Stairway to Travel is an open source project that offers personalized travel recommendations that help you shape unique itineraries. We believe that travel research should be inspiring, fun and easy. We do this by giving you personalized, uncommercial, and trustworthy advice. We aim to surprise you with unique destinations that you would otherwise never have thought of. All recommendations are based on machine learning and natural language processing techniques. Read about our startup journey in the blog on our website: https://stairwaytotravel.com/blog/why-open-source-and-lessons-learned