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Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

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Post by kevinjoling »

mjolk wrote: post #32

This is great; you should be proud! - There's a slight CSS issue on buttons not clearing text: http://imgur.com/a/FVvj8 - As I've entered my area, it would be useful if the "from airport" on the result page would default to "area airports" - I'd like a map view of the destinations - I'd like to be able to filter the lodging accommodations based on stars and type (personal home, BnB, hotel) as there are some regions i…

Thank you mjolk! :)

- Have you tried pushing the more info button? When you do, it wil scroll down.

- Ah yeah, do you mean showing a list of nearby airports? We are working on that one :)

- Allright, i'll write that down!

- True, that would add a lot of value in terms of UX. We have that planned for the near future.

Thank you for your feedback!

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

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Post by kevinjoling »

sitharus wrote: post #39

That's awesome, I can totally see myself using it. One request though, temperatures in °C, Fahrenheit is pretty much meaningless to me.

Thanks Sitharus, great to here :)

Yes true, we are from the Netherlands so also want to have temperatures as °C.

We made a little mistake by relating Fahrenheit to currency (USD). We'll fix that :)

May I ask where you're from?

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

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Post by fludlight »

Cool idea. A few issues: 1.) The flight section of the /destinations/ page asks me to select a departure and return date, but lacks the field to do that. It also needlessly asks for my home airport again. 2.) The exclude regions function seems to think that Turkey is in Europe. 3.) Finland, Georgia, Russia, Poland, Canada, Colorado, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Utah are not "sunny" destinations in January.

Edit: added a few destinations to #3

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

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Post by ivan_gammel »

Good idea, but:

1. upon loading, the web site immediately asks permissions for sending notifications and access to my location - that's too early and because of that, of course, "No, thanks". Notifications about what? Location - why? Since it's not mobile app and I didn't read the description before installing it, the request should be done only after some explanation of service is provided.

2. False data (and this ruins the whole idea). The trip from Moscow to Iceland is unlikely to cost $500 for two nights/two adults and when your service shows 5500 Rub per night average price for stay, it does not offer any accommodation less than 80KRub per night. Finding the flights at declared price is impossible: there's no UI to specify dates, as requested by error message (and minimal prices cannot be found by search on specific dates anyway).

All that said, it's too early to discuss the result - fix the bugs and UX issues first.

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

#46

Post by mjolk »

kevinjoling wrote: post #41
mjolk wrote: post #32

This is great; you should be proud! - There's a slight CSS issue on buttons not clearing text: http://imgur.com/a/FVvj8 - As I've entered my area, it would be useful if the "from airport" on the result page would default to "area airports" - I'd like a map view of the destinations - I'd like to be able to filter the lodging accommodations based on stars and type (personal home, BnB, hotel) as there are some regions i…

Thank you mjolk! :) - Have you tried pushing the more info button? When you do, it wil scroll down. - Ah yeah, do you mean showing a list of nearby airports? We are working on that one :) - Allright, i'll write that down! - True, that would add a lot of value in terms of UX. We have that planned for the near future. Thank you for your feedback!

I hadn't tried that, but where it was full opacity on both and where I could see the end of the text, I just assumed it was a little UX issue.

Either a list of nearby airports or do metropolitan radius (e.g. NYC means LGA, JFK, sometimes Newark).

And no worries. Launching is a big win.

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

#47

Post by ivan_gammel »

fludlight wrote: post #44

Cool idea. A few issues: 1.) The flight section of the /destinations/ page asks me to select a departure and return date, but lacks the field to do that. It also needlessly asks for my home airport again. 2.) The exclude regions function seems to think that Turkey is in Europe. 3.) Finland, Georgia, Russia, Poland, Canada, Colorado, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Utah are not "sunny" destinations in January. Edit: added…

Asking for airport may make sense, when there are 3 or 4 airports nearby (e.g. Moscow SVO,DME,VKO and ZIA). But that's a big question, why only travel by air considered (it's quite common and convenient to take night sleeper cars in Russia or Shinkansen in Japan).

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

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Post by kevinjoling »

fludlight wrote: post #44

Cool idea. A few issues: 1.) The flight section of the /destinations/ page asks me to select a departure and return date, but lacks the field to do that. It also needlessly asks for my home airport again. 2.) The exclude regions function seems to think that Turkey is in Europe. 3.) Finland, Georgia, Russia, Poland, Canada, Colorado, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Utah are not "sunny" destinations in January. Edit: added…

Thank you! Thanks for all your feedback! 1) We need to fix the issue of not showing date-input-fields before a proper airport is selected. 2) Ah that's true - I guess the west part of Turkey is in Europe (note: not EU) whereas the bigger eastern part indeed is in Asia. 3) True, haha, temperatures are yearly averages at this moment. Will be current temperatures in the near future :)

Re: Show HN: A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget

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Post by kevinjoling »

ivan_gammel wrote: post #47
fludlight wrote: post #44

Cool idea. A few issues: 1.) The flight section of the /destinations/ page asks me to select a departure and return date, but lacks the field to do that. It also needlessly asks for my home airport again. 2.) The exclude regions function seems to think that Turkey is in Europe. 3.) Finland, Georgia, Russia, Poland, Canada, Colorado, Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Utah are not "sunny" destinations in January. Edit: added…

Asking for airport may make sense, when there are 3 or 4 airports nearby (e.g. Moscow SVO,DME,VKO and ZIA). But that's a big question, why only travel by air considered (it's quite common and convenient to take night sleeper cars in Russia or Shinkansen in Japan).

In the additional travel options / filters there is an option "travel by" where you can select car! :D
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