MakCik Travels: Women Travel Companionship Service

BRIEF TECHNOLOGY

MakCik Travels is a digital platform providing curated, safe, and empowering companionship services specifically for women. It integrates user-friendly booking systems, AI-based matching, and verified community-based support to ensure secure and meaningful experiences for female travellers.

INSPIRATION OF THE INVENTION

Inspired by the lack of inclusive and secure travel options for women especially older women or those with limited mobility

MakCik Travels was created to foster independence, confidence, and lifelong learning through companion, friendship, and shared experiences.

PROBLEM STATEMENT & CURRENT ISSUES

Many women, especially in conservative or ageing communities, face mobility barriers, safety concerns, or social stigma when travelling alone. There’s a critical gap in female-focused travel services that combine companionship, safety, and personalization.

INVENTIVENESS  & NOVELTY

MakCik Travels introduces a companion-based travel model that blends tech-enabled matching, community trust-building, and gender-sensitive travel planning—a unique niche within the travel tech and social enterprise sectors in Southeast Asia.

USEFULNESS & APPLICATION

1) Support network for health-related or wellness travel

2) Community and NGO programs promoting women’s independence and active ageing

3) Provide mobility servicedriven by ladies for ladies,children, elderly and individuals with special requirements.”

IMPACT OF THE PRODUCT

1) Contribute tocommunity – Help other ladies,senior citizen, andpeople withdisabilities

2) Generate allowances

3) Flexible schedule –  Assist communitywithout leavingfamilyresponsibility

4) Meet otherladies – Make friends andsocialise amongladies with sameinterest”

MARKET POTENTIAL 

Huge opportunity in silver economy, female travellers & companionship, and wellness tourism Scalable to corporate wellness, CSR programs, and international travel agencies”

TRL : 9

Project Leader : Dr Sazlina Binti Kamaralzaman

Co-Researcher : Siti Sarah Binti Anuar

Dept./Fac./Inst : Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Expertise : Community Medicine

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