A new partnership has been announced between, Zilch, the payments innovator behind the ad-subsidised payments network, ASPN, and lastminute.com, the European travel tech and holiday package provider, to make booking and paying for holidays easier.
Working together, the companies will launch Zilch Travel, a white-label solution which enhances the customer’s experience when searching, booking and paying for holidays, hotels and flights in the Zilch app.
Saving for the holidays is often a non-negotiable in a household. However, affording this priority can be tricky. Looking to ensure customers are getting the best financial offer, as well as holiday experience, Zilch is offering users up to three per cent cashback in rewards on their travel bookings with Zilch Travel. Additionally, they can opt to spread the cost of their trip with interest-free payments over six weeks or three months – always with complete transparency and no hidden fees utilising the lastminute.com platform.
Zilch has launched this new offering following a 140 per cent year-on-year growth with customers demanding smarter and more flexible ways to pay for their trips.
According to lastminute.com’s Travel Horizons family report, nearly half of families now book their travel plans 5 to 12 weeks before departure. To meet this demand, Zilch Travel offers payment options to spread out the cost of large bookings and reward customers with perks they can use on their holidays. Furthermore, it ensures that planning the perfect getaway is both simple and rewarding.
Making that one ‘must-have’ expense affordable
Alessandro Petazzi, CEO of lastminute.com said: “By investing in flexible financial solutions and leveraging our technology to enhance customers’ travel experience, we can unlock a world of possibilities for holidaymakers. We’re delighted to partner with one of the UK’s leading fintech companies by powering their new Zilch Travel service.
“With more than twenty-five years of experience, we know that holidays are the one ring-fenced purchase everyone makes annually, this is why we will continue to invest in fintech solutions and flexible payment options to enhance personalisation and empower people to pay on their terms.”
Philip Belamant, CEO and co-founder of Zilch said: “Partnering with lastminute.com, a pioneer in online travel, marks an exciting step forward as we launch Zilch Travel. In 2025, travel is no longer a luxury – it’s a professional and family priority, with 84 per cent of UK consumers exploring destinations at home or abroad, they’re spending over £72billion on overseas holidays alone in 2023.
“Zilch Travel is designed to give our customers what they’ve been asking for, three years into an unprecedented cost-of-living squeeze: the convenience, security, and flexibility to design and pay for their trips seamlessly within the regulated app they trust to manage their money.
“This launch is another way we’re transforming everyday spending and broadening Zilch’s share of wallet, following the success of our Pay over 3 Months product for bigger-ticket purchases, which has already helped accelerate total sales on the Zilch platform to over £3.6 billion since launch and double our revenues for three years running.”
