BULVDS

Give your next trip a date.

A community of Nigerian travellers who plan group trips months ahead — so you can book your leave, spread the cost, and actually go.

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You said you'd travel this year.

You said it last year too. Six of you in one group chat. Somebody sent flight prices, somebody dropped a hotel link, everybody said count me in.

Then one person had to check their leave days. Then another said December was looking tight. Then the chat went quiet, and three weeks later somebody typed "next year for sure" — and that was the funeral.

It didn't fail because your friends are wicked. It failed because there was no date, no deposit, and nobody whose actual job it was to make the thing happen.

Six people who all wanted to go. Zero people responsible for going.

So we made it somebody's job.

  1. The date is set months ahead

    Far enough out that you can request your leave, warn your boss, and plan around it like an adult with responsibilities.

  2. The cost is broken into pieces

    You pay in bits between now and the trip instead of finding one lump sum in one month. Once you've paid something, it stops being an idea.

  3. We handle everything moving

    Transport, beds, guides, the routes worth taking and the ones that aren't. You get an itinerary, not a group chat argument.

  4. You show up

    That's the whole job. No convincing five friends. The people are already going.

This already happened.

Not renders. Not stock photos. Members of this community, on trips we planned — the rest of the album is further down.

The group at the I Love Kampala sign Members waiting together in the airport terminal The group at the Universal Studios globe at night Members around a long table at dinner on a trip evening Two members grinning in the snow, thumbs up The group on the steps of the Nairobi National Museum The whole group seated together across the rock formations

Join the community.

A few quick questions. They help us plan trips around the people actually going.

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Free to join. We'll send you into the WhatsApp group next.

What you actually get.

The beds, the game drives, the meals, the routes. Booked, paid down in pieces, and handed to you as an itinerary.

A pool and lodge set among the trees A hotel lounge with a deep green velvet sofa A resort pool seen from the beach Sun over a rooftop pool A lion resting in the grass A giraffe up close at the Giraffe Centre Antelope crossing a watering hole on a game drive A safari jeep parked on cobblestones Breakfast laid out - avocado toast, eggs and fresh fruit A cold drink held out over the sand A monument standing against an open sky A buggy on a mountain track on an off-road day
  • The trips before anybody else Dates, costs and full itineraries drop in the community first. Spaces are limited by the bus, not by the marketing.
  • A payment plan, not a bill Spread across the months between the announcement and the departure.
  • People who show up Everyone in the group has done the same thing you did: stopped saying next year. That's the whole filter.
  • The friendships that only happen on the road The person who shares snacks on a five-hour drive. The one who takes the photo you'll use for two years. You didn't know them last month.

Fair questions.

Do I need a passport to join?

No. Plenty of our trips are inside Nigeria and need nothing but a valid ID. If you're processing a passport, join anyway — we'll plan around the timeline.

I don't have anyone to travel with.

Most people here came alone. That's the entire point of a community — you don't have to assemble a group before you can go anywhere.

How does the paying actually work?

Each trip is announced with a total cost and a payment schedule running up to the departure date. You pay in instalments. Nothing is hidden and nothing lands on you all at once.

I'm an introvert. Will I be miserable?

No. We ask about your social battery on the form for a reason — trips are built with quiet time in them, and nobody is forced into anything. Some of our happiest travellers say very little.

Does joining commit me to a trip?

Not at all. Joining is free. You see what's planned, and you decide which one you're getting on the bus for.

The rest of the album.

Every other photo from past trips — the craft stalls, the giraffes, the airport queues, the afternoons nobody planned.

Members round a restaurant table with food and drinks Members gathered by the van on a snowy street Three travellers standing on a snow-covered mountainside Two members outside the Largest Stone in the World shop Two members under a patterned umbrella in the evening Drinks raised in front of a cathedral Members posing together in a stone archway A curved high-rise tower seen from the street The group making its way along a busy street Members walking a tree-lined avenue Members boarding the minibus outside Chateau d'eau The group seated around a stone horse monument Two members on a boat, throwing peace signs A member walking the terminal with her luggage A member on a viewing deck above the lake Members browsing inside a craft shop The safari jeep waiting on the cobblestones An eland standing in the long grass Two members in the snow, thumbs up for the camera Three travellers together on the snowy mountainside The group framed in a stone archway The group in front of a domed building Zebra and eland in the trees on the game drive Members at a bright restaurant table in matching jerseys A member at the table in her team jersey A member in a pink fur hat by the waterfront A craft stall hung with keyrings and trinkets Members feeding the giraffes from the platform Zebra and eland grazing among the trees on a game drive Giraffes gathered at the feeding platform The Giraffe Centre entrance sign in Nairobi A kudu standing in the shade Members around a table spread with food An antelope out in a clearing An in-flight meal tray on the way out A member holding a BULVDS frame at the Africa Startup Festival

Stop saying next year.

The next trip already has a date on it. Joining is free, it takes two minutes, and it commits you to nothing but seeing what's planned.

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