Layoff
Oct 2020GetYourGuide announced staff reductions during the COVID-19 collapse in travel demand.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Overview
GetYourGuide is a Berlin-based travel-technology marketplace connecting travelers with local suppliers to discover and book tours, attractions, tickets, day trips, classes, and other travel experiences worldwide. The company says its marketplace exceeded 50,000 supply partners, 200,000 experiences, and 18,000 destinations by 2026.
Primary product
Consumer and supplier marketplace for discovering and booking travel experiences, including tours, activities, attraction tickets, and destination experiences.
Founded
2009
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Team size
1,000–1,500; third-party estimates range from approximately 1,170 to 1,410 in 2026
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Travel technology / software development
Sub-industry
Online travel marketplace for tours, activities, and experiences
Offices
Berlin, Germany (global headquarters)
Zurich, Switzerland
Rome, Italy
New York, United States
San Francisco, United States
London, United Kingdom
Paris, France
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Barcelona, Spain
Bangkok, Thailand
Business model
Two-sided marketplace
Commission or booking-fee model on experience transactions
Supplier software and distribution platform
Funding
Stage
Late-stage private / post-Series F; profitable and self-funding growth reported for 2025
Total raised
$1.1B
Latest round
Series F / Series F-II · May 2023
Latest amount
$194M
Jun 2023
May 2023 · Blue Pool Capital
People & investors
Leadership
Johannes Reck
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Tao Tao
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Rob Rekrutiak
Chief Product Officer (appointed March 2026)
Ameet Ranadive
Chief Product Officer (earlier public careers material)
Founders
Martin Sieber
Co-founder
Pascal Mathis
Co-founder
Tobias Rein
Co-founder
Work & culture
Public careers material describes an in-person-first, collaborative and cross-functional culture with office connection three days weekly, optional home focus time, autonomy, small teams, guilds, regular technical meetups, two-day hackathons every two months, and a strong customer-first and experimentation orientation.
Work style
Hybrid
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings signal virtual equity, pension contributions, referral bonuses and location-specific benefits. Specific salary bands were not established from the reviewed public sources.
Benefits
Virtual shares
Pension contributions
Transport allowance / Deutschlandticket
25 vacation days, increasing to 28 in Berlin postings
30 telecommuting days per year
€1,000 annual training budget
Language-course reimbursement
10 days paid educational leave every two years
Mental-wellbeing service via nilo.health
In-house gym, fitness classes, and flu shots
Weekly catered meals
Annual company summit
Discounts on GetYourGuide activities
Product & market
Pricing
Generally free for travelers to browse; travelers pay the listed experience price at booking. GetYourGuide monetizes primarily through supplier commissions / transaction economics; exact commission rates are not publicly established.
Differentiators
- —Large curated global supply catalog
- —Exclusive or skip-the-line access to major attractions
- —Strong consumer brand and discovery experience
- —Global multilingual marketplace and local supply network
- —Reviews, ranking, recommendations and AI-assisted discovery
- —Supplier tools that help local operators market and distribute experiences
- —Ability to aggregate fragmented offline tours and activities
Technology
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately €1.0–€1.2 billion annual revenue / last-twelve-month sales, based on company and press statements for 2025; older third-party company-profile estimates of €83 million appear stale or use a different accounting perimeter.
Signals & risks
Layoff
Mar 2026A third-party layoff tracker reported 100 confirmed Germany layoffs; public primary-source confirmation and scope were not established.
SourceOther
Apr 2025The Italian Competition Authority reportedly fined GetYourGuide in relation to Colosseum ticket-resale practices; this is a regulatory/reputational signal rather than a shutdown or acquisition.
Latest news
GetYourGuide Press Center · Jul 2026
The company reported more than 18 million H1 bookings, 27% year-over-year GMV growth, 34% North American GMV growth, and improving profitability.
GetYourGuide Press Center · Mar 2026
A global 2026 campaign launched across the US, UK, France and Germany, following the company's profitability and growth milestone.
GetYourGuide Press Center · Mar 2026
Rob Rekrutiak joined from senior product roles at Google, Lyft and Gojek to lead AI-enabled product and platform development.
GetYourGuide Press Center · Jan 2026
The CEO stated FY2025 exceeded €1 billion revenue, €4 billion+ GMV and 33 million experiences booked.
Open Positions
53 jobs at GetYourGuide
Senior Analyst, FP&A
On-site
Finance & Legal
Berlin
1d ago
On-site
Full-time