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Re: Show HN: Smart American Roadtrips

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Post by codingdave »

I searched for trips local to me (Utah), and while it gave me a quick autocomplete, the actual search for trips was glacial.

And the trips themselves were questionable. The itineraries seem unfocused - like it was linking up a list of notable places within a few hundreds miles, but drove right past places that are more interesting, and gave odd time frames - only half a day to explore some very large, crowded, national parks, but 3 entire days to spend in a fairly unremarkable city?

Obviously, I didn't check every trip available, but I didn't see enough accurate insights into my area to trust that any other trips would be worth checking out.

Re: Show HN: Smart American Roadtrips

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Post by reverseengineer »

codingdave wrote: post #3

I searched for trips local to me (Utah), and while it gave me a quick autocomplete, the actual search for trips was glacial. And the trips themselves were questionable. The itineraries seem unfocused - like it was linking up a list of notable places within a few hundreds miles, but drove right past places that are more interesting, and gave odd time frames - only half a day to explore some very large, crowded, nation…

Useful info about the large parks. We are going to add activities in the parks, the duration in the parks will increase. Not all places are present in the knowledge graph yet, thus drove past. Thank you for your feedback, know what to work on next!

Re: Show HN: Smart American Roadtrips

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Post by etbebl »

Interesting. I would say the copy needs some work; I had a hard time understanding the problem being solved. From the about page:

> We created technology capable to answer trickiest questions, like what is the most curious travel itinerary for two travelers landing in Venice, departing from Milan, having 9 days and expecting to spend within 2,600 dollars?

What meaning of "curious" is being used here? Normally only a person or animal can be curious, or you could use it to mean "mysterious" but you wouldn't normally describe an itinerary as mysterious.

Re: Show HN: Smart American Roadtrips

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Post by reverseengineer »

etbebl wrote: post #7

Interesting. I would say the copy needs some work; I had a hard time understanding the problem being solved. From the about page: > We created technology capable to answer trickiest questions, like what is the most curious travel itinerary for two travelers landing in Venice, departing from Milan, having 9 days and expecting to spend within 2,600 dollars? What meaning of "curious" is being used here? Normally only a…

We were so focused on the speed and relevance of search that we abandoned the copy... You are the second person who told that normally only a person or animal can be curious. When I was told it first time I checked Merriam-Webster and confirmed that curious is "exciting attention as strange, novel, or unexpected" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curious Will polish and clarify, thank you for the feedback!
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