Location independence is the future.
Work won’t be a place you go, but a thing you do. From anywhere.
Freed from an office, you'll work where you're most productive and live where you're happiest. Travel will become part of your life, not an escape from it.
Today, location independence can feel impossible. Your boss wants you in the office 50+ hours a week. Governments make relocating harder than it should be. Your friends and family don’t get it.
Becoming location independent isn’t easy, but we can help. We’ve done it already.
Becoming location independent isn’t easy, but we can help. We’ve done it already.
Tortuga Co-Founders Fred Perrotta and Jeremy Cohen in Prague
Our journey started in 2009. On a backpacking trip to Eastern Europe, we learned that most luggage isn’t great for city travel. Jeremy’s bag ripped on the first day, and Fred’s was a disorganized mess. We couldn't find the perfect travel backpack, so we made it.
Tortuga designs carry-on-sized luggage for city travel and publishes packing and gear advice so that you know what to bring and how to pack it.
View from a a café in Croatia
We build gear to make travel easier for anyone who wants to live on their terms.
Remote work is the first step to location independence, so we built Tortuga as a fully distributed company.
Remote work is the first step to location independence, so we built Tortuga as a fully distributed company.Our team works remotely and lives all over the world.
At a company retreat in Lisbon, Portugal
Sharing values is more important than sharing an office.
Our Values
Work On Our Terms
We are a distributed team. Everyone sets their own hours and chooses where to live and work.
Scratch Our Own Itch
We created our first product because we needed it. Every product that we make must solve a problem for city travelers. We will never slap our logo on a “me too” product just for the cash.
Prioritize the Customer
If you have a problem, we’ll do everything in our power to fix it. When you contact us, you are always speaking directly to a person with the authority and ability to solve your problem.
Build and Improve Systems
We use software and systems to help our team focus on what matters: product and people.
Tortuga's mission is to help you live on your terms.
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Best Carry On Travel Bag
Travel almost anywhere for
weeks at a time
Great service at Tortuga. Quick and efficient. Always solution-oriented.
- Tristan C.
This is a really killer bag for 1-bag travel, and one of my go-to bags when I need to pack a ton of shit.
- Chase Reeves
I am constantly learning new travel tips and info from their blog.
- Richard C.
