Custom Web App Development for Trip Planning Master

An interactive travel-planning solution for creating customized itineraries worldwide. 

  • Duration 2017 – 2018
  • Team 5 team members
  • Type Planning manager
  • Industry Travel
  • Platforms Web

Project idea

A group of avid travelers designed Trip Planning Master. They wanted to free other travelers from planning hassles by providing intuitive tools for composing and managing future itineraries.

Target Audience

Initially, the project targeted the B2C market, i.e., individual and group travelers. Yet, the product showed lower-than-expected growth rates. The client decided to pivot the system toward the B2B market—travel agencies.

Results

  • 5 Members

    Team size

  • 1 Year

    Cooperation time

IT Craft worked on both the app's front and back end, ensuring the timely launch of the envisaged functionality. IT Craft engineers delivered high-quality source code, focusing on app performance and optimized consumption of server resources.

IT Craft worked on both the app's front and back end, ensuring the timely launch of the envisaged functionality. IT Craft engineers delivered high-quality source code, focusing on app performance and optimized consumption of server resources.

Core Tech

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    React

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    Node.js

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    AWS

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    MongoDB

Project challenges

  • The system supported translations to increase friendliness. Our engineers ensured real-time translations of documents with results caching to reduce the number of API calls (and save system resources).
    The system supported translations to increase friendliness. Our engineers ensured real-time translations of documents with results caching to reduce the number of API calls (and save system resources).
  • The service offered a rich UX/UI that was needed to cover all related travel planning activities. IT Craft team created a complex, interactive interface, making planning as easy as possible.
    Users could select from a long list of available points of interest. The team integrated and optimized a third-party database to ensure fast response to user queries.

Planning

Input

The client initially had:

  • Vast experience in the travel industry
  • A plan to launch a polished MVP
  • Request for a team capable of working effectively

Analysis

Our team:

  • Studied client requirements carefully
  • Took over the project soon
  • Worked on code development, integrations, and Quality Assurance

Result

Our work resulted in:

  • Seamless integration of all project parts into one system
  • Timely MVP launch
  • Post-release support

Business benefits

Immediate start

The team took over the project after a series of negotiations, starting immediately after the details were clarified.

Dedicated team

IT Craft engineers covered all client’s tech needs with the relevant expertise, taking care of all project parts.

Tech consulting

The team helped with preliminary business studies, risk assessment, and mitigation at every stage of web development.

Flexibility

The team’s structured processes and flexibility helped keep the project on track, adjusting to changing needs.

Main project features

Travel templates

TPM offered hundreds of predefined templates to be used as a basis for future trips.

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User-defined templates and itineraries

Users could create their own planning templates and itineraries with the help of an appealing drag-and-drop interface.

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Booking portal

They could arrange the entire itinerary while paying for hotels, tours, flights, and cars—all in one place.

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Trip-planning features

Easy-to-use, trip-planning features were available for user convenience, including a calendar, notifications, and sightseeing descriptions.

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Multi language support

Users could switch between several languages. Automated translation helped users understand the contents of provided documents.

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Project timeline

  • Project timeline

    2017 – 2018

Technologies

Front end

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    React 16

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    Redux

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    Material

Back end

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    Node.js

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    Express

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    MongoDB

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    Mongoose

Infrastructure

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    AWS EC2 Server

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    GitLab

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