Twin Brothers Built the Top Trip Planner App After Working at Stripe and Google

Peter and Harry Yu are twin brothers who studied computer science at Yale. Before Wanderlog, they built successful, bootstrapped travel companies including BookWithMatrix and All the Flight Deals.

The Background

Peter worked as an engineer at Stripe and a consultant at McKinsey. Harry worked as a product manager at Google. Their shared love of travel and tech led them to build tools for travelers.

Building Wanderlog

Wanderlog is the one-stop app for planning your next vacation, with a focus on excellent design. You can track your plans in a collaborative document, discover places to visit and hotels to book, and share travel advice with friends.

Y Combinator and Beyond

The company was part of Y Combinator's 2019 cohort. In 2021, they raised a $1.5M seed round from General Catalyst and Abstract Ventures.

COVID Challenge

Despite launching right before COVID decimated travel, they kept building. "Even during COVID, we've seen our userbase grow," the founders noted. They focused on the product, knowing travel would return.

Current Traction

Wanderlog is now the top-ranked app on the Android Play Store for terms like "itinerary" and "trip planner," and ranks highly on Google for "travel planner" and "itinerary planner." They facilitate thousands of trips per week.

• Y Combinator: 2019
• Seed funding: $1.5M (2021)
• App Store ranking: #1 for "trip planner"
• Previous ventures: 2 bootstrapped travel companies