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Wander has surpassed 1,000 active locations on its platform

John Andrew · How Wander Raised Over $100M+ to Reinvent Luxury Travel · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · May 28, 2025 · at 3:04

John Andrew is the founder and CEO of Wander, a vertically integrated luxury vacation rental platform.

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“We just passed a thousand locations, which is super exciting.”

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The claim, plainly

As of May 2025, Wander has surpassed 1,000 locations on its platform.

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Assessment

On May 28, 2025, Wander officially announced its $50 million Series B funding round via PR Newswire, explicitly highlighting '1,000+ locations' and citing over 1,000 signed homes. Independent reporting published concurrently and shortly thereafter (Not Boring, The Host Report, Hospitality.today, and Pulse 2.0) corroborated that Wander had surpassed 1,000 active properties/locations on its platform as of May 2025. Although an article published on May 27, 2025 by South Florida Business & Wealth cited '700+ locations', the formal Series B release and concurrent industry reporting confirm that Wander crossed the 1,000-location threshold as stated.

May 28, 2025 (PR Newswire / Wander Official Announcement): Series B announcement highlighted '1,000+ locations' with QED Investors partner noting over 1,000 homes signed.
May 28, 2025 (Not Boring): Reported Wander had grown to more than 1,000 locations under its asset-light model.
May 29, 2025 (The Host Report & Hospitality.today): Reported Wander was managing over 1,000 active properties at the time of its Series B announcement.
June 2, 2025 (Pulse 2.0): Reported that as of April/May 2025, Wander had over 1,000 homes live on its platform.

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[1] prnewswire.com [2] youtube.com [3] thehostreport.com [4] hospitality.today [5] pulse2.com [6] sfbwmag.com

Wander platform properties count 2024 2025 Wander locations 1000 properties May 2025 Wander John Andrew 1000 locations

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