Chris Moen (CEO & Co-founder)
Chris (@chris) started his career at Microsoft in sales, he transitioned into the startup world by joining Oslo's incubator Mesh Norway and the accelerator betaFACTORY. It was at the latter company where he met the team behind Xeneta, which he joined as Head of Marketing and Communications before he left to co-found travayl.

Sebastian Berge (Head of Content & Co-founder)
Sebastian (@sebastian) studied Entrepreneurship and Economics at the Norwegian Business School in Oslo. He loves user experience and user interface design and has retail experience from Apple premium reseller and high-end travel gear stores.

Erik Hauglid (Head of Finance & Co-founder)
Erik (@erikhauglid) has a BSc Entrepreneurship and Economics from the Norwegian Business School in Oslo. He has experienced in finance and administrative/operational development.

The epic and adventurous tale of travayl

The year is 2013, December. It’s five o’clock and it’s practically a blizzard outside since it’s Oslo in Norway. Chris, the protagonist sits there in his caffeine-high and feels that he desperately needs a vacation, somewhere warm, very varm.

He thinks about it for a while and comes up with ideas that is comprised of places he has already been several times before. He mans up and opens a new tab in his internet browser, ready to go somewhere with a beach and tople… top drinks. Only to realize, he had no idea how to find out where to go.

Chris quickly realizes that if he is to embarks on this epic quest to start travayl, he will need companions to fulfil this task. He immediately knows who he has to recruit and sets out to find the first member of the epic quest of travayl.

After a months travel through treacherous terrain and impossible-to-climb-mountains he finally arrives at Sebastian’s place. Before Chris has the chance to say anything, Sebastian says “I’m in”. The first member of the epic quest of travayl is onboard, awesome.

Chris and Sebastian decided that they still needed to find the last member of the epic quest of travayl, the crucial last piece so to say. This was Erik, the coin magician that could simply wave a hand at some gold coins, and they would multiply. With Erik, the epic quest of travayl had all of its members and the journey begins to create a paradise for all travelers alike.

To be continued…