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TicTacTrip
Techstars '20Paris, FR · Founded 2016 · 17 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Tictactrip is a travel booking app that compares and combines trains, buses, and carpooling across multiple transport companies into single itineraries, with a focus on low-carbon transport options across Europe. It also offers combined train and hotel bookings for city breaks and package stays.
Also known as Tictactrip · TicTacTrip · TICTACTRIP
Founders & leadership
TicTacTrip was founded in 2016 by Hugo Bazin.
Investors · 1
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Tictactrip is a Paris-based travel technology company operating an itinerary and price comparison platform for ground transport in Europe. It presents itself as the first itinerary engine to combine bus, train and carpooling in a single search, enabling intermodal journeys assembled from several operators. Early positioning also emphasised bus-ticket comparison, including a conversational booking bot available through Facebook Messenger that let travellers build coach trips while staying connected with friends.
The company has built its own itinerary engine and proprietary combination algorithms. Directory data classifies it under transport and logistics, with activity described as a mobile app and web platform in the comparison-site sub-category, operating a B2C model, while the company itself describes a three-axis model covering B2C, B2B2C and B2B.
At an early stage after its October 2016 launch, the company reported 150 aggregated transport companies, 3,700 cities served across Europe, roughly 300 daily site visitors, 20% returning visitors, and about 30% month-over-month organic growth, with a team of two and a prototype-ready product stage.
Founding story
The company was created in March 2016 by Simon Robain, who serves as CEO and had previously studied computer engineering at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne and worked as a freelancer in data scraping, analytics and machine learning. Hugo Bazin is the second co-founder and serves as COO. The service launched in October 2016.
Business model
Tictactrip operates an online travel comparison and booking platform aggregating third-party carriers. The company describes a three-pronged commercial model spanning B2C sales to travellers, B2B2C distribution, and B2B, which it links directly to its customer acquisition strategy.
Traction
Reported early traction after the October 2016 launch included 150 aggregated transport companies, 3,700 European cities served, about 300 visitors per day, 20% returning visitors and approximately 30% monthly organic growth. A French startup directory later lists total funds raised of EUR 2 million and a headcount band of 11 to 50.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Tictactrip is listed among French transport and logistics startups in Île-de-France, operating in the travel and comparison-site segment. Sector data on the directory listing indicates a competition score of 5 against a French average of 4.8 and a sector creation rate of 10.2% against a 6.9% national average.
Tictactrip describes itself as the first itinerary engine to combine bus, train and carpooling, supporting intermodal journeys, and states that it developed its own itinerary engine and combination algorithms rather than relying on third-party routing. Its early bus comparison product was distinguished by an interactive booking bot accessible through Facebook Messenger.
Technology
The company built a proprietary itinerary engine and combination algorithms that aggregate and combine schedules and prices from bus, train and carpooling operators. Its front end is built with React and supporting JavaScript libraries including Webpack, Sentry, Moment.js, Day.js and lodash, hosted on Amazon and OVH infrastructure with Amazon CloudFront and S3, and it maintains mobile-compatible web interfaces.
Go-to-market
Customer acquisition is described as tied to a three-axis business model combining direct-to-consumer, B2B2C and B2B channels. Distribution has included a web platform, a mobile app and a Facebook Messenger bot for bus ticket search. The company's web stack includes analytics and advertising tools such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, Google Tag Manager, DoubleClick and Google Remarketing, alongside TikTok conversion tracking and Sendinblue for email.
Travellers booking intercity ground transport in Europe, addressed directly through a B2C comparison and booking site and app, plus business partners served through B2B2C and B2B channels.
Geography
Headquartered in Paris, Île-de-France, France, with coverage of European ground transport; early figures cite 3,700 cities served across Europe.
History
The company was founded in 2016 in Paris and launched its service in October 2016, initially positioning itself as a bus-ticket comparison tool including a Facebook Messenger bot, and later as an intermodal itinerary engine combining bus, train and carpooling across Europe. Listings place it in the Île-de-France transport and logistics startup ecosystem, with an address at 8 Avenue de la Porte de Champerret, 75017 Paris, and headcount reported in the 11-50 range in more recent directory data versus two employees at an early stage.
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Key figures
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Frequently asked questions
- What does TicTacTrip do?
- Paris-based travel platform whose itinerary engine combines bus, train and carpooling into single multi-operator European journeys.
- Who founded TicTacTrip?
- TicTacTrip was founded by Hugo Bazin in 2016.
- Who are TicTacTrip's investors?
- TicTacTrip's investors include Techstars.
- Where is TicTacTrip headquartered?
- TicTacTrip is headquartered in Paris, FR.