As the Host, you're the one bringing everyone together, but you don't have to be a tour guide (in fact, every trip has a local Guide built-in). Your job is to get your community excited, encourage them to sign up once the trip launches, and set the tone for the trip itself. 

After you sign up, your first step is to survey your audience — find out where they want to go, their budgets, and the best time of year to travel. To become a Host, Creators need to get at least 100 survey responses. Then you'll work with Trova to select the perfect itinerary, and launch it to your community. From there, you're getting folks stoked and signed up to travel with you!

Trova has your back every step of the way with resources and best practices on how to be a great Host

TL;DR: Many Hosts earn income from leading trips, though it’s not guaranteed. Your earnings depend on the trip price you set and how many Travelers book.

On average, we see Hosts earn around $6,000 per trip. TrovaTrip provides the platform, tools, and support, while you decide how to price your trip based on what works best for your community. We encourage you to set prices that feel accessible to your audience while still rewarding your effort and time.

As a Host, your entire itinerary is covered (including accommodations, activities, and meals) and you can even bring a plus one! To make things easier, TrovaTrip offers an advance on your earnings to help cover airfare costs upfront.

Safety is core to everything we do — and it starts with how we build and operate our business. When it comes to our trips, local Operators undergo a rigorous vetting process that includes everything from standard safety qualifications like licensing, insurance coverage, and crisis management systems to measures like waste reduction processes and fostering a responsible travel philosophy.

Curated, bespoke itineraries designed by those experts mean safety is built-in for Hosts, and Trova has created various add-ons, tools, and policies to help you feel even more secure during your trip. This includes:

• Ability to review (and approve or reject) Travelers
• Control over how your trip is marketed and to whom
• The ability to remove any passenger who exhibits problematic or unsafe behavior before or during the trip
• And general Liability Insurance for all TrovaTrip Hosts, among other things

Lastly, Trova's Community Guidelines exist to ensure that every human — Host, Traveler, Guide, and beyond — feels safe and respected, even while venturing outside of our comfort zones and around the globe.

There is no “one size fits all” answer for what makes a great Host, but we want any Creator who signs up with TrovaTrip to be set up for success. Typically, selling out a trip comes down to audience size and engagement (authentic, relatable Content Creators do really well here).

When it comes to hosting a TrovaTrip, it's most often 'micro influencers' with the amount of followers below (on whichever platform is their most popular):

• Instagram: 15,000+
• YouTube: 15,000+
• Tiktok: 50,000+
• Private community: 100+

But that doesn't mean you can't sell out a trip if you have 5,000 followers who are passionate and highly engaged. If you think your community is a strong fit, sign up and let's start the conversation!

There is no catch. Creators who sign up to become Hosts are our partners in building and selling these incredible life-changing trips, and we believe they deserve to be compensated for that work.

If you have more questions — just ask! We're an open book: you can read more about our business model, how we make money, and how a trip is built.