Holidu operates a vacation-rentals metasearch engine that compares listings across more than 1,500 websites and recorded over 110 million visitors in the last 12 months. It also runs Bookiply, a software-and-services unit that helps hosts get properties online and scale bookings; Bookiply grew 13x between 2019 and 2022, with nearly 20,000 managed homes and strong recent revenue multipliers (4.4x in 2021; 3.3x in the first nine months of 2022). The company has pursued supply-side growth via acquisitions (Spain-Holiday.com, Lohospo, my.IRS) and says it will remain open to further tuck-ins. Holidu plans to expand local office rollouts to support market outreach across Europe. The search business reached profitability in 2020, but the company remains focused on scaling rather than pursuing an IPO. Management highlights travel demand rebounding post-pandemic and sees continued opportunity from broader vacation-rental adoption and extended booking seasons. Holidu operates a meta-search engine aggregating more than 15 million vacation rental offers from over a thousand travel sites and property managers across 21 countries. The product provides granular filters (amenities, property type, distances) and the ability to search for listings with free cancellation; in July 2020 more than 27 million travellers used the service. Holidu also runs Bookiply, a software-and-service property-management arm that managed 5,000 properties in 2019 and was on track to exceed 10,000 by the end of this year. During the pandemic the company grew roughly 50% year-over-year in 2020 and more than doubled its contribution margin, enabling profitability in its search business. Planned investments include product development, doubling the tech team, expanding partnerships to increase supply, and opening more Bookiply offices across Europe to onboard property owners. Holidu was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Munich. Holidu operates a search engine for vacation rentals, listing accommodations from more than 1,000 partners worldwide. It also offers a software and service solution under the Bookiply brand to help holiday rental owners increase bookings by distributing properties to major travel websites, synchronizing calendars, and creating multilingual descriptions and professional photos. Founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and based in Munich, Germany, Holidu now has a team of more than 200 people. The company turned profitable in May and has since reported seven‑digit positive EBIT figures. In July more than 27 million users visited Holidu's website, driving a 2.6x year‑on‑year increase in bookings and generating over €130 million in newly generated bookings that month. Holidu, founded in 2014 by siblings Johannes and Michael Siebers, operates a holiday rentals search engine active in 21 country markets. The platform uses proprietary image recognition to compare prices for more than 15 million rental properties across 600 websites, including Airbnb, Booking.com and HomeAway, and claims users can save up to 55% by spotting price differences. Holidu also runs Bookiply, a service that lists properties, synchronizes calendars, creates multilingual descriptions and sources professional photography; Bookiply manages 5,000 properties and is claimed to be market leader in several European leisure destinations. The company says it attracts 10 million visitors per month. Holidu acquired Spanish competitor Hundredrooms last year to boost growth. The startup plans to use new funding for product development (the Holidu site and Bookiply software), to grow Holidu partners, sign up more property owners and open multiple regional offices. Holidu operates a metasearch engine for holiday rentals that scans offers from hundreds of websites and indexes over 3 million vacation rentals worldwide. The service compares prices and amenities and uses proprietary image-recognition technology to detect identical listings and find the lowest price. Holidu aims to reduce double-bookings and improve availability accuracy by only showing rentals that are truly available. The product is available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Dutch. The company plans to use newly raised capital for accelerated growth and further expansion. Holidu was founded in July 2014, is Munich-based, and employs around 20 people.

Total raised

$199M

Funding rounds

8

Latest round

Series E

Latest activity

Oct 2022