Are NFT Collections in Travel the Next Big Thing?

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4 min readAug 7, 2023

And which ones are the first?

Etihad, Trip.com and many others are launching NFT collections

Recent weeks have witnessed a flurry of activity in the intersection between the travel industry and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Here’s a quick overview:

Etihad Airlines launched the Livery NFT collection.
Trip.com, one of the world’s largest online travel agencies with over 400 million users (and parent of Skyscanner), unveiled the Trekki NFT collection.
First Apes Wives Club launched the FAWC collection, with Mark Zuckerberg’s sister’s involvement.

Previous launches like Etihad: EY-ZERO1, Baltic Planies NFTs collection from Baltic Airlines, and Travala Tigers seem to strongly indicate that a new trend is emerging.

The Birth of a Trend

Trends often emerge from bear markets and explode during bull runs.
The growing interest from major corporations in the travel NFT space is a testament to this phenomenon.

The price of the above NFTs isabout $300/400 each today.
Will they be worth thousands, tens of thousands, or even more?

No one knows, but we at Trips Community knew this was coming and wanted to be first.

And we were with The Traveler Loot and the Little Traveler collections.

Here’s another prediction: every.single.travel.corporation.will.have.an.NFT.collection.

So, why am I talking about the “competition” here?
Because the more they move, the more our own NFTs will be relevant.

And, if you are looking for alpha during this bear market, this may be it.

HUNTING OGS?

You’ve heard of Crypto Punks.
A weird experiment from 2017, they were free to mint: $0 + gas.
At the height of the bull market, some were worth up to over $500 Million dollars, and they are still worth around $100,000.
Crazy right?

Why does the market consider them valuable?
Because they have historical value, as they were the first before many others appeared.

Will the same happen with travel NFT?

If the “every.single.travel.corporation.will.have.an.NFT.collection” prediction is correct, yes.

What if you could mint for free now something which will have a high value in the future?

Well, you can.

SOME ARCHEOLOGY

Let’s dig around the blockchain to find out the first NFT collections and create a timeline.
Here’s what I found:

19th of January 2022: Traveler Loot on Ethereum: first travel NFT collection.
6th of February 2022: Little Traveler on Ethereum: first travel PFP collection.

and then all the others:

8th of February 2022: Travala Tigers
22nd of July 2022: Etihad: EY-ZERO1 on Polygon
8th of October 2022: Baltic Planies on Ethereum
8th of July 2023: FAWC on Ethereum
Not Launched Yet: Trekki from Trip.com

Now, the interesting part: the first two OG collections are free to mint!
Look:

Traveler Loot : is free + gas
Little Traveler is free + gas if you own a Traveler Loot.

At today’s gas prices, you can mint one for less than $5.

In fact, it’s already happening as people are minting them again.

https://etherscan.io/address/0x37cab9f09a2ffa8c8650dd3de3594e1cf2f38a84

🔥 HOW TO MINT YOUR OG FOR FREE (+GAS)🔥

Get some ETH (min $10, better $50 or $100)
Go to https://www.travelerloot.com/ and mint (about $4 with low gas)
Go to https://littletraveler.org/ and mint (about $4 with low gas)

With less than $10 in gas, you will own these potentially historical NFTs.

A suggestion: mint more than one each
If they go up a lot in value, and you only have one, it will be hard to part with them! Have one to keep for yourself and some to sell.