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About TravelMap

In a few words

  • Created in 2013 by Clement Mas, a Frenchman
  • He built and still runs the website by himself - with some help from his wife
  • He cycled around Australia and rowed across the Atlantic ocean
  • Obsessed with keeping the product simple
  • 100% self-funded from paid users. No investors
  • Company registered in France. Servers are located in France
Clément Mas, founder of TravelMap

The story

I started thinking about TravelMap in 2012. I was about to finish my IT studies and start a wild decade of travel adventures.
I could't find a simple way to share my location online and let my family know where I was. So I decided to build it myself.

I spent a year building and testing the first experimental version in my spare time. My family loved following my trip on the map. Then, once my luddite mom was able to use it for her own trip, I opened public access on the 1st of January 2014.

How it started (2013)
How it's going (2023) - still simple

A decade later, TravelMap is still alive and doing well - which is rare for startups.

I believe people like simplicity and appreciate how straightforward TravelMap is.

I'm not an overnight billionaire though, but I don't plan to be. I live a great life with my family, free to work whenever I want on a product I love.

Want to get in touch?

I reply to all the emails. Usually within 1 to 2 working days. Unless I'm traveling myself ;)