--- title: 'Our story' url: 'https://stage.ignitours.com/about' markdown: 'https://stage.ignitours.com/about.md' lang: en date: '2026-10-23' description: 'igniTours, founded in 2024, is a coalition of independent tour operators and tour designers who create experiences that ignite your curiosity while supporting the communities we explore. We work with local experts, tour developers and small businesses to build immersive, educational experiences for…' --- # Our story **igniTours**, founded in 2024, is a coalition of independent tour operators and tour designers who create experiences that ignite your curiosity while supporting the communities we explore. We work with local experts, tour developers and small businesses to build immersive, educational experiences for all ages. We take the research seriously. Every route and every story is checked against the community and the topic it represents, and the guide telling it is usually the person who developed it. ### Founders igniTours was started by Dara Mihaly and Sean Mihaly. Independent Tour Coalition LLC is the legal entity behind the brand. ### Interested in what we’re doing? Reach out! Email , or use the [contact form](https://stage.ignitours.com/contact). If you are a guide, researcher or small business that wants to develop an experience with us, see [Work with us](https://stage.ignitours.com/work-with-us). --- ## Navigation - Previous: [Meet the guides](https://stage.ignitours.com/guides.md) - Next: [Contact](https://stage.ignitours.com/contact.md)