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It was mid-March when Johannes Reck, 35, only saw curves on his monitor that pointed steeply downwards.
The business of his start-up GetYourGuide didn't decline, it dissolved.
GetYourGuide is particularly popular with younger travelers as an experience broker.
Many look to the platform for spectacular tours at their holiday destination - to make those who stayed at home jealous with the photos via Instagram & Co.
The Berliners earn a commission from it.
According to the company, your business has grown enormously, by 80 percent last year to several hundred million euros.
"In mid-March our sales were at zero, really zero," said Reck.
"When I woke up, I wondered if this could be real; I felt like I was in a parallel matrix."
They had just moved to a larger domicile, a visible sign of their success.
They had a couple of rooms set up by stage designers in the style of popular travel destinations.
A Scottish club, with heavy green armchairs and shelves full of whiskey bottles.
A "Museum of Modern Art" in which balls of colorful stuffed animals dangle from the ceiling.
Everything seemed so easy, every destination - tourist and economic - attainable.
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