Every European travel management tool reviewed
Spilimbergo, Italy
Founded 2015
Advanced plan EUR 5 per booking with no subscription fee; Enterprise plan quoted
Best for: Companies that want a published price without a sales call
BizAway is an Italian corporate travel booking platform founded in 2015 by Luca Carlucci and Flavio Del Bianco, registered in Spilimbergo as BizAway S.r.l. Benefit Corporation. It is a certified B Corporation and registered as an Italian Innovative SME.
Where most of this category hides its price behind a sales call, BizAway publishes one: the Advanced plan costs EUR 5 per booking with no subscription fee, and an Enterprise plan is quoted separately. The certification matters to some buyers as a procurement signal, since B Corporation status is assessed on governance and social criteria and not only on the product.
The platform books flights, trains, hotels and car rentals, with policy management, approval workflows, advanced reporting and invoicing, single sign-on, and travel risk and duty-of-care tooling included in the Advanced plan. Supplier agreement management, custom fields and multiple payment methods sit there too.
Enterprise adds ERP and HCM integrations, custom roles and dedicated support, quoted for multi-entity operations. Support is 24/7 and multilingual. Because the Advanced plan already includes workflows and risk management, a company can run a complete policy-based programme without ever opening an enterprise negotiation.
The trade-offs are scale and reach. A per-booking model is transparent but can outrun a subscription for a very high-volume programme, integrations are less extensive than at the large incumbents, and content is strongest in Italy, Spain and the Mediterranean, thinning outside Europe.
Its pages describe no expense engine, so expense handling stays with whichever tool you already use. Compared with Atlatos or Fairjungle, there is no per-user fee at all, which favours firms with a few heavy bookers rather than a broad base of occasional travellers.
What BizAway does well
- Published EUR 5 per booking with no subscription fee
- Certified B Corporation and Italian Innovative SME
- Flights, trains, hotels and car rental in one booking flow
- Travel risk and duty-of-care tooling included in the Advanced plan
- Support available 24/7 in several languages
Where BizAway falls short
- Per-booking pricing can exceed a subscription at very high volume
- ERP and HCM integrations are quoted rather than published
- Content thins out for travel outside Europe
- No hosting region or certification beyond B Corp stated on the pages reviewed
Standout feature. The only tool here that publishes a per-booking price and asks for no subscription at all.
Munich, Germany
Quoted against travel volume and selected modules, typically from EUR 30,000 a year in travel spend
Best for: German travel programmes that want invoices handled with the trip
Lanes & Planes GmbH is registered in the Munich Commercial Register under HRB 235318, at Kap West in Munich, and says it serves more than 1,700 companies.
It solves a problem that booking-only tools leave to finance: the trip, the supplier invoice and the accounting export arrive as one record, with single-creditor consolidation across every travel payment, so nobody chases a separate receipt for each flight, hotel or train ticket after the trip. The vendor describes its inventory as the largest B2B travel inventory in the European market, a claim we have not audited but which matches its enterprise positioning.
Rail is a particular strength. The platform handles Deutsche Bahn bookings and automates the associated electronic VAT refund claim, which is specific to German business travel and rarely built natively elsewhere in this category.
It also covers flights, rental cars and hotels, with configurable policy and approval workflows, role-based access, CO2 tracking per trip and mode, and a mobile app called Pocket Pilot for changes on the move. It is the more specialised of the two German platforms here, aimed at finance and travel managers who care about the accounting result as much as the booking itself.
Support is 24/7, German-speaking and TUV-certified, and the vendor lists ISO 27001 for its support infrastructure. Pricing is entirely quoted against travel volume and selected modules, and the vendor points at companies spending from roughly EUR 30,000 a year on travel.
That is a real barrier for a very small team, and long-haul-first companies will find air content less compelling than rail. Ask for a sample accounting export and a worked example of the VAT refund process, because the value depends on how well it fits your ledger and your travel mix.
What Lanes & Planes does well
- Supplier invoice and accounting export captured with every trip
- Automated Deutsche Bahn VAT refund claims
- TUV-certified, German-speaking 24/7 support
- ISO 27001 for support infrastructure and a Munich register entry
- CO2 tracked per trip and per transport mode
Where Lanes & Planes falls short
- No published pricing; every quote needs a sales conversation
- Strongest for DACH, rail-heavy travel; weaker for long-haul-first companies
- Aimed at programmes of roughly EUR 30,000 a year in travel or more
- No hosting region stated on the pages reviewed
Standout feature. The trip, the supplier invoice and the Deutsche Bahn VAT refund arrive as one record.
Madrid, Spain
Founded 1987
Quoted per organisation and transaction-based, through Amadeus or an implementation partner
Best for: Large Microsoft 365 and SAP organisations
Amadeus Cytric is the enterprise travel and expense product line of Amadeus IT Group, S.A., the Madrid-headquartered technology company founded in 1987 that also operates one of the world’s major airline and hotel distribution systems.
That heritage is the real differentiator: where most competitors in this category buy flight and hotel content from a third-party distribution feed, Cytric is built directly on Amadeus’s own content. For a buyer, that means the booking tool and the content system come from the same company, which gives a single party to ask when content or fares are in question.
The suite splits into three named products: Cytric Easy for business travel booking, Cytric Expense for travel expense management and Cytric Insights for data and reporting.
A dedicated Travel and Expense Solution for Microsoft Teams sits alongside SAP workflow connectivity, which is an advantage in a large organisation that has standardised on Microsoft or SAP and does not want travel to be yet another disconnected system. The modular approach lets a company start with booking and add expense or analytics later, instead of committing to a single bundle on day one of the contract.
The weight comes with it. Implementation runs through Amadeus or an integration partner rather than self-serve sign-up, pricing is transactional and quoted, and a company of a couple of hundred people will likely find the onboarding effort disproportionate.
We could not confirm specific certifications such as ISO 27001 or a hosting region for Cytric itself on the pages reviewed, so ask Amadeus directly rather than assume. Compared with BizAway or Fairjungle, the effort and cost are in a different league, and it only makes sense where Teams, Outlook or SAP already define how people work.
What Amadeus Cytric does well
- Native Microsoft Teams and Outlook integration, plus SAP workflow connectivity
- Built on Amadeus’s own distribution content
- Modular suite lets you adopt booking and expense separately
- Backed by a technology company operating since 1987
Where Amadeus Cytric falls short
- Implementation through Amadeus or a partner, not self-serve
- No published pricing; transaction-based quotes
- Certifications and hosting region not confirmed on the pages reviewed
- Sized for large enterprises; heavy for small or mid-size firms
Standout feature. It runs on Amadeus’s own distribution content and lives inside Teams and Outlook, which few European rivals can say.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Founded 1975
Transaction and management fees, quoted under a managed-service contract
Best for: Organisations that want a full-service agency
BCD Travel is the corporate travel arm of BCD Group, a privately held Dutch company headquartered in Utrecht and owned by the Fentener van Vlissingen family since it was founded in 1975; the group entered the travel industry in 1987.
It operates in more than 170 countries with over 15,000 employees, and it is not US-owned. The group is also a reminder that ownership matters: it is a private family company rather than a listed business or a subsidiary of a non-European travel group.
Unlike the platforms here, BCD is an agency first and a software vendor second. Companies buy a managed programme covering consulting, negotiated airline and hotel rates, meetings coordination and duty-of-care services, and TripSource, its technology layer, comes bundled with that relationship.
TripSource can act as a lightweight hub connecting to your booking tools, or as a full shopping and booking interface pulling content from GDS, NDC, low-cost carriers and hotel engines. That mix of negotiated rates, human service desks and software is what large programmes pay for, and it is not something a pure software vendor can replicate with a booking engine alone.
The mobile app won a Gold Stevie Award in 2026 for Best Mobile App for Travel.
The trade-off is the usual one for a managed agency: fees are layered across transaction and management charges that need unpicking, self-service is more limited than a book-it-yourself platform, and the natural customer is a large travel programme. Certifications and hosting region were not confirmed on the pages reviewed. For a company under a few hundred travellers, the sensible comparison is Atlatos, Fairjungle or BizAway, not BCD; for a multinational programme it belongs on the shortlist from the start.
What BCD Travel does well
- Full-service agency: consulting, negotiated rates, meetings and duty of care
- TripSource app won a 2026 Gold Stevie Award for Best Mobile App for Travel
- Privately held Dutch family company, not US-owned
- Operates in more than 170 countries
- Real-time traveller messaging inside TripSource
Where BCD Travel falls short
- Fees are quoted and layered across transaction and management charges
- Self-service is more limited than a book-it-yourself platform
- Built for large travel programmes; poor fit for small teams
- Certifications and hosting region not confirmed on the pages reviewed
Standout feature. A Dutch family-owned agency with global reach and an award-winning app, for companies that want a partner rather than software.
Runkel-Dehrn, Germany
Founded 2006
Profi Traveller from EUR 99 a month (up to 50 employees, 20 online bookings) and EUR 299 a month (up to 250 employees); flights extra from EUR 9.70; one-off implementation fee; prices exclude VAT
Best for: German mid-size firms wanting booking plus expenses
Atlatos GmbH is registered with the Amtsgericht Limburg a. d. Lahn under HRB 3914, at Schlossstrasse 24 in Runkel-Dehrn, Germany, with Esther Stehning as founder and managing director. The company describes itself as owner-managed and says it has been on the market since 2006.
Its About page states that customer data is hosted in Germany and the EU, which is more than BizAway, Amadeus Cytric or BCD Travel say. It is owner-managed rather than investor-backed, which suggests stability and a direct line to decision makers, but also means a smaller company than the international suites on this page.
The Profi Traveller booking tool combines hotel, airline, car rental and Deutsche Bahn content with travel requests, approval workflows and traffic-light travel policies. The separate Expense Engine settles trips with photographed receipts, text recognition for lodging and meal allowances, and mileage.
A mobile app covers booking, approval and expense submission. That makes it the one self-serve platform here that handles expense settlement as part of the same offer. The traffic-light policy approach makes violations visible at the point of booking, and the approval step can route requests to the right budget owner before money is committed.
Prices are published for teams up to 250 employees, with a one-off implementation fee, and are quoted ex VAT: EUR 99 a month for up to 50 employees and EUR 299 for up to 250, with flights charged extra from EUR 9.70.
Its pages are in German, so it fits German-speaking organisations best, and duty-of-care features are not mentioned on its Profi Traveller page. Compared with Fairjungle, Atlatos adds an expense engine and German-language pages; compared with Lanes & Planes it publishes prices, while Lanes & Planes describes its invoice consolidation in more detail.
What Atlatos does well
- Published monthly prices in euros for teams and mid-size companies
- German GmbH with a full Impressum and register number
- Booking, approvals and expense settlement from one vendor
- Deutsche Bahn and international rail content alongside flights and hotels
- Personal account manager and free second-level expense support stated
Where Atlatos falls short
- Flights are charged extra on top of the monthly fee
- One-off implementation fee on every plan
- Website and documentation are mainly in German
- Duty-of-care features are not mentioned on its Profi Traveller page
Standout feature. Booking, approvals and expense settlement from an owner-managed German vendor, with euro prices published for teams up to 250 staff.
Saint-Mande, France
Founded 2017
Per active user: EUR 9 Starter, EUR 15 Essential, EUR 19 Pro a month; or pay-as-you-go at 3% per booking plus EUR 0, 79 or 189 a month
30-day free trial mentioned in its pricing FAQ; no self-registration, a demo is required
Best for: French and EU firms wanting a subscription instead of commission
Fairjungle is a French simplified joint-stock company (SAS) with its head office at 14 avenue du General de Gaulle in Saint-Mande, registered with the Creteil trade register under 829 964 196. The French register shows it was created in May 2017.
Its privacy policy says the service is hosted in Frankfurt and that no personal data leaves the European Union, which makes it one of the more specific vendors here on residency. The register entry and the stated hosting give procurement and data-protection teams two concrete facts to check, which is better than most platforms offer on a website.
It acts as a corporate travel agency delivered as software: employees book flights, trains, hotels and rental cars in a booking engine with configurable policies and approvals, and invoices are centralised. A green mode steers travellers toward lower-carbon options, and it integrates with HR, finance and expense tools.
Its pages describe integrations with expense tools rather than an expense engine of its own, which is where Atlatos differs. Because the fee is a subscription, travel prices pass through without a commission added on top, so the cost of the tool is easy to separate from the cost of the trip.
Pricing is a per-active-user subscription from EUR 9 a month, or pay-as-you-go at 3% per booking plus a monthly fee of EUR 0, 79 or 189. The page says there is no commission on travel.
There is no self-registration, so every trial starts with a demo, and the Enterprise plan has no published price. It is a smaller company than Amadeus or BCD. It sits sixth on this page, directly behind Atlatos, and the demo-only start is the main practical difference for a buyer who wants to try before talking to sales.
What Fairjungle does well
- Published per-user prices in euros, with no commission on travel
- French SAS with a verifiable register entry
- Frankfurt hosting and no transfers outside the EU, per its privacy policy
- Rail, air, hotel and car rental in one booking flow
- Pay-as-you-go option for low-volume travel
Where Fairjungle falls short
- No self-registration; a demo is required to start
- Pay-as-you-go plans still charge 3% on each booking
- Enterprise plan has no published price
- A smaller company without the global reach of Amadeus Cytric or BCD Travel
Standout feature. A French subscription corporate-travel platform with published per-user prices and Frankfurt hosting.
London, United Kingdom
Free to register and use, no minimum contract length
No trial needed; registration and use are free
Best for: Rail-heavy teams in the UK and Europe
Trainline Business is the corporate offering of Trainline, a London Stock Exchange-listed company in the FTSE 250. The contracting company named on its page is Trainline.com Limited, registered in England and Wales under company number 3846791, at 1 Stonecutter Street, London.
It is the only UK entity in this category, and the only tool here that does one thing: it is a borderline fit for a travel management directory, because it covers rail alone. It sits last in the grid for that reason, and not because the product is weak: it simply answers a narrower question than the other six tools on this page.
Colleagues are invited to book their own journeys across UK and European trains in 45 countries, while admins can see where and when staff travel. Receipts and invoices are generated automatically, spend reports can be run for a date range, and a carbon emissions calculator is included.
The page describes no policy controls, approval workflow, flights, hotels or car rental, so it complements a full platform rather than replacing one. For companies whose travel is mostly trains, that single focus is an advantage, since employees get one familiar interface for UK and European journeys without a platform rollout.
Registering and using it is free with no minimum contract length, which makes it the cheapest entry in the category and the easiest to test: a company can start with no procurement process.
The cost is that its page describes no duty-of-care features beyond a travel overview, and no hosting region or enterprise support terms are stated. The vendor page gives few details about data handling or enterprise terms, so an IT or procurement team will need to ask directly before rolling it out to a large workforce.
What Trainline Business does well
- Free to register and use, with no minimum contract
- Train booking across 45 countries in one interface
- Automatic receipts and invoices for expense handling
- Admins can see where and when staff travel
Where Trainline Business falls short
- Rail only; no flights, hotels or car rental
- No travel policy controls described on its page
- No approval workflow described
- A listed consumer group, so enterprise support terms are not published
Standout feature. The only free-to-use option here, but strictly for rail.
