291

Destinations curated through our lens, each with honest safety context

Live in the app

Countries across the diaspora and beyond

Live in the app

$145B

Spent by Black American travelers every year

MMGY Travel Intelligence

79%

Of us weigh safety and welcome before booking a trip

MMGY 2025 report

Market figures: MMGY Travel Intelligence, U.S. Black Travel Market reports.

Proof, not promises

Don't take our word for it. Watch it work.

Every clip below is a real screen recording from the live app. Real Nova answers, real travelers, real chats. Nothing mocked up.

Typed: warm in December, under $150/day. Nova answered with real cities and ratings.

ROAM BLK destination page for Atlanta showing a 4.7 out of 5 ROAM Rating for the Black traveler experience

The ROAM Rating

Every city, rated for how it treats us.

Mainstream apps rate the beaches. ROAM BLK rates the experience. Every destination carries a ROAM Rating, the Black traveler experience score, plus the context behind it.

Community Welcome

How locals receive us

Police Climate

What to actually expect

Discrimination Risk

Rated honestly, city by city

Black-Owned Presence

Restaurants, stays, guides

Neighborhood breakdowns that tell you where you'll feel at home
A curated directory of Black-owned stays, verified one by one
Low scores stay low. We publish the real number, not the brochure version

Nova AI

Meet Nova. She plans like she knows you.

Nova is ROAM BLK's AI travel assistant, powered by Claude. She understands diaspora identity, answers safety questions honestly, and works with live app data instead of guesses.

Day-by-day itineraries, saved as trips

Complete plans with Black-owned spots tagged, personalized to your roots, saved into the app with one tap.

Real flights, events, and stays in the chat

Nova searches live flights, cultural events, and the Black-owned business directory while you talk to her.

Ask anything, honestly

Visas, neighborhoods, how you'll be received. What to actually expect, not the tourism-board version.

Nova, the ROAM BLK AI assistant, planning a 7-day Accra trip personalized to the traveler's Lagos roots

The whole journey

One app. Your whole travel life.

Keep scrolling to move through the app

Group Trips

Invite your crew, vote on plans, chat in a trip room, and let Nova build the itinerary with a shared budget. Built for how we actually travel.

Chat, votes, and budget in one place

A ROAM BLK group trip page with itinerary, chat, and votes — Real trip room

Travel Passport

A living gallery of every city you've experienced. Your photos, your milestones, and your community on every page.

Black-Owned Stays

A hand-verified directory of Black-owned hotels, inns, and resorts, surfaced on destination pages and by Nova.

Verified one property at a time

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil — Salvador, Bahia

Cultural Calendar + ROAM the Yard

Carnival, Diaspora seasons, Essence Fest, and a full HBCU homecoming schedule, each with a plan-this-trip button.

85 HBCU events live right now

Flights + Tracking

Search and book flights, watch prices, and track every leg of the journey without leaving the app.

City Villages

A live group chat for every city. Visa intel, plug recommendations, and people to meet when you land.

The atlas

291 destinations. All telling our story.

78 countries across Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Every rating below is the real number from the app.

Yes, some scores are under 4. That's the point. We publish the honest number so you can decide.

Travel Connect

Your next travel crew is already here.

Travel Connect matches you with Black travelers who share your style, energy, and bucket list. Not a dating app. A crew-finding app.

A daily drop of three travelers matched to your taste
A weekly Travel Twin reveal with a shareable match card
Accept a connect request and a DM opens instantly
City Villages, live group chats for every destination

ROAM BLK Travel Connect screen with today's drop and top traveler picks

ROAMers are out there right now

Live check-ins from the community, shown city-level only.

"I feel seen and Nova knows our culture! Feeling safe while traveling is now something I don't have to worry about."

"Finally something for us"

_SML1016, App Store review

"An incredible resource for anyone looking to travel with confidence while staying connected to culture and community. The sense of community is unmatched."

"Game-Changer"

RoderickLangston, App Store review

"Very much needed to keep us in touch with areas of the world where we're socially accepted as a race rather than just wanting our money."

"Much needed!"

Agabriel76, App Store review

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The Platform

ROAM BLK: The Platform Built for Black Travelers

ROAM BLK is a cloud-based platform delivering curated travel destination guides through a Black traveler lens. Access safety ratings, neighborhood breakdowns, and Black-owned business recommendations across 291 destinations in 78 countries. ROAM BLK provides AI-powered travel planning, community trip coordination, and cultural event discovery, all designed specifically for Black travelers and the global diaspora.

Destination Guides

291 destinations curated through a Black traveler lens with honest safety context and neighborhood breakdowns.

AI Travel Intelligence

Nova, ROAM BLK's AI assistant, builds culturally aware itineraries and answers the questions mainstream apps won't.

Community Platform

Connect with Black travelers globally, coordinate group trips, discover cultural events, and share your travel story.

The world is waiting. And so is your tribe.

Every destination in this app already answers the question. All that's left is to go.

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