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A "Travel app" that shows so many clichés condensed in its presentation video (and to top it all, a goat in a spanish street?) hints of enormous amounts of igno

• wutbrodo 10y ago
  TL;DR: smugness usually works better when you actually have something relevant to say. Yeesh, this comment is almost embarrassing. Far be it from me to educate the "well-traveled", but I suppose I'll be the one to tell you that the world is larger than the US, EU and UK: I recently spent nine months traveling around 5 continents and less than one month of that was in any of those places. On top of that, the assertion that having data is a perfect replacement for an offline travel guide is a bizarre one. I (by choice) did all those countries without a data connection,cobbling together offline data similar to that offered by Trips that I needed whenever I found wifi. I'm not the only person I met on the road who preferred their trip to _not_ include full data access. While having a data plan is a reasonable choice as well, it's hardly a perfect replacement for the conscious choice to unplug as much as possible.
  • themihai 10y ago
    Most of the stand alone apps have offline capabilities, though(maps, mail, notes, messages etc). If you planned the trip chance is that you already have all the info available offline. Nevertheless I can see how this app may prove helful but I think it's far from a killer-app because it requires manual input anyway(i.e copy hotel(s) information from email)
  • joeyspn 10y ago
    The thing is they are marketing it for Spain (or European travel) in their video [0]. Maybe because Spain, France and Italy are in the top 4 travel destinations world-wide along with the US... The focus of my critique (rant?) is that the presentation video only shows: 1- Ignorance about the destination with so many clichés and misleading stereotypes. 2- disrespect for many locals (like me) > I'll be the one to tell you that the world is larger than the US, EU and UK Brilliant observation, but if you are marketing your app for European travel, don't mislead travellers showing goats in a Barcelona street and show respect for the locals. > The assertion that having data is a perfect replacement for an offline travel guide is a bizarre one. Where is that assertion? It's a personal preference. As you may know there's not a single/universal way of travelling, there's also people that might prefer a satellite phone... Your preference of connectivity is irrelevant, but for many people having free wifi/4g renders this offline-first app useless in european soil. Whenever I've visited the americas (north/south) a working SIM with a data plan has been enough for me... [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ign2GmVEflw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ign2GmVEflw
• SonicSoul 10y ago
  2020? that's like a century away in internet years.
  • themihai 10y ago
    By 2020 Internet-less may become the killer experience :)
  • bazzargh 10y ago
    Barcelona has had widespread free municipal wifi since 2011. So...since a century ago in internet years ;) To be fair, the person in the video may have been out of range of the hotspots, but they're easy to find (at all the underground stations, among other places)