Journeyo

The language of your trip,
in the order you'll actually need it.

From the airport counter to the last toast of the night — a survival course built around one destination at a time, not a language in the abstract.

See your destination ↓
36 short lessons per destination · no subscription · works offline

Why not just Duolingo

Every app teaches you to say hello.

Almost none of them teach you the one thing that actually gets you into trouble: the local rule nobody explains until you've already broken it. Three real examples — the kind of thing this course teaches, not the kind we made up to sound clever.

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Italy

Bars are legally allowed to charge two different prices for the same coffee — one standing at the counter, one sitting at a table. The difference is often double.

→ how to ask before you sit
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Japan

Tipping isn't just unnecessary in Japan — trying to leave one can confuse or mildly offend. Good service is already built into the price.

→ what to say instead of a tip
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Türkiye

In an Istanbul taxi, the meter is required to go on the moment you get in — and drivers aren't allowed to pick and choose their passengers.

→ the one sentence that keeps it honest

MOST LANGUAGE APPS

Teach "Italian." One big generic language, the same 500 words for Rome, Milan, or a business trip to Zurich.

JOURNEYO

Teaches Italian for Italy, this year — with the prices, hours, and habits that are true right now, not folklore from a 1998 guidebook.

How it works

36 short lessons, in the order a trip actually happens.

Not "Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced" — a shelf of grammar levels nobody asked for. Three real stages of being somewhere new.

🛬 Stage 1

Arrival

Your first 24 hours — off the plane and settled in. Immigration, transport, check-in, the first hour at four different counters.

☀️ Stage 2

Everyday

Eating, shopping, getting around, and sorting things out — like someone who's done this before, not someone reading a phrasebook.

🌙 Stage 3

Blending In

Telling the story of your day, catching the local humor, being invited somewhere — not a lost tourist, someone who came to stay a while.

Pick your destination

One course per destination, in your own language.

Each language link opens straight into Lesson 1 — no signup, try it before you decide.

Coming soon

The map is still growing.

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Japan

Content and audio are ready — the destination photography is still being produced.

In progress
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Portuguese, as a buyer language

Right now every course guides in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean or Russian — Portuguese-guided courses are next.

Planned