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BookMartialArts owner Tripaneer has gone bankrupt: what it means for Muay Thai bookings

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By Atlas editorial20 October 2026 · 7 min
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Tripaneer B.V., the Dutch company behind BookMartialArts and eight other activity-holiday marketplaces, was declared bankrupt by the District Court of Amsterdam on 30 September 2026. If you paid a deposit for a Muay Thai camp through one of its sites, here is what the public record says, where your money likely sits, and what to do this week.

What happened

The Dutch insolvency register lists Tripaneer B.V. (KvK 61843962, Singel 542, Amsterdam) under court file F.13/26/306 at the District Court of Amsterdam. The court granted the company a provisional suspension of payments on 28 September 2026 and converted that to a bankruptcy two days later, on 30 September. The judgment was published on 2 October.

A court-appointed trustee (in Dutch, the curator), mr. V.G.M. Leferink, now runs the company’s affairs under a supervisory judge, mr. A.E. de Vos. A creditors’ meeting is scheduled for 9 December 2026 at 10:30. Filing a claim is free through the claims portal the trustee uses.

Some coverage dates the bankruptcy to 1 October. The court register records the judgment as 30 September and the publication as 2 October; this article follows the register.

Which sites are affected

Tripaneer ran a family of niche booking marketplaces rather than one big brand: BookYogaRetreats, BookYogaTeacherTraining, BookDetoxRetreats, BookSurfCamps, BookMartialArts, BookCulinaryVacations, BookCyclingHolidays, BookHorseRidingHolidays and BookAllSafaris. All of them fall under the same bankruptcy, because all of them were the same company.

BookMartialArts had already been folded into the parent brand: the company’s partner pages now say “BookMartialArts is now Tripaneer”, and its martial arts listings live on tripaneer.com, which advertised more than 240 martial arts camps when we checked.

Two things surprised us while checking the record. First, the sites were still online in mid-October - and still taking bookings, with no notice to guests that the company was in bankruptcy. Two independent camp-side write-ups dated 13 and 16 October say the same, and one yoga school warned that people “may continue making new reservations without being aware”. Second, BookRetreats.com, a similarly named but separate company, is not part of this case. Check the name on your receipt before assuming anything.

If you have a booking

How exposed you are depends on how the money moved. On Tripaneer’s sites, you paid a deposit online to Tripaneer itself, and you paid the remaining balance directly to the camp. Only the deposit sits with the bankrupt company; money you already paid the camp directly is not part of the bankruptcy.

According to coverage of the trustee’s first statements, the company “is currently unable to make payments on claims relating to bookings that have yet to take place”, and it is too early to say whether those claims will be paid. Treat the deposit as uncertain, not necessarily gone. In order, this week:

  1. Save everything: the confirmation email, receipt, booking reference, payment record and any messages with the platform or the camp.
  2. Ask the camp, in writing, three questions: is my booking still confirmed, did you receive any part of my deposit, and what would I need to pay to attend?
  3. Call your bank, card issuer or PayPal and ask about a dispute or chargeback. Time limits can be short, so do this early if the payment was recent.
  4. Check your travel insurance for supplier-insolvency cover, and ask the insurer in writing if the wording is unclear.
  5. File a claim with the trustee if you believe you are owed money. It is free; a claim that is never filed cannot be paid.

Be wary of anyone offering to recover your money for an upfront fee. The official route costs nothing.

If you run a camp

Camp-side guides published since the bankruptcy agree on the immediate moves:

  1. Stop new bookings through the Tripaneer sites for now, so no new guest pays a deposit into the estate.
  2. Export or screenshot everything while the partner dashboard is still reachable: your partner agreement, booking list with amounts and payment status, guest contacts, payout history, your photos and texts. The sites could disappear.
  3. Sort open bookings into three groups: guests who already stayed but whose share was not paid out (a claim in the bankruptcy); future guests whose deposits are stuck (decide per guest: honour the booking and absorb the loss, ask the guest to pay the stuck amount directly while they pursue a chargeback, or rebook or cancel - in writing); and payments guests make to you directly, which are unaffected.
  4. File your claim before the 9 December creditors’ meeting. Check the legal entity on your partner agreement first; it should name Tripaneer B.V.

Two sobering notes. Reviews do not transfer: no other platform imports them, so a camp that built its reputation on a Tripaneer site starts from zero elsewhere. And under Dutch creditor ranking, ordinary creditors - which is where hosts and guests stand - are paid last, often little or nothing. File anyway.

How the money worked, and where it broke

Tripaneer’s own help centre describes the flow: the guest sent an enquiry, the camp confirmed availability, the guest paid a deposit online to Tripaneer - set to be never lower than Tripaneer’s commission - and paid the remaining balance directly to the camp. Tripaneer released the deposit to the camp, minus its commission, only one to two days after the guest arrived. Commission was set per listing and never published; comparison reporting puts it at roughly 15 to 20 percent of the package price.

That design explains the damage. Because the platform settled after arrival, every deposit for a future booking was company cash when the bankruptcy hit, not guest money held safely aside. Guests became creditors for deposits on trips that have not happened; camps became creditors for payouts on trips that already did.

What is not known yet

The public record does not say why the company failed, and the trustee’s first report had not been published when we checked on 20 October. Whether the sites keep running, get sold or shut down is also open; a buyer would normally acquire the websites, not the debts. We will update this article when the trustee publishes.

Where Atlas stands

Muay Thai Atlas is a directory, not a booking agent. We list gyms and camps, we verify what we publish against the gym’s own sources, and we never hold your money: when you book, you pay the camp, and your contract is with them. That is a deliberate choice, and this bankruptcy is the clearest possible illustration of why it matters. If you are comparing options, start with the Thailand camp directory or our guide to choosing a Muay Thai camp.

FAQ

Will I get my deposit back?

Nobody can promise that yet. The trustee says the company cannot currently pay claims for bookings that have not taken place. Pursue the chargeback, insurance and claim routes in parallel, and keep records.

Does this affect BookRetreats bookings?

No. BookRetreats states it is a separate company with no connection to Tripaneer. If your receipt says BookRetreats, contact them and your host directly.

Is bookmartialarts.com down?

The brand was folded into tripaneer.com before the bankruptcy, and the sites were still online in mid-October - which is part of the problem, since they were still taking deposits. Whether they remain up is the trustee’s decision.

Does filing a claim cost anything?

No. Filing through the official claims portal is free.

Are camps from Tripaneer listed on Atlas?

Many Muay Thai camps already have an Atlas profile with verified details. Search the camp directory; if a camp you know is missing or needs an update, every profile has a correction route.

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