A Telegram mini app for booking hotels worldwide with TON, USDT on TON or a bank card, paying back 5% of each stay in TON (8% for Telegram Premium); launched in 2024 on the Travala.com and TON partnership.
TON Travel answers a different question than the price trackers in this subtopic: not "when will this hotel get cheaper?" but "can I book the room without leaving Telegram, and pay with the crypto I already hold there?" The bot opens a mini app with hotel search across more than three million properties, according to its mini-app listing, and checkout accepts TON, USDT on TON or an ordinary bank card.
The hook is cashback. After each stay, 5% of the booking value comes back in TON, and Telegram Premium subscribers get 8%. The payout goes to a TON wallet, so this is most useful if you already use one inside Telegram.
The bot appeared in mid-2024, when Travala.com, a crypto-friendly travel booking site, announced an integration with TON; several crypto news outlets named @travelwithtonbot as the resulting Telegram app. Travala's own blog post describes the payment integration but does not link to the bot, so the connection rests on press coverage rather than a link from the vendor. For that reason we do not mark it as official, and it makes sense to check the booking details and final price carefully before paying.
Compared with a regular booking site, the trade-offs are straightforward. The interface is English-only, there are no public figures on monthly users, and we found no fresh announcements since the 2024 launch. What you gain is a hotel search and checkout that stay inside the messenger, plus a cashback rate that is higher than most loyalty programmes offer.
Free The mini app is free to use; you pay only for the booking itself
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 7 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 3 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 6 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 5 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 3 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 8 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 58.5 |
Crypto news outlets reported it as the Telegram app of the 2024 Travala and TON partnership, but Travala's own site does not link to the bot, so we list it as unofficial.
No. A bank card works too; TON or USDT on TON are options. You do need a TON wallet to receive the cashback.
5% of the booking value in TON after the stay, or 8% if you have Telegram Premium.