Our history

Travelling to Egypt should be about exploring, experiencing and enjoying — not worrying about how to reach the things you need along the way.

Tourists often need cameras, bicycles, gaming equipment and outdoor gear for only a few days. Buying them is expensive, carrying them is inconvenient, and finding reliable short-term options locally is rarely easy.

At the same time, thousands of useful products across Egypt sit unused for most of the year. We saw an opportunity to connect the two.

Lendo was created as a peer-to-peer rental marketplace, making it easier to rent useful items from one another. But as we built it and listened to the people using it, we found something bigger.

Travellers weren't simply looking for things to rent. They were looking for an easier way to reach what they needed during their trip.

That insight changed our direction. Lendo became a tourism-first platform built around visitors to Egypt — a bridge between travellers and local communities, making travel more convenient while creating new ways for locals to earn from what they already own.

1. 01The ideaWe started from a simple belief: access can be worth more than ownership. Lendo existed to make short-term access easier, cheaper and less trouble than buying.
2. 02Learning from travellersWe looked past the rental transaction and studied how tourists actually travel — what they struggle to reach, and what they need while they are here. The gap was clear: no platform was built around them.
3. 03Going tourism-firstThe turning point. Rather than build another general marketplace, we built around the traveller, connecting visitors with the local people who can supply what a trip needs.
4. 04Building the networkReaching travellers takes more than an app, so we built around the places they already stay — hotels, hostels, and short-stay rentals booked through Airbnb and Booking.com.
5. 05Proving demandLendo has moved past the idea stage into real use. Travellers do not need to buy or carry everything they might want. They need a better way to reach it.
6. 06What's nextWe are expanding across Egypt and building the infrastructure that makes reaching products and services a normal part of travelling — equipment, essentials and local experiences, wherever the trip goes.

Lendo has grown on one principle: listen, learn, adapt, build.

A peer-to-peer rental concept became a tourism platform once we found the larger opportunity. We want a trip that needs no over-packing, no buying things you will use once, and no afternoon lost to finding a local solution. Arrive, discover, rent, enjoy.

On the other side of the marketplace, local people turn idle possessions into income and join a growing tourism economy.

1. 2024The ideaLendo began with a question: why should travellers buy or carry things they need for a few days? We started exploring how peer-to-peer rentals could make travel easier while opening income for local communities.
2. 2025Building the marketplaceWe began building Lendo as a peer-to-peer rental marketplace, connecting people who own useful things with people who need them briefly.
3. 2025Discovering the opportunityStudying the market and talking to users pointed somewhere stronger. Visitors to Egypt needed convenient access to equipment and essentials, and nothing was built for them.
4. 2026Going tourism-firstLendo turned toward tourists visiting Egypt, and we began redesigning the marketplace, the partnerships and the experience around what a traveller actually needs.
5. 2026Building the tourism networkWe began partnering with hotels and hostels and reaching guests in short-stay rentals, bringing Lendo closer to travellers where they sleep.
6. TodayReimagining travelLendo keeps expanding across Egypt, building a trusted network where travellers reach what they need from local people — without the cost and hassle of buying or carrying it themselves.