Case Studies

In 2008, David Manley founded Go Real Travel after moving to the Czech Republic and discovering the authentic experiences missed by tourists in popular destinations. Inspired by his own travels across Central and Eastern Europe, David set out to offer more genuine, local travel experiences beyond the crowded tours in Prague.

Leveraging insights from his Czech wife and forming a network of trusted guides and drivers, his company now offers personalized, stress-free itineraries in 41 destinations across Europe and Southeast Asia, ensuring travelers enjoy the true essence of each place they visit.

TECH: GRE and their entire troops of 18 boast-worthy technologies that run behind the scenes: Docket, mongoDB, Ruby

Just a simple Excel spreadsheet, yet a ton of experience from the travel industry, is what GRE’s founder David Manley turned into a business that took off extremely fast. As the customer base kept rapidly growing, scalability, however, did not. This is where TopMonks stepped in.

With every destination that GRE offers, their experts come into play by combining their local knowledge with first-hand experience. Plenty of tips, hacks and travel wizardry are inserted into a uniquely structured database that enables GRE’s proprietary algorithm to instantly create a perfectly customizable itinerary for anyone. GRE’s clients can comfortably sit back and relax. No matter the complexity of their trip, GoRealEurope masters the art of providing the smoothest experience possible.

Collect what you want

Customers pick and choose their ideal dates, location and activities.

An all-in-one crafted trip

A carefully curated experience: a unique, personalized itinerary is presented. The complex plan includes transportation, accommodation, tour and transfers that are automatically generated for each client.

Triple-checking so clients don’t have to

The itinerary carefully reflects the preferences of the travelers, while also accounting for seasonal activities, date restrictions and transportation schedules.

A personal guide on the go

Stay calm and carry on. The itinerary always has your back and even includes a smart navigation for self-guided travel, a one-step package booking, and offers plenty of opportunities to experience special activities such as symphony concerts, cycling trips, private guides, cable cars to mountain summits, and everything else you can imagine right at your fingertips.

With the right automation process and room to scale, GRE has already hit $2.3M in 2018, doubling their sales from the previous year. As GRE has grown, the need for more space came up and we came to help once again. TopMonks helped raise $200K to make this happen. It doesn’t stop here, though. GRE is raising an additional $1.5M to expand around the whole globe.

This company is well on their way to become the next unicorn and we couldn’t be more excited to be a part of their journey. Our Monk has teamed up with one of GRE’s developers and went from Ruby 3.2 to 5.2. They are keeping their eyes peeled on their future plans. GRE has already partnered with Prague Startup SmartGuide to integrate its catchy mobile travel app into GRE’s itineraries.

"Working with TopMonks was an amazing experience from day one. They developed an instant itinerary creation platform that was truly groundbreaking, demonstrating flexibility and creativity throughout the development process. All of the developers we worked with at TopMonks possessed a remarkable blend of responsibility, diligence, and inventive thinking, enabling us to achieve our vision as we intended it to be. I wholeheartedly recommend TopMonks for any project requiring innovative solutions and a dedicated, professional team."

-- David Manley, CEO at Go Real Travel