Wycieczkomat digitizes the world of education

Organizing school trips is still one of the most time-consuming and thankless duties of teachers. Dozens, if not hundreds, of e-mails, phone calls, collecting money, written consents and various information about ailments, diets and special requirements of students. All this has so far remained virtually outside the area of digitization. Until... as recently as 3 years ago, Wycieczkomat appeared on the market!

How does the system work?

The Polish education system consists of nearly 21 thousand schools and 5 million students, which translates into tens of thousands of potential trips per year. This market, although it has a huge scale, is extremely dispersed, and school teachers are mainly responsible for trips. Most often without additional remuneration, working on it overtime and bearing great responsibility. They are the ones who book transport, accommodation, tickets to museums, take care of per diems or insurance, etc. The Wycieczkomat was created precisely to simplify, unify and transfer this process to the digital world.

In the Wycieczkomat system, the following take place in an automated way:

• choice of trip - in various time, logistics and attractions for children,

• entries,

• collecting information about diets, illnesses and other requirements and limitations of participants,

• payment,

• providing information to partners – hotels, carriers, restaurants, museums, etc.

Thanks to such a path, the educator becomes more of a group supervisor and participant of the trip than a logistics manager of the trip. What's more, the system also engages parents, giving them insight into the process, opportunities to make it easier to choose, and convenient billing tools.

Scaling your business

The tour locker has been operating since 2022 and has quickly gained nationwide reach, and its revenues are growing at an impressive pace! Already in the second year, the company's operations were at the level of PLN 1.8 million, in the following year 2024 they reached PLN 3.8 million, up to the forecast of almost PLN 10 million in 2025. Since the beginning of its activity, the company has been financing its current development from revenues. In addition, in 2024, the capital was provided by the WP2 Investments fund, and another round of financing is planned soon.

Another goal of the company is to serve foreign tourists coming to Polish and to organize trips of Polish groups abroad, which - as the founders emphasize - has already begun organically. The first experiences, such as organizing trips to Paris or Berlin, are already behind the Wycieczkomat. With full success!

In what direction is the company heading?

Wycieczkomat responds to a real problem of teachers, parents and students, arranging and automating an area that has been a little "forgotten" by technology. The startup's funders do not hide their ambitions - they want their platform to become, next to the two leading electronic diaries,  the third most important tool in the digitization of education on the Polish market. This startup has a chance not only to improve the organization of school trips and facilitate the work of teachers, but also to become a leader in the comprehensive digitization of the educational tourism market.