“Together we will make travel easier, safer, and cheaper for women all over the world.”
-Tess A. Millhollon, Founder
HerHouse was born out of one woman’s inspired experience solo backpacking. After years of dreaming and working, the app was soft launched on October 7, 2021 and was approved into the Google and Apple app stores on February 3, 2022. The community has been growing steadily organically ever since with over 2000 downloads and users in over 70 countries. This is just the beginning for HerHouse and we’re thrilled to make a difference for women who love to travel alone.
Meet the Founder: Tess A. Millhollon
After spending time solo backpacking Australia, Tess was deeply inspired by her life changing season of solo traveling. She found confidence and healing through that time and she is determined to help more women have life changing adventures of their own.
Tess received her Bachelors Degree in Health Sciences at West Texas A&M University in 2015. Beyond college she was lost and didn’t know where to start her life. That’s when she decided to sell her belongings and get a Working Holiday Visa in Australia. Her season of solo travel had begun.
While overseas, she spent a lot of time staying with locals. Not only did this save her a LOT of money, but it also gave her authentic experiences while abroad. When seeing the safety challenges in many current accommodation services, she set out to create a whole new platform where women can connect, stay with each other, and have unforgettable experiences together.
Since returning to the United States, Tess has published her solo travel memoir, Sherbet Skies. It quickly became a best seller in multiple categories on Amazon. For Tess, solo traveling was so much more than a vacation. Her season of solo travel was a deeply healing and enlightening experience. It is her passion to encourage women of all ages to step out, have adventures, and live life fully alive.
Featured on Good Morning America
Tess was recently featured with other tech entrepreneurs on Good Morning America talking about their app building experiences:
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After finding herself lost after college, Tess embarked on a year-long solo backpacking adventure in search of herself and healing. We meet her in the middle of her journey when she is presented the opportunity to live and work on a sailing yacht—taking vessels up the east coast of Australia. Tess’ story is a rapturous saga of finding adventure, oneself, and God very present along the journey. This chronicle of her experiences will transport the reader into the stunning life of sailing to the Whitsundays and will touch one deeply through her encounters with God. It is a read worth sharing with every woman who has a vagabond spirit.