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Our mission is to help everyone in the Philippines at least travel once in their life by giving them a good deal on their trip and by giving them wonderful service from the moment you contact us all the way to the day you get home safe back home in the Philippines. We know how hard it is to save money up for that trip you’ve been planning for and we want to give you the best experience possible, we might not be as big as other travel agencies, but we can give you that personalized service you’ve been looking for and is hard to find these days. So if you’re planning to go on a trip soon, please give us a try and we’ll try and give you the best service possible =)

About the Founder

For anyone that’s owned their own business, they know first hand the hardest part is starting one. For me, no matter how many ups and downs I’ll encounter, I know that someday I’ll be successful. As a kid growing up, I remember selling Yema (milk candy) that my mom made to my classmates in 2nd grade. I remember the excitement and the happiness it made me feel whenever I sold Yema after my classmates would devour the yummy Yema. Since it was a success, that’s when I thought that someday I’ll grow up to be a successful business woman.

During college, my parents were working in Japan because my grandfather is Japanese. I followed them to Japan and was able to experience working in Japan, during this time I also stopped going to college because I was already making more money then what I would be able to make in the Philippines after school. I decided to stay in Japan and work, and during this time I was able to save my money. I met Japanese friends who invited me to go touring around Japan and see the beautiful country. I fell in love with the places we visited in Japan like the Kiyomizu Dera and the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto, the deer’s in Nara, the cherry blossoms at Osaka Castle in the spring time, the happy feeling when we were at Tokyo Disneyland and so many more places. I then told myself there is so much more to see in this world, that’s when I decided to start travelling to other countries. I hired a travel agency to help me plan my trip to Korea. From getting my Korean Visa to flights, travel insurance and hotels. Its was so convenient! They did everything for me and all I had to do is wait until my travel date. I was travelling alone but I never feared of having any problems because I knew that the travel agency already organized everything. It was a really great experience.

After my Korea trip I decided to go travelling again that’s when my auntie from Florida invited me to visit them there. I tried getting a USA Visa in 2011 but I was denied. After getting denied I decided to travel to countries that doesn’t require a Visa, so then I started traveling all over Asia. I went to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and other Asian countries. Travelling makes me happy, relaxed and renewed. Because I’ve been travelling a lot my friends would ask me how to plan their trips from what hotel to book, places to visit, foods to try, activities to do and so on. My friends, family and relatives started asking me to book tickets and hotels and would just give me extra cash for helping them.

While in Japan, I found out that I was pregnant and I didn’t want to raise my baby in Japan for a number of personal reasons, so I went home to the Philippines to have my baby as a single mom. When I went home, I decided to try my own business so I started a day spa, I had used my savings to start the Spa. At first it was okay, but dealing with people and service is really challenging and when my baby was born a few months later, it just became harder to manage the business, so after a year I decided to close the spa. This was my first taste at failing at business, but it didn’t stop me from investing again into another business which was a delivery service. This time though, I partnered up with my friends from college. Again, things were good at first, but eventually things went up-side down, because again dealing with people and service is hard. So yes, a 2nd business failed again. I learned a lot from these 2 failures and now know the these type of businesses is not for me and that I should go into something I love which is travelling.

I realized that you need to be passionate about what you are doing if you want your business to be successful, because I wasn’t passionate about the other businesses I failed. A Travel agency for me is not just a business, its what I love to do, plan trips, discover new places, to help people with their trips and wander the world and share with them that happy feeling when you fall in love with the places you visit. That’s how Travelroo was born, it was born out of passion to travel and to help people travel the world from all walks of life. read the full story here: https://travelroo.com.ph/about-us/