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Show HN: Eddy Travels – AI travel assistant on WhatsApp with voice understanding

16 points by adomasb 7y ago

lucasverra 7y ago
are you the builder of this ?
- adomasb 7y ago
  Hi Lucas! Yes, my name is Adomas Baltagalvis and I'm one of the co-founders of Eddy Travels. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to share them with me.
  - lucasverra 7y ago
    first: on a backend point of view, how did you manage to automate the questions answers on whatsapp front ? Do you guys have an authorized access to whatsapp API? or you hooked an android device with WA business and the device recieves/send and then bridges to somewhere else (your actual endpoint) ? ps: im interested as fellow founder and avid traveller.
    - eddylt 7y ago
      Thanks for the questions, Lucas. It's a standard chatbot setup - and yes, we have authorized access. We had to apply and answer all kinds of questions about our business and use case to be approved by WhatsApp. The actual integration is done via Smooch.io. Does this answer your question?
- eddylt 7y ago
  Lucas, our whole Eddy Travels team is watching this thread for HN community feedback :) - Edmundas, C-Founder and CEO
adomasb 7y ago
Hi everyone! My name is Adomas Baltagalvis and I'm the co-founder and CMO of Eddy Travels. Eddy Travels is an AI-powered travel assistant that helps people plan their trips more easily. Travelers can send text or voice messages to the digital assistant and receive personalized suggestions for the best flights, hotels, car rentals, and other services in seconds. Some things you can try: "Flights from Toronto to New York in August" "Hotel in Berlin on September 21 - 27" "Italian restaurants in London" And if you have any questions or feedback, please do share them with me. Thanks! Adomas
sandeeptodi 7y ago
Tried it on whatsapp, pretty good in throwing up options, and as fast as a regular travel site. The good part is that (I guess) they try to show only the best options so you can choose quickly, instead of the hundreds that ticketing sites generally throw up.
- adomasb 7y ago
  Thank you for checking it out! And yes, the system analyses hundreds of different flight options but only shows the best ones based on different criteria.

16 points by adomasb 7y ago

lucasverra 7y ago

are you the builder of this ?

adomasb 7y ago
Hi Lucas! Yes, my name is Adomas Baltagalvis and I'm one of the co-founders of Eddy Travels. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to share them with me.
- lucasverra 7y ago
  first: on a backend point of view, how did you manage to automate the questions answers on whatsapp front ? Do you guys have an authorized access to whatsapp API? or you hooked an android device with WA business and the device recieves/send and then bridges to somewhere else (your actual endpoint) ? ps: im interested as fellow founder and avid traveller.
  - eddylt 7y ago
    Thanks for the questions, Lucas. It's a standard chatbot setup - and yes, we have authorized access. We had to apply and answer all kinds of questions about our business and use case to be approved by WhatsApp. The actual integration is done via Smooch.io. Does this answer your question?
eddylt 7y ago
Lucas, our whole Eddy Travels team is watching this thread for HN community feedback :) - Edmundas, C-Founder and CEO

adomasb 7y ago

Hi everyone! My name is Adomas Baltagalvis and I'm the co-founder and CMO of Eddy Travels. Eddy Travels is an AI-powered travel assistant that helps people plan their trips more easily. Travelers can send text or voice messages to the digital assistant and receive personalized suggestions for the best flights, hotels, car rentals, and other services in seconds. Some things you can try: "Flights from Toronto to New York in August" "Hotel in Berlin on September 21 - 27" "Italian restaurants in London" And if you have any questions or feedback, please do share them with me. Thanks! Adomas

sandeeptodi 7y ago

Tried it on whatsapp, pretty good in throwing up options, and as fast as a regular travel site. The good part is that (I guess) they try to show only the best options so you can choose quickly, instead of the hundreds that ticketing sites generally throw up.

adomasb 7y ago
Thank you for checking it out! And yes, the system analyses hundreds of different flight options but only shows the best ones based on different criteria.