Inês Carvalho
Lead guide, Portugal
About us
Small groups, local guides, since 2009
Tripvella runs small-group and private trips in eighteen countries, with guides who live where you travel.
2009travelling since
Our story
Two guides, one minibus
Inês and Daniel started Tripvella in 2009 with one minibus and a list of family-run hotels in Portugal. Today 31 guides lead trips in eighteen countries — and we still choose every hotel ourselves.
- 31 local guides
- 18 countries
- 18,400 travellers
- Rated 4.9 by travellers
- Travellers since 2009
- 18,400
- Travellers per group, at most
- 12
- Average traveller review
- 4.9
- Local guides
- 31
How we travel
Our promise to travellers
Small groups
Twelve travellers at most, so you fit into the places big tours cannot.
Local guides
People who live there, not tour managers flown in for the season.
Hotels with character
Family-run inns, farm stays and the occasional palace.
Protected and supported
Every payment is protected, and our 24-hour line is always on.
Guides
Some of our guides
Gunnar Sigurdsson
Mountain guide, Iceland
Aiko Tanaka
Lead guide, Japan
Nikos Papadakis
Tour leader, Greece
Ready when you are
Tell us where you would like to go. A planner replies within one working day.