Targeting Millennials and Families, Umroh.com Presents the Trusted Umrah Travel Marketplace

The great interest of the public to travel for Umrah is one of the reasons Umroh.com was founded. Platforms marketplace which specifically presents various choices of Umrah packages from 100 travel companies, officially launched in 2018. To DailySocial, Umroh.com Commercial Manager Lia Firdausy said that Indonesia is the second largest contributor to Umrah pilgrims after Pakistan.

Umrah.com also present to provide a reliable travel guarantee, after a fraud case that harmed many Indonesian people some time ago. Reflecting on personal experiences and close family members who were victims of Umrah travel scams, the founders, Ridho Irawan and Lia Firdausy, started to build a platform. They also have support from founding team who have experience building online marketplace and have expertise in the technology sector, namely Arthur Pello and Riyanto Wibowo.

"Umrah pilgrims must be served and their rights protected. Public trauma is still attached to the rise of fraud cases by irresponsible Umrah travel, even hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who fail to leave, even though they have paid the full cost of their Umrah," said Lia.

In particular, Umroh.com provides 3 categories of Umrah packages, including regular Umrah packages that depart every month. Umrah packages plus tours to other Islamic countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, India. As well as special umrah packages with ustadz or selected celebrities.

"And we're targeting families and Millenials sebagai potential customers so they can easily find Umrah packages according to their time and budget," said Lia.

Adding a partnership

Sebagai marketplaceUmroh.com does not act as an organizer, they also claim to be able to provide guarantees to customers of transaction certainty, pilgrims' funds will only be disbursed to Umrah travel if there is a definite departure date in the form of a code. booking aircraft.

If the umrah travel does not provide a code booking Within a certain period of time, pilgrims can withdraw 100% of the Umrah fees that have been paid or choose a package from other Umrah travel.

"We continue to focus on developing our products and technology. In the future, we hope that all preparations and transactions for Umrah can be carried out from the palm of the hand." smartphone the entire Indonesian Muslim community," said Lia.

Currently Umroh.com can be accessed on the site and the Android version of the application. The iOS version is scheduled to be launched at the end of 2019. In 2019, the company will also launch features related to the preparation and transaction of Umrah worship, making it easier for Muslim communities in Indonesia to choose the best Umrah package according to their needs. Of the 100 travel partners who have joined, around 40 have already live on the status site, the rest are still in the administrative process.

One of the recently announced partnerships Umroh.com is with the OTA . platform Ticket. Through the Ramadhan Ticket campaign, Umroh.com provides an Umrah package for lucky winners. It was also mentioned that Umroh.com had previously received mentoring from para founder Tickets.

"In the future, we also really want to work with various companies so that we can brand to hold a similar contest with prizes for Umrah packages. Or it could be for the internal needs of its employees for Umrah," said Lia.

Besides Umroh.com, there are also services Go Umrah providing platforms and similar services.