Cloud Migration, from AWS to GCP, for Travel Creators

Travel Creators migrated its core infrastructure from AWS to Google Cloud to improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. AntStack executed a seamless transition of compute and databases, across production and staging environments.

Travel Creators migrated from AWS to Google Cloud to boost performance and reduce costs, with AntStack delivering a seamless transition across environments.

Travel Creators

Travel Creators is a company with a mission to keep travel human by empowering creators worldwide to turn their passion into a sustainable income. They achieve this through a unique technology platform that allows creators to curate and customise authentic travel experiences for their clients.

Technology

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Scopes

Infrastructure Modernization Database Engineering DevOps Cloud Architecture Cost Optimization Cloud Migration

The Challenge

Travel Creators needed to modernize its cloud infrastructure while maintaining platform stability.

  • Migrate EC2 workloads to Google Compute Engine without downtime
  • Transfer relational databases from RDS to Cloud SQL
  • Maintain production and staging environment parity
  • Resolve post-migration database connectivity issues
  • Ensure application reliability throughout the transition

The Objective

The goal was to complete a seamless cloud migration aligned with performance and cost efficiencies.

  • Move all compute and database workloads from AWS to GCP
  • Deliver a fully operational application on Google Cloud
  • Preserve uptime across production and staging environments
  • Improve scalability using GCP-native services
  • Optimize infrastructure costs through better resource utilization

The Solution

Cloud Migration Execution: Used GCP migration tooling to transition EC2 instances to Compute Engine with minimal service impact

Database Migration: Transferred RDS databases into Cloud SQL using SQL dump-based migration across environments

Stability Assurance: Identified and resolved Compute Engine–to–Cloud SQL connectivity issues to stabilize deployments

The Impact

The migration strengthened Travel Creators’ cloud foundation for growth and efficiency.

  • Enabled stable operations on Google Cloud across production and staging
  • Improved performance visibility through GCP-native monitoring
  • Reduced infrastructure costs using Google Cloud credits
  • Enhanced scalability and operational flexibility
  • Positioned the platform for future innovation on GCP
Architecture Diagram

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Chanti Loraine-Grews

In their words

Travel Creators migrated to GCP with Antstack's flawless execution, gaining enhanced performance and scalability. Valuable lessons learned; recommend Antstack's expertise, support for startups and SMBs.

COO | Co-Founder @Travel Creators

Chanti Loraine-Grews

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