About JustCheckin — Our Story, Mission & Team

Our Story

JustCheckin was born from a simple frustration: why do you need to check 10 different websites to find the best hotel price? Rahul Mehra, a frequent traveller and software engineer, spent three hours one night comparing rates across Agoda, Booking.com, Airbnb and MakeMyTrip — only to book a room that was cheaper on a site he hadn't even thought to check.

In 2024, he set out to fix that. The idea was straightforward: aggregate every major booking platform into one clean interface, show honest prices with no hidden markups, and pair it with real editorial travel content so people could plan their entire trip in one place.

Today, JustCheckin covers over 400,000 properties across 800+ destinations, with 976 hand-researched travel guides, 9,500+ airport pages, and restaurant data from thousands of cities. We're just getting started.

Why JustCheckin?

Three things that set us apart

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One Search, Every Platform

Compare Agoda, Booking.com, Airbnb and 10+ more in seconds. No tab-switching, no missed deals. The best price is always visible.

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Guides That Actually Help

976+ researched city guides — itineraries, food trails, hidden gems, budgets — written to replace five Reddit threads and a blog post from 2019.

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Zero Hidden Markups

We earn a commission when you book through our links, but the price you see is the same (or better) than booking direct. Transparency is non-negotiable.

What We Stand For

The principles behind every feature we build

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Transparency

We show prices from every platform, with no paid placements influencing what you see first.

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Speed

One search across all major OTAs in under 2 seconds. Planning a trip should feel fast, not exhausting.

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Depth

From 400K hotels to 9,500+ airport guides, we go broader and deeper than any single booking platform.

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Simplicity

We surface what matters and get out of the way. Travel planning shouldn't need a spreadsheet.

Our Mission

To democratise travel by giving every traveller — not just loyalty programme members or deal hunters — access to the same price intelligence that used to be reserved for insiders. We believe transparency, fairness and comparison empower better decisions and better trips.

The Team

A small, passionate group building big things

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Rahul Mehra

Founder & CEO

Ex-Flipkart and Booking.com engineer. Built JustCheckin after one too many hours lost to tab-switching. Obsessed with data, travel and great coffee.

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Priya Nair

Head of Product

Product lead with 8 years across travel tech. Shaped by working with Agoda's mobile team and a deep love of Southeast Asian street food.

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Arjun Singh

Lead Engineer

Full-stack engineer who built the 400K-row Agoda ingestion pipeline from scratch. Keeps the servers happy and the latency low.

Data & Booking Partners

We compare prices from these platforms so you don't have to

Agoda

Booking.com

Travelpayouts

Viator

GetYourGuide

Zomato

AviationStack

Built by Travellers, for Travellers