TrekBuyFly, Africa’s first social travel App goes live

Business Travel Management Limited, a travel solution company, has unveiled to the Nigerian travelling public TrekBuyFly, a travel application that enables seamless travel-from wishing to actualise their dream memorable trips just by a simple swipe of the phone.

Speaking during the official unveiling of the travel App at Tivoli Gardens in Ikoyi recently, Lola Adefope, general manager, Business Travel Management Limited, developer of the app, noted that TrekBuyFlyTM app was specifically built for the Nigerian and African market and it helps users get off the beaten track or find the most pocket friendly trips, with student discount options and last moment sales, whilst keeping friends updated through social media.

Explaining how the app works, she noted that by just swiping across the phone or a click, the app satisfies all travel needs of the user, rip and group hangout wishes.

“Today’s traveller wants immediate answers. We want to know who’s in town when we arrive, what there is to do? We want to know the coolest places to hang out, the secret bars and see a little of the city too.

“We first came up with the idea when our classic clients kept calling us from their destinations after their meeting was done or shopping was completed, they would ask, ‘What else can we see, where can we just relax? What is outside the hotel?’ TrekBuyFlyTM app gives you these answers,” says Lola.

On the rationale behind the name of the Social Travel APP, she replied, “Let’s face it, Africans are social, we like doing things together or carrying each other along! It’s the African way; it is especially the way we are in Nigeria! So when we built this, we decided to make group trips and hanging out doing other activities a lot less complicated.”

Among the long-term goals of developing the TrekBuyFlyTM app, according to Lola, is to encourage Nigerians to travel and experience their own country and the world beyond the borders as well as utilising the app to improve internal tourism development in Nigeria.

 

OBINNA EMELIKE