Ask HN: Hacking away right now - what travel questions to solve?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4647169

by hashpipe • 14 years ago

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In between a hackathon, building a travel app that mashes foursquare 'tips' with curated Quora, to produce "Dos & Donts" about places & activities. What questions / concerns do you have about places & things-to-do when you travel ?

[http://www.banjarey.com/what_travel_concern]

zachlipton• 14 years ago

I hate to say it, but this post honestly sounds like it comes from a startup idea Markov chain.

Anyway, I'm fond of the Luxe Guide [http://www.luxecityguides.com/] model: highly selective high-quality recommendations for a particular city/area. Not "here are 125 restaurants" like most tour books, but "here are the 10-12 you can't go wrong with as a visitor with only a few days."

hashpipe• 14 years ago

Hey zachliption,

Why would you say that ? Just want to understand.

The idea is to build a very selective "Dos & Donts" around a place / activity - this is not a recommendation for place (125 restaurants) but more like "what's good to eat here" or 'the chef's speciality is this' and other low-level details.

In any case this is just a weekend thing, but I would love to understand what would you have in a travel app that would give you more value than tripadvisor (lets say).

Ask HN: Hacking away right now - what travel questions to solve?

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