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Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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This is going to be quite negative(sorry), but I don't really see the value here. Perhaps I don't really "get it", but I don't see how this helps you plan. It just lets you visualize the plan after you've created it.

I travel "full time" with my girlfriend, and she does most/all of the planning. The hard part isn't writing down what needs to be done, it's coming up with the plan in the first place.

First you pick a location, then you pick points of interest. Then you need to devise a route that makes sense that lets you see all those points and how you're going to get between them. Trains/buses/taxis, the timetable for those modes of transportation, the backup for when you're inevitably late, the "point of no return" where it's time to give up on that attraction.

For some places, reminders when tickets go on sale for the thing you want to do if it's extremely popular. Where it makes sense to do things as day trips and where it makes sense to just move to a more rural location/camp to see things. What to do with your luggage and how to move it from place to place.

Admittedly, I haven't signed up, I just looked at the free example and showed it to my girlfriend. She uses excel + google maps for visualizing the plan and we're not sure what this gives ontop of that. We're also always together in person, I could see how if you were far apart, perhaps the commenting and stuff could be useful?

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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post #21

This is going to be quite negative(sorry), but I don't really see the value here. Perhaps I don't really "get it", but I don't see how this helps you plan. It just lets you visualize the plan after you've created it. I travel "full time" with my girlfriend, and she does most/all of the planning. The hard part isn't writing down what needs to be done, it's coming up with the plan in the first place. First you pick a l…

Thanks for your feedback. Yeah I get that everyone has their workflow and it's okay to stick with them. For me, I used to have that Excel + Google Maps workflow too, but I feel like collaborating with person over the other side of the globe is such a pain in Excel, that's why I come up with this thing

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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post #21

This is going to be quite negative(sorry), but I don't really see the value here. Perhaps I don't really "get it", but I don't see how this helps you plan. It just lets you visualize the plan after you've created it. I travel "full time" with my girlfriend, and she does most/all of the planning. The hard part isn't writing down what needs to be done, it's coming up with the plan in the first place. First you pick a l…

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Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

#25
You gotta add debouncing or disable the button(s) once clicked and are pending for results; got several email codes and random errors because I clicked again thinking the button(s) didn’t work

Adding a sample trip might help a lot to give an idea of how to use it.

Inputs feel tedious and not smart enough; so much that it feels to get in the way instead of helping.

Activity date input shouldn’t be free date input; I inputted the start and end date earlier, couldn’t that be used to help limit the input range? End date/time feels tedious as well, it could be a duration input instead (eg 3h at this location).

It also lacks some extra planning features, like pooling the list of locations to visit (no dates yet), for later to be scheduled if it ends up interesting.

Personally I would remain using Wanderlog..

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

#26

You gotta add debouncing or disable the button(s) once clicked and are pending for results; got several email codes and random errors because I clicked again thinking the button(s) didn’t work Adding a sample trip might help a lot to give an idea of how to use it. Inputs feel tedious and not smart enough; so much that it feels to get in the way instead of helping. Activity date input shouldn’t be free date input; I i…

Thanks for the feedback and ideas!

Yeah, some of the input elements are quite 'basic' as they use browser default input element. I shall improve of them in due time...

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

#27

just created an account, only to be greeted with a white screen... https://ikuyo.kenrick95.org/trip/4725b43a-595b-433d-b746-79c... seems the app not ready for primetime...

ah damn... this might take a while to debug, as I don't have any error monitoring setup yet ._.

May I check what's your browser & version? Thanks

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

#28
Could you please consider using something other than recaptcha?

There's been several alternatives mentioned on HN over the past year. A quick search through my browser history revealed https://altcha.org/open-source-captcha/ as the most recent link I'd been to.

Just to say I have no experience of any of the "alternative" captchas, I just hate the one you're using.

Also please get your app up and running fast so we can use it for our vacation in early September, haha :-) Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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post #28

Could you please consider using something other than recaptcha? There's been several alternatives mentioned on HN over the past year. A quick search through my browser history revealed https://altcha.org/open-source-captcha/ as the most recent link I'd been to. Just to say I have no experience of any of the "alternative" captchas, I just hate the one you're using. Also please get your app up and running fast so we ca…

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