including Cancún, Los Cabos, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, Huatulco, Las Vegas, Miami, Montego Bay, Nassau and Punta Cana. Booking features include real-time flight monitoring, online reservation management, secure payment, instant confirmation, web check-in and 24/7 support, with add-ons such as car seats and round-trip or point-to-point service.

Beyond bookings, the company markets operator-facing tooling: analytics intended to help transportation providers understand their customer base, optimize pricing and manage fleets, framed around the digitalization of last-mile ground transportation companies.

Founding story

Founded in 2019 by Barsi Luna, Jorge De Cordova and Luis Uicab. De Cordova entered tourism to help fund his college studies in advertising and communications, met Luna at his first job in the industry, and the two founded Shuttle Central about ten years later. Luna describes 13+ years in the travel industry and prior travel companies created.

Business model

Shuttle Central operates a two-sided model: it supplies travel companies with an API and integrated booking engine to resell airport transportation, shuttles, hourly drivers and car rental, while also selling transfers directly to travelers through its own site. It recruits transportation providers to supply capacity and invites partners to "start selling transfers," indicating a marketplace-style intermediation between travel demand channels and local ground operators.

Revenue is tied to transportation transactions booked through the platform; the company states that travel companies using it can boost revenue by 15-20% per transaction, and it sells transfers directly to consumers with secure online payment.

Traction

Y Combinator lists a team size of 28. The booking site cites more than 500,000 travelers served. A third-party profile reported 3.8/5 stars from 1,049 Google reviews as of July 2023 and total funding of $730K with Y Combinator among investors.

Latest developments

Shuttle Central remains listed as active by Y Combinator with a team of 28 and an open Tech Lead role based remotely from Cancún at $40K-$48K plus 1.00% equity. Its consumer site and separate booking engine are live, with published travel guides dated July 2026.