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Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by swyx »

kenrick95 wrote: post #18
usrme wrote: post #2

I would definitely recommend adding example images directly to the main page, along with the link to the example trip. Otherwise there's nothing really to draw users in to using if they have to go searching for how the experience looks like.

Thanks for your suggestion! I was hesitant at first cause it was under heavy development so anything I put there on main page might get outdated very soon. I'll add them very soon~

also just because your landing page now has an example featuring singapore - this is my guide to singapore http://swyx.io/sg-guide and i feel like encouraging people to make opinionated guides to where they live is kinda nice and under explored

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by joeguilmette »

I travel a lot. A lot. My humble suggestion would be to build this for you and not try at all to even try to get others to use it.

If you’re going for PMF and traction… It needs to have all sorts of Nikita Bier onboarding juice, remove all barriers and friction for not only the person setting this up but most importantly their companions. Time to first usefulness is currently minutes. It needs to be seconds. And then layers of social sharing work so that the content this app generates is stuff that will be easily shareable on Instagram. And then layers of contact adding stuff for vitality.

Then your next problem is people don’t go on trips that often, so at best your users can only use it in spurts a few times a year.

And your reward for all of that is then figuring out how to get money out of these users. Ads?

None of that should be bad news. It’s good news. The hard truth is this is not a marketable piece of software. It’s a classic tarpit.

You’ve clearly built something that YOU love and are passionate about. That’s awesome. Keep building it, and get that little burst of dopamine when you add a feature that you love that is perfectly designed for exactly 1 user, the only one who matters.

And then when a profitable idea pops into your head you know what it will take to bring it to life. And if it’s a truly great idea, one that helps your users make money, it wont need any of the soul crushing growth hacks described above, people will beg you to use it and put up with all manner of warts and bugs because it helps them make money.

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by RamblingCTO »

swyx wrote: post #71
kenrick95 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your suggestion! I was hesitant at first cause it was under heavy development so anything I put there on main page might get outdated very soon. I'll add them very soon~

also just because your landing page now has an example featuring singapore - this is my guide to singapore http://swyx.io/sg-guide and i feel like encouraging people to make opinionated guides to where they live is kinda nice and under explored

curation definitely is underexplored and I'd say we're seeing more of that in the future given the AI slob that's hitting us.

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by reconnecting »

First of all, it is very interesting to see how others expect to plan their vacation.

Previously, I had made a travel app for myself, however, it was different. The main feature was around the map and locations, with a necessary list of some POIs. When I was in the city, I used it to see if there was something interesting that I had pre-scouted not far from my location.

From the technical side, I took a look into the CSS and was surprised. Some of the CSS I could not even understand (like below), and there were thousands of different colours used hundreds of times. Not sure if it was by design.

grid-template-rows: [header]50px [macroplan]min-content [accommodation]min-content [t0000]var(--row-minute-narrow-height) [te0000 t0001]var(--row-minute-narrow-height) [te0001 t0002]var(--row-minute-narrow-height) ... in loop

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by phsource »

figmert wrote: post #52

This is amazing. I've used wanderlog extensively, but while its feature set is great, it can be a nightmare to work due to how slow it can be sometimes. I've just registered to test it out a little bit. I tried to replicate my upcoming trip that I have set up in Wanderlog, and have the following feedback: - Overall, amazing! Snappy. Real easy to follow. - I love the simplicity. - I like that this is essentially excel…

Hey figmert -- this is Peter, one of the co-founders of Wanderlog. I'm actually on a trip to Italy right now and definitely feel your pain with some performance issues, and we've been working hard to improve this.

If you haven't tried the app in the last few months, can you try it again and let me know what parts are feeling slow for you by emailing me directly at peter@wanderlog.com? I'd love to take a closer look, and especially if you've got specifics with screenshots/videos, I can try to fix some of these myself too.

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by gwbas1c »

eptcyka wrote: post #68
gwbas1c wrote: post #67

> Schedule activities with precise times and locations. There's nothing I hate more than needing to be at a precise location at a precise time when I'm on vacation! (After all, it is a vacation.)

I empathise with this, but I am torn in half by the opposing hatred for regretting not doing a thing or visiting a place that I can only do when on holiday.

Well, everything in moderation! My comment was more a reaction to some peoples' tendency to over-plan and over-book to the minute.

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by yumraj »

layer8 wrote: post #69
kenrick95 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Several things, but wide adoption is NOT one of them. First and foremost, it's for my own personal use. I like to organize things and I find that the messy doc/spreadsheet way is way too messy for my liking, especially when I find a need to coordinate plans with other friends overseas. That's why I started this. Secondly, it's for fun and for learning. I enjoy build websites and explore what browser can provide. I le…

The landing page very much looks like a serious product looking for adoption, though. It might mislead users into thinking that it is intended to be something more than a fun side project.

Is there a harm in that, if it meets a user's requirements they can decide whether or not to use it, right?

Re: Show HN: Ikuyo a Travel Planning Web Application

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Post by mountainriver »

mi100hael wrote: post #33

What's your goal with the project? I built a web app that looked very similar a few years back: friends & family collaboration on a trip plan, itinerary with map view, packing list, notes/journaling, favoriting, private or public with commenting, that sort of thing. My thesis was that the current common method of trip planning in a shared doc was messy, and a more structured, guided approach would make the process ea…

A friend of mine built a similar thing as a mobile app and also failed to get adoption.

I think what these tools miss is that it’s kinda fun to plan a trip and I don’t necessarily need an app to help. It seems hard and like something I’ll need to learn once, and relearn when I need it again

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