The CRM and network for the travel trade
Everyone you meet in the travel trade, in one place
RepBud is a CRM for the reps, DMCs and operators who sell the travel trade — and a network the agents, properties and media they sell to join for free. Log a meeting by voice, by photo, or by forwarding the email, and it is filed against the right contact and company on your phone before you land.
Good Morning
Ray
Today's Brief
Three meetings today, two follow-ups overdue, and four contacts at your largest account not spoken to since the spring shows.
A glass fills as you clear it. 6 things still to see to.
Your home screen, at your time of day — the brief, what is waiting, and Ray
The Reserve
Six ways in. Three of them are free.
Reps and DMCs pay for the CRM. The people they sell to — agents, operators, properties and media — join the network free, and are found by the reps who need them.
Reps
Representation, PR, tourism boards, events
Log each meeting, keep the follow-ups, and draw the client report from the record.
Start free →DMCs & operators
Bookings, operations, on-the-ground delivery
Track agents and suppliers across markets and time zones, and report to your principals.
Start free →RepBuddies
Travel agents and tour operators
A free profile in the directory — be found by the reps behind the brands you sell.
Join free →RepBud Ready
Properties and experiences
List your lodge, hotel or camp free and become visible to experienced reps.
Join free →Reporters
Journalists, editors, photographers, creators
A free profile that reps can find when they have a press trip or a story to place.
Join free →Outside the travel trade
Sole traders and small businesses
The same contacts, invoicing and books — for people whose work is not travel.
Start free →What it is built around
Most of the work never sits inside a deal. It still has to be shown.
The work between the deals
A booking is easy to point at. The conversations, the fam trip and the rate negotiation behind it are the work, and they are what a retainer is judged on. RepBud keeps that record — and Looking Forward tracks the deals that come out of it.
Logging that costs you almost nothing
Forward the email, photograph the card, or say it into your phone in the taxi. RepBud drafts the log and the action points, matched to the right contact and company, and you check them and file them.
Shaped for the travel trade
Trade shows, DMCs, tour operators, lodges, properties and fam trips are in the model itself rather than in custom fields you set up yourself — so the reports and the briefings come out speaking the trade’s language.
RepBud takes the log at the moment it happens, files it against the right contact and company, and draws the client report from that record. So when the property asks what the retainer bought, the answer is already written.
What RepBud is
A travel CRM built for the people who sell the trade
RepBud is a travel CRM and tourism network built specifically for travel sales representatives — the people who sell lodges, hotels, camps, DMCs and tour operators into the trade. Most generic CRMs were designed for office-based account managers tracking deals in a pipeline. Travel reps work differently: they are on the road between trade shows, property visits, fam trips and client meetings, capturing relationships rather than closing transactions. RepBud is shaped around how a rep actually works, not how enterprise sales software assumes they should.
The core subscribers are travel sales reps in three situations: reps working in-house at a DMC or tour operator who manage trade relationships and report to their commercial team; representation companies who sell a portfolio of properties and destinations on behalf of clients in other countries; and independent reps building their own book of business. For all three, RepBud handles the parts of the job that usually fall through the cracks — logging each conversation, matching it to the right contact and company, surfacing what needs a follow-up, and turning months of activity into a client report in a single tap.
Logging a meeting takes seconds. Type a quick note, record a voice memo, scan a business card, or simply forward the follow-up email or WhatsApp message to your RepBud address — and it extracts the people, companies, decisions and next steps for you to approve. A daily briefing tells you who you are meeting and who you have not spoken to in a while. Meeting prep pulls together everything you know about a contact before you walk in. Reports, social posts and client newsletters are drafted in your voice from your real activity, so the admin that used to eat your evenings happens while you focus on the relationships.
RepBud also connects the wider travel trade. Travel agents and tour operators join as RepBuddies to find and stay in touch with the reps behind the brands they sell; properties and experiences come aboard as RepBud Ready to find representation; and travel journalists, editors, photographers and content creators join as RepBud Reporters to connect with reps for press trips and stories. PR teams, marketing managers, destination boards and tourism associations use it to stay organised and connected too. This tourism network layer — linking reps, operators, properties and media — is the closest thing the travel industry has to a purpose-built professional network. And when the trade descends on a city for shows like WTM London, ITB Berlin, INDABA, ATM Dubai and ILTM, the Who's Nearby feature shows you which of your contacts are in the same city, so you can turn a packed week into the meetings actually worth having. It is mobile-first on iOS and Android, with a web dashboard for deeper work, and it assists your professional judgement rather than replacing it.
Free, for good
Start in Economy. No card, no expiry date.
Somewhere trustworthy to keep the relationships: 1,000 contacts, 5 represented clients, a monthly allowance of logs and 1 shareable form. Yours to export any time — and open to RepBuddies, Reporters and RepBud Ready members too.
Your Plan
Choose your plan
Start in Economy for nothing at all, or begin a 14-day complimentary stay in any plan. No card required either way.
Economy
Premium Economy
Business Class
RepBud Rover 🐾
Refer & earn your way to a lifetime discount
Bring fellow travel professionals into the Reserve. Each subscriber you refer earns you a reward — from free months to a 30% Lifetime Discount.
Learn about Rover →* Lifetime Discount is conditional on referred subscribers remaining active. If referrals cancel and your active count falls below the threshold, your discount adjusts to the applicable tier.
FAQ
Common questions about RepBud
What is RepBud?+
RepBud is a CRM for the reps, DMCs and operators who sell the travel trade — and a network the agents, properties and media they sell to join for free. Log a meeting by voice, by photo, or by forwarding the email, and it is filed against the right contact and company on your phone before you land. Reps, DMCs and operators subscribe; the travel agents, properties and media they sell to join the network free. It is mobile-first on iOS and Android, with a web dashboard for deeper work.
What is the best CRM for travel sales reps?+
RepBud is an intelligent CRM built specifically for travel industry sales professionals. Where a general-purpose CRM has to be configured into the shape of the job, RepBud already understands trade shows, DMCs, tour operators, lodges and safari properties. It is mobile-first with business card scanning, voice logging, and intelligently generated client reports. Plans start from £29/month.
Is there a mobile CRM app for travel reps?+
Yes. RepBud is mobile-first, available on iOS and Android. It is designed for reps on the road between trade shows, property visits, and client meetings. Log interactions by voice, photo, text, or by forwarding emails and WhatsApp messages.
How much does RepBud cost?+
RepBud starts at £29/month (Premium Economy) with a 14-day free trial requiring no credit card. Business Class is £79/month, First Class is £139/month, and Charter team plans start at £495/month for 5 seats. Annual billing offers savings equivalent to roughly two months free. Pricing is also available in USD, EUR and ZAR.
Is there a free trial?+
Yes. RepBud offers a 14-day free trial with generous usage limits and no credit card required. The trial includes intelligent logging, contact management, client reports and the trade events directory.
How does RepBud compare to a general-purpose CRM?+
RepBud is purpose-built for travel sales: trade show management, business card scanning, voice logging, client reports, and email or WhatsApp forwarding that files itself against the right contact. A general-purpose CRM can be configured towards some of that, and the setup is the work. RepBud starts at £29/month all-inclusive, with no consultants or admins needed. We make no claims about anyone else's features or pricing — for a tool-by-tool comparison, including where another tool suits you better, see /alternative-to.
Can RepBud manage a team of travel reps?+
Yes. Charter plans support teams of 5 or 10 reps with Team Pulse briefings, Smart Nudges, and Ask the Captain natural language queries. The First Officer can see each Cabin Director's pending items and tasks read-only. Each Charter seat includes the First Class feature set.
What trade shows does RepBud cover?+
RepBud includes 90 travel industry events including WTM London, ITB Berlin, Arabian Travel Market, Africa's Travel Indaba, ILTM Cannes, Virtuoso Travel Week, FITUR Madrid and more. Each event page includes hotel and flight booking links.
Does RepBud work with email and WhatsApp?+
Yes. Forward any email or WhatsApp conversation to RepBud and it matches the sender to your contacts, extracts key topics and action items, and logs everything. Native email send and receive is also built in.
Is RepBud a tourism social network?+
RepBud includes a network layer alongside the CRM. Reps connect to RepBuddies (free profiles for tour operators, travel agents and travel designers) and RepBud Ready members (properties seeking representation). The Reserve is the community where reps, operators and properties find each other — making RepBud the closest thing the travel trade has to a purpose-built social network.
Built for the way reps actually work
Log a meeting between stands, and have the account of your work ready when the property asks what the retainer bought.
Start free →