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What is it?
Zeeno is a travel app aiming to help travellers see a different side of a destination by connecting them to locals. The locals put together tours of the city and then act as a guide.
Who’s behind it?
Zeeno is family owned and operated.
Tory Wergelis-Isaacson – founder and CEO. Tory is a former maths teacher who has turned his passion for travel into a full-time business.
Tory’s brother, Ethan Wergelis-Isaacson, works as a senior marketing program specialist for one of the largest hospitals in Philadelphia and has significant fundraising and marketing operations experience.
Their father, David Isaacson, has technology and management expertise across both startups and global corporations.
Is there a problem you’re trying to solve?
Tory says:
“So the problem is two fold – convenience and experience.
The idea for Zeeno came about while I was traveling to Prague and had scheduled an early morning walking tour. Due to flight delays, I ended up not getting to the hotel until very late and so getting out of bed was more difficult than usual. And then, it turns out it was pouring rain all morning.
“So as I’m standing on this tour, with a group of people I had never met, miserably tired and soaking wet, I wondered why tour companies didn’t let me pick whatever time I wanted to start the tour. Or at least, let me re-schedule if the weather was not cooperating.
“Zeeno fixes all of that by letting you choose the time and place you want to start your tour with no advanced booking required.
“The second aspect, the experience, came from living in a community of expats while teaching abroad.
The stories that people exchanged were…