by: the serava team

published: jul 18, 2025.

so, serava.

it’s not even a platform to us, it’s literally the missing piece we’ve been searching for in every airport lounge and late-night layover.

when we think of travel, we think of the exhilaration of new horizons mixed with the utter frustration of scattered plans—the missed connections because your flight app didn’t sync with your hotel booking, the visa deadlines that snuck up because they were buried in some forgotten email thread, the budgets that blew up from hidden fees you couldn’t track across apps.


we remember the adventures, sure, but also the exhaustion from piecing it all together.

it all kicked off during our exchange trips.
each of us touched down, jet-lagged and excited, only to realize that the e-ticket was in one app, the accommodation confirmation in another, and the group’s shared itinerary was a messy Google Doc that no one updated.
the excitement faded fast as we spent hours hunting for details instead of exploring the city.

and that was just the start.
our team is a global mix—from india, malaysia, sweden, spain, denmark, singapore, and beyond.
we’ve all navigated the nightmare of visa applications, waiting in endless queues at embassies, double-checking requirements that change by the hour, and dealing with rejections over a missing form or an outdated photo.
we’ve juggled complex itineraries spanning multiple countries, with layovers that required transit visas we didn’t know about until it was too late.
we’ve lost money on currency conversions we couldn’t monitor, forgotten about travel insurance claims because the policy was lost in the digital clutter, and even missed work opportunities as digital nomads because our 'office' plans fell apart from poor organization.

imagine this story, one we’ve lived too many times: you’re a digital nomad chasing the dream—working from a beach in bali one week, a café in berlin the next.
you book a flight on one site, a co-working space on another, apply for a visa through a government portal that crashes halfway, and try to track expenses in a notebook app that doesn’t talk to your bank.


then, boom—a flight delay throws everything off.
you’re scrambling through tabs at 2am, trying to rebook, check if your visa allows the change, and see if your budget can handle it.
no unified view means no peace.
just chaos stealing the joy from what should be freedom.

we’ve been there, sweating over those pain points, feeling the weight of not having an end-to-end travel management platform.
the fragmented tools leave you vulnerable—missed approvals, overspent budgets, forgotten documents.
it turns wanderlust into a logistical war.

that’s why we’re building serava.
a single, unified view of everything: your flights, visas, hotels, expenses, itineraries—all in one place, synced and smart.
it’ll flag visa issues before they bite, track every penny across borders, and simplify sharing with your crew, no matter where they’re from.
built by a multicultural team who’ve lived the struggles, for digital nomads and travel lovers who deserve better.

we’re tackling the chaos head-on, so you can focus on the magic of the journey.

because the world is calling—answer it without the baggage.

- the serava team