What do you think about my project?
Hello, Indie Hackers.
Today I almost finished MVP of my first self-project Tripi and I would like to share you my idea before publishing it for the world and take feedback :)
This project for alone travelers which always looking for people who will go with them. And my project help connects these people together and simplify routine tasks like finding hotels and tickets.
So, Tripi is a place where everybody can find co-travelers for your next journey. It automates all the standard tasks before your trip starts such as find people, book hotels, tickets. Our recommended system can help you find that people who want travel on a trip route which you create.
Tripi will provide a platform for all services in one place: find people, book hotels, and tickets, plan your vacation.
The full story about the project here - https://medium.com/nikolaysiabrenko/meet-tripi-find-co-travelers-for-your-next-journey-1dcc4d83448c
If you are interested in this project subscribe to my upcoming page on Product Hunt, to be notified when we launch(https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/tripi).
Thanks for reading, have a nice day :)
Interesting idea. Initially my thought was "why doesn't he just connect people who are already in the country they're traveling to?", until I noticed what you said about saving money by booking together. This, I feel, is a totally valid pain point.
However, something feels a little "off" about it. The nearest analogy I can think of is hostels: you show up in a country, book a room (sometimes shared), and meet like-minded people. Hostels are cheap, and crucially, if you have a bad experience you can always request a different room or just find another hostel.
The Tripi model sounds like it fixes the pain point of "I can get better deals if I travel with someone else", but it creates a new potential pain point: "now I'm stuck with this person - a stranger - for the duration of my trip!"
I'll admit that for some people maybe it's not a problem, but to hack this together I'd actually try it out: either convince strangers to travel with you, or get a group of people to go through the process together, and learn as much as you can.
As with may social startups, while on the outside it might look like a technical problem (how to build the APIs that help people get better deals), it's actually more of a social/people problem (look to the early days of Airbnb).
Good luck!
Thanks for your feedback.
Yes, I would not go to a beach holiday with someone you do not know(now I'm stuck with this person - a stranger - for the duration of my trip!), but if it's something festival like Tomorrowland or else or just sightseeing by the city, it's ok.
But it all depends on the person.
The idea is awesome. but i suggest u expore how to convert it more to become a need. not sure if its safer. think of group activty and make money by letting people offer group deals.
Hey Nikolay, congrats on the (almost) launch :)
My feedback to you is pretty simple but really important:
It's really, really important to have a clear, powerful answer to these questions before you invest too much time into building and marketing your product. If you can't hook your customers with why, then they won't care about the what.
Good luck!
Thanks for feedback Louis.
My fail, I am didn't describe for what my product.
My project for alone travelers which always looking for people who will go with them. And my project help connects these people together and simplify routine tasks like finding hotels and tickets.
Looks cool! I can think of another market that would love premade/pre-planned trips: married couples. Trip planning can be such a stressful experience, and is often the cause of arguments. Hate the hotel? Instead of fighting about who chose it, you can both hate it together. Flight delayed? Not my fault!
Hello, thanks for your feedback.
Yes, maybe if you offered something, but in the end, it did not like anyone and all the fault will be on you, but such can happen even if you travel with friends.
These are all human factors that are difficult to foresee and how to solve.
May I ask you one simple question - how is your project differs from other ticket/rent aggregators? What is the real value for lonely traveler? Why should I use your project and not the others?
Hello, the main target of my project it's not booking a hotel or rent apartments for travel.
The main target it finds people who will go with them travel, other websites for booking not for this.
For simplifying routine I added booking service for tickets and hotels block on the trip page which shows results only by trip route.