Another travel tech app? How to validate

Hi there,

Your approach of validating the idea through a landing page is a solid start. It allows you to gauge interest with minimal effort and resources. Be sure to include clear CTAs, such as email signups or surveys, to measure genuine interest.

Once you gather some positive signals, building a simple MVP focused on the core feature that differentiates your app would be the next step. This helps you test your assumptions with real users and iterate quickly based on feedback.

Also, consider leveraging platforms like Reddit, travel forums, or communities like IndieHackers to gather insights and attract your first testers. Good luck with your app—it sounds promising!

Focus on something that people are currently paying for and how you can jump in and make that experience 10x better. This is going to help you figure out if the idea is viable.

These types of Apps need to be optimized with the best UI/UX, and targeted search should be two clicks away for the user. Google also considers it important to facilitate the users. Also, it would help if you categorized the countries in Tier Vice because people from different countries want different interfaces (some need simple, and some want colorfully designed). If you want to go worldwide consider these basic points as opinion.

I suggest building a user journey or user experience diagram. Based on your current your resources, find local places where you can find your target market. Apart from that leverage your connections. Run live scenarios with each customer to show the value you can deliver with your product. If you can, offer some kind of incentive for helping you out.

The user journey is essential, while you may not have an MVP working in place, it is important to get started with an idea of what your ideal solution would look like. Once you have that, map out the diagram, and test run it with the target customer. Ensure you have defined your user personas accurately. Like what kind of traveller are you considering assisting? Whom can you being with when you wish to grow your first 100 paying customer? Make a pitch deck, help you walk through your solution visually, and the listener to build more attention.

Later, once you have a basic MVP, then it will help generating more concrete feedback on what you have currently with the same people.

I do not think people care much about a landing page if the service is not active or you are not trying to bring paid customer. Having one surely help bring clarity to what your offering would look like. You need not necessarily mention the price. I would recommend trying some no-code tools to work on an MVP if you can. But that also depends on the complexity of your solution.

I've been through this before and in someways going through it right now.

Hope this helps, and best of luck!

Cheers!

What’s the problem/pain point you’re trying to solve with the product, and how will you differentiate yourself from competitors? I ask due to the mention of getting mixed responses- I think that can often be an indication of not having a very clear value prop that sets you apart. If the answer isn’t clear, then you may end up wasting a lot of time in building an MVP that doesn’t actually meet a market need.

Are you an avid traveler yourself? If so that would be the easiest way.