2017
First home in Lotus.
A 2BR we ran ourselves, on weekends, while keeping our day jobs.
About Travelholic
إكرام الضيف — honoring the guest.
We started Travelholic to make Cairo feel like home for the people we host. Five years on, that's still the only KPI that matters.
A note from the founder
“We didn't set out to build a serviced-apartment company. We set out to host the way Egyptians host — and the company is what came out the other side. Every home we open, we open with the same question: would I send my mother here?”
What we believe
Three quiet rules.
01
The guest comes first — even when no one is watching.
إكرام الضيف is the principle that the guest's comfort is your responsibility, not your performance. We hire for it, train for it, and fire for the absence of it.
02
Direct over distribution.
Platforms are a fine way to find us once. After that, the relationship belongs to the guest and the home. Lower rate, better service, repeat stays — everyone wins.
03
Boutique, never bland.
Every home has a personality. We don't make 134 copies of the same room. The trade-off is that we'll never run a thousand homes — and we're at peace with that.
Homes Not Rooms
Why the language matters.
The hospitality industry calls them units, listings, properties. We call them homes — because the difference shows up in the work. A home gets a real kitchen. A unit gets a kettle. A home gets a bookshelf. A unit gets a TV. The word changes what we look at, and what we look at changes what we ship.
Our story so far
Five years, seven destinations.
2019
Operations team.
Three full-time team members. First housekeeping playbook.
2021
Golden Gates compound.
Our largest cluster opens — fifteen apartments and our first proper concierge desk.
2023
The app.
Smart check-in goes live. 90% of arrivals now happen without a human handover.
2025
Nomads.
A long-stay project for remote workers — co-working floor, monthly rates, slower stays.
2026
Direct-first.
We launch this site to bring more guests into the direct relationship.
Travelholic in numbers
42
homes
2
areas
12,000+
guests hosted
38%
repeat-guest rate
The people
A small team that takes hosting personally.
We hire slowly, train carefully, and stay small on purpose. Twelve full-time, plus a careful network of partners across cleaning, transport, and concierge.
Rashad R.
Founder
Yasmin A.
Head of Hospitality
Ahmed M.
Operations Lead
Salma E.
Concierge
Tarek H.
Concierge
Nada K.
Smart-home Tech
Omar S.
Maintenance Lead
Hala R.
Long-stay Manager
Mariam F.
Housekeeping Lead
Karim B.
Driver · Airport
Lina T.
Marketing
Adel N.
Finance
Join us
We hire one role at a time.
If a Travelholic stay made you want to do this for a living, we want to hear from you. Send a note — even if no role is posted.