Hi, my name is Benoit and I'm passionate about how technology can disrupt the travel industry and ultimately lead to a better end-user experience.
I have been conducting numerous interviews over the past few weeks to gain insights into the way people curate, organize and share travel content, with the final objective of identifying opportunities to innovate in this space.
I intend to share my preliminary findings across a series of discussions on Travel Massive to engage with the community.
The first topic relates to the main information channels used by travellers to discover a specific destination and learn about where to go and what to do. Below a summary from the interviews:
- Friends / Family: For 67% of interviewees, friends and family’s word-of-mouth play a significant role in picking the next destination and 42% rely on their recommendations to know what to do on the ground.
- Social Media: 75% of interviewees mention social media, and specifically Instagram, as as key ...
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This is the first of weekly standups that will help us to:
- learn about each other
- consistently deliver value to our customers
- get advice and help from the community with current issues and questions
Feel free to participate by adding a comment with the following details:
1) Name of company/business
2) 1 line description
3) Goal of the week (free form 1-3 most important things to accomplish)
4) Ask the community.
The rest please if you find something that peaked your interest reach out to the author.
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Good luck and keep rocking!
Hey Alex,
Here's my "standup" report:
1) Company: Travel Massive
2) Description: The global network for tourism
3) Goal of the week:
* Release a new site update (new homepage and layout improvements) — done :)
* Make some more improvements to our Influencer search (search topic followers)
* Write the Travel Massive weekly newsletter :)
4) Ask to the community:
* Give me short feedback on the new home page
* Try out our community search (the "Influencer" link in the navbar)
Good luck this week!
Awesome Ian!
here are my thoughts on the new home page.
overall:
looks fantastic, is very actionable and can see contents on the surface which is excellent. The influencer section is on fire!!
Here are a few things I'd consider:
1) the downward arrow should be seen above the fold
2) 10 years anniversary could also be snipped above the fold. (credibility)
3) I'd A/b test the posts to be:
a) as now, dynamic with all the recent/relevant etc
b) static with the highest-profile people/companies/activities. (social proof)
Thanks for the feedback. Fixed 1. Will look into 2.
1) Homepage:
I really like the new homepage layout Ian! A few thoughts:
- I agree with Alex about the idea of potentially including more social proof in the hero area.
- I love the fact you only need an email address to sign up. You could perhaps consider reducing clicks even more by including the email input on the homepage for signups?
2) Community search:
The influencers’ search is really responsive and easy to use 🚀, and I really like the way you’ve included the quote.
Thanks, Ian for this!
1) Company: oQQur
2) What we do: Making the most natural virtual travel experiences, in real-time and all-around views.
3) Goals:
- speak with 5 tour guides
- speak with 5 travel agencies
- layout the structure for the API
4) Ask:
- If you are a tour guide or travel agency, would love to chat. No selling - just feedback
- Testing a new story angle, would love some feedback from other founders.
Hey Alex,
I'd be happy to give feedback for the new story.
Emma
Hi all!
1) Name of company/business
My blog is blindtravels.com
2) 1 line description
A site dedicated to delivering tips and tricks to travel the world more effectively with low vision.
3) Goal of the week (free form 1-3 most important things to accomplish)
Life happens, after a short break from all social media I am back and revved up to go.
4) Ask the community.
How does your organization help clients who are blind or visually impaired? Do you have specific accommodations you offer? if so what are they?
Hey All,
My standup report:
1) Company: TripMapper
2) Description: Travel planning and budgeting web and mobile app
3) Goals of the week:
* Finalise designs for the new flight details feature for TripMapper
* Continue building our new product, TripMapper Agent, in readiness for beta-testing in the next few weeks
* Connect with at least 5 travel agencies to help us beta test TripMapper Agent
4) Ask to the community:
* If you are a travel agent, I'd be super, super grateful to have your feedback on TripMapper Agent when we are in a position to beta test. No selling, just feedback!
Thanks so much!
Emma
Hi! I have just joined this network... and wonder why it has taken so long. :B) Also, working out where to begin... A founder startup sounds perfect. Thx for setting up. Here's me, this week:
1) Name of company/business
Saltwater Nomads
2) 1 line description
A consultancy focused on the remote working lifestyle - delivering award-winning events and experiences, focused on Croatia and the Balkans but returning to Aussie shores soon.
3) Goal of the week (free form 1-3 most important things to accomplish)
i. Submit 2022 awards nominations
ii. Submit speaker topic for said awards
iii. Get website back up. Oops. Summer, didn't even notice.
4) Ask the community:
For digital nomad events, what do you expect to get out of them? What do you think is missing from ones you've been to? Especially around inclusivity and slow travel. Thanks!
Go Tanja. (Great chat yesterday -thanks)
Looking forward for the next post but until then:
1) Name of company/business
Plan Harmony (planharmony.com)
2) 1 line description
Collaborative trip planning tool
3) Goal of the week (free form 1-3 most important things to accomplish)
i. Get feedback from 2-3 users and 1-2 travel industry insiders
ii. Investigate point of interest APIs for improvements to Map feature
iii. 1-2 marketing posts to drive traffic to the site
4) Ask the community.
- Looking for feedback from a travel agencies/agents for planned travel agent features
- If anyone is interested in partnership opportunities don't hesitate to message me! (or DM me on twitter @mikeluby)