Bubbl: Your New Passport To Infinite Possibilities for Meaningful Connections When you Travel

NATIONWIDE - JUNE 2025 - (USAnews.com) — Bubbl is a groundbreaking community-driven accommodation platform that allows like-minded people to meet safely and easily share accommodation for events and vacations called ‘Bubbls’. 

Think of it as AirBnb meets LinkedIn  —i.e. Airbnb books beds, and LinkedIn builds networks; and Bubbl does both. Instead of simply offering beds or rooms from a property owner, Bubbl’s product allows travelers to connect, to find and share rented properties or hotels with each other. This fosters meaningful connections and a sense of belonging from the shared experiences it creates before, during and after the stay. 

In a world where social media often promises connection but frequently leads to isolation, Bubbl offers an authentic and refreshing alternative: shared, serendipitous, and transformative event travel experiences that go beyond just booking a place to stay. Bubbl brings community to events and vacation goers.

The core concept behind Bubbl is simple yet powerful: One traveler acts as a Leader, creating the Bubbl proposal (listing) defining the type of people, the experience, and the stay. The platform then connects like-minded travelers, who find a Bubbl for the event or type of vacation they are looking for. It helps them match with others to share accommodations — enabling travelers to purchase their accommodation (by the room or bed) from the Leader,  thereby offering them the chance to build genuine bonds and find community through these shared stay experiences. Whether attending a conference, festival, embarking on a dream vacation, or indulging in a retreat, travelers can now engage with their community before they even leave home. Bubbl ensures that you don’t have to stumble upon your “tribe” by chance, but instead allows you to design it through their smart, safe, and human-centric platform that is based on trusted real ID user profiles and ratings.

Bubbl is not just an app; it’s a movement that seeks to rewrite the travel narrative. At the heart of the company’s founding story is Hayley Melidonis, a tech industry veteran who once developed global autonomous vehicle partnerships at Uber. Melidonis realized that while powerful technology can do many things, it can’t solve one critical issue: our innate hunger for real human connection. Bubbl was born from her personal experiences — organizing shared houses for skiers in Lake Tahoe, meeting lifelong friends (including her husband) through group stays, and witnessing the profound impact of shared living for vacations.

Today, Bubbl is scaling that magic. The company has powered group stays for some of the world’s largest cultural events, including SXSW, Art Basel, Web Summit, and Coachella. Along the way, it has attracted not only passionate travelers but also cultural icons. Notably, saxophone legend Scott Page of Pink Floyd led a Bubbl house in Miami, further reinforcing the platform’s growing influence in the travel and creative industries.

“Solo traveler isolation is a pressing travel gap that no one has solved. Bubbl was built to flip the script — to turn travel accommodation booking from an isolating transaction into a shared adventure where you serendipitously find your people, not just your bed to sleep in. We’re not just booking beds; we’re building belongings,” says Melidonis.

Bubbl has rapidly earned the trust of event organizers, tech communities, and artists alike, as it effectively addresses a pressing emotional need: to belong, to share, and to feel seen and connected — even while navigating the vastness of the world alone.

The platform itself exemplifies trust and ease. Travelers can book by room or bed, removing the need to rent an entire property, which makes accommodations more accessible and flexible. To ensure safety and transparency, the platform requires ID verification and user profiles with social links. Bubbl also offers group chat, shared calendars, a Bubbl hub, and bulletin boards to keep everyone on the same page (literally) before and during the trip. Additional features like instant booking, crypto payment options, and user-friendly group management tools eliminate up to 66% of the typical hassle associated with organizing group travel.

In addition, Bubbl is creating special interest “Super Bubbl Communities” where like-minded travelers — from tech founders to skiers, mountain bikers to wellness seekers — can connect and share experiences. These tribes are becoming integral to the platform, fostering a deeper sense of community among members who share common passions.

In essence, while other booking platforms like Airbnb simply provide a space to stay, Bubbl offers more: it provides both a place and the people with whom you can share it

The timing for Bubbl’s innovative approach couldn’t be more critical. In the post-pandemic world, people crave in-person connection more than ever. Remote work has unraveled the traditional notion of belonging to a specific place, but it has also created a gap in community ties. Bubbl is stepping into that void, offering not just another accommodation platform, but a social lifeline that combines the best elements of Airbnb, LinkedIn, Venmo, and WhatsApp into one unified tool designed to foster shared human experiences.

“Our vision is a world where your passport isn’t just for crossing borders — it’s for finding your people,” says Melidonis. In the fragmented world of accommodations booking  Bubbl offers something radical: the opportunity to be part of something bigger, more social, and far more human.

Stay together. Share together. Play together. Grow together.

With Bubbl, the future of travel — and human connection — is not just brighter. It’s beautifully shared.

Ready to Bubbl? Your new passport to belonging awaits here.