Show HN: Simple aggregator that scrapes hotels, hotwire, airbnb, jetsetter, etc.

http://AllTheRooms.com

by wbeckler • 13 years ago

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alltherooms.com

wbeckler3• 13 years ago

I'd love any feedback, especially missing features or sites that you think we should include.

akcreek3• 13 years ago

I think this is fantastic! A few things from a few minutes of poking around:

When you hover on the image for each place the cursor turns to a pointer hand and an image icon overlay appears, but it is not actually clickable.

What is the deal with the "amazing" tab? When looking at places in Louisville, KY two hostels from India are all that show up in that tab.

If you set a filter that has no results the "loading results…" spins forever rather than saying "no results, loosen your filters".

The address/landmark box automatically clears itself if you click back into it. So if I enter an address and nothing comes up and I want to click back in there to edit that address it clears and I have to start over. The search by name box doesn't behave that way so I'm guessing it has something to do with the live search.

When you click the "price on X other sites" link the styles need adjusting. When the line drops down and you are hovered on the block the box shadow cuts right through the newly visible links.

wbeckler3• 13 years ago

Awesome feedback! Thanks!

Any suggestions on sites we should add?

The amazing tab will be a mix of curated extraordinary places plus particularly good deals like a groupon or jetsetter hit.

ajaxguy• 13 years ago

Nice job! The UI reminds me of like hipmunk. Few observations On clicking the image thumbnail, nothing happens. The price slider on left is not returned any rows when I adjusted that to >40K, even after 3mins.

Would you mind sharing what framework you used for scraping?

wbeckler3• 13 years ago

The whole thing is javascript, front and back (node + angular). It turned out to be a great choice.

The scrapers are hand written.

Show HN: Simple aggregator that scrapes hotels, hotwire, airbnb, jetsetter, etc.

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