The travel industry has always demanded your personal data before it would sell you a seat. ShopinBit just changed that.
Every time you book a flight, you hand over your email address and phone number. Not because the airline genuinely needs them to get you from A to B — but because collecting contact data is simply how the industry is built. It feeds marketing lists, it populates CRM databases, it is being sold, it fuels the retargeting ads that follow you around the internet for weeks after you’ve landed
For most people, this is an inconvenience they’ve stopped noticing. For a growing number of travelers — those who take seriously their privacy — it has always felt like an unnecessary compromise.
Today, that compromise ends.
ShopinBit has launched Privacy Shield: a feature within the ShopinBit web app that allows travelers to complete a full, self-service flight booking without providing a personal email address or phone number. Payment is made in cryptocurrency, including direct payments in Bitcoin (BTC), Monero (XMR), USDT and over 2,000 additional coins. All booking notifications and updates are delivered directly within the app.
It is, to our knowledge, the only service of its kind in the world.
How It Works
Privacy Shield is not a throwaway-email trick or a VoIP number you manage yourself. It is a fully integrated feature built into the booking flow.
When you activate Privacy Shield in the traveler and billing details section, ShopinBit provides a temporary email address and phone number on your behalf. All airline communications — confirmations, check-in reminders, gate changes — are forwarded directly into your ShopinBit app chat, for up to 30 days after your trip ends. Your real contact details never enter the booking system.
The booking itself is fully featured: live flight search, outbound and return selection, seat and baggage options, crypto payment, and confirmation — all within the app. The Flight Cockpit then keeps everything in one place: booking references, flight details, and cancellation or change options. Privacy Shield is included in the standard booking fee — no additional fee required.
Private Money, Private Booking
For crypto users, Privacy Shield closes a gap that has always existed. Paying in Monero is one of the most privacy-preserving financial transactions available, but that privacy is undermined the moment the booking is attached to your email address and phone number.
Direct payment is accepted in BTC, XMR, and USDT (Tron). Through ShopinBit’s exchange partner Exolix — a no-registration, no-KYC exchange — over 2,000 additional cryptocurrencies are accepted, including Zcash (ZEC), Dash, Pirate Chain (ARRR), and fUSD. ShopinBit is also the only travel service in the world payable with Monero.
The result is a genuinely private end-to-end booking: no contact data at the booking stage, no KYC at the payment stage.
It is also worth noting that ShopinBit remains the only travel service in the world payable with Monero. For the Monero community in particular, Privacy Shield represents the closing of a long-standing gap: private money, now paired with a private booking.
Privacy by Default
ShopinBit was founded in 2018 with privacy as an operating principle: no marketing analytics, automatic deletion of customer data after 30 days, no mandatory account. Privacy Shield is that same commitment applied to travel.
As CEO Lando Rothbardian put it at launch:
“Privacy has always been a founding principle at ShopinBit, not a feature toggle. With Privacy Shield, a traveler books a flight, receives confirmations, and manages their journey without their contact details ever entering the process. That is privacy by default, and it is the only way we know how to build.”
Until now, this level of discretion in travel was only available through ShopinBit’s fully managed concierge service. Privacy Shield extends it to anyone who prefers to book independently. Concierge support remains available on request for transfers and refund coordination.
Book Now
ShopinBit Privacy Shield is available now at app.shopinbit.com.
A 10% service fee applies on travel bookings, with a minimum charge of €100. For those who prefer a fully managed experience: flights and transfers handled end to end — ShopinBit’s Travel Concierge remains available alongside shielded self-booking.
Nothing to download. No mandatory account. Open the app, search for a flight, and activate Privacy Shield at checkout.
Your contact details will go exactly where they belong: nowhere.
ShopinBit is a crypto-native concierge service established in 2018, with services covering Travel, Concierge, and Cars. All services are built on a founding commitment to privacy. Learn more at shopinbit.com.