Combining financial services, data-driven insights, and travel APIs to help people afford global travel with Alejandra Fernandez
I chatted with French startup founder Alejandra Fernandez of Flywallet. Flywallet is an all-in-one digital wallet and flight aggregation tool that makes it easy for users to save monthly for future travel. But the platform does more than that. It keeps track of flights within your budget, and can help offset travel related carbon emissions when you book a flight. Alejandra is from the Dominican Republic, but relocated to France after being accepted into Station F.
In this conversation we learn:
- What is the average savings that someone can expect by booking through Flywallet instead of another travel booking site
- How FlyWallet helps offset carbon emissions
- What users really like about the platform
- What was one of the hardest obstacles Alejandra had to overcome
- Projected revenue and employee count
- Best advice that her mom ever gave her
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