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It would be better if this was less of a "dating" site and was set up as a way for groups of people to find additional people or groups to link up with for spec
by pydry 5y ago
It would be better if this was less of a "dating" site and was set up as a way for groups of people to find additional people or groups to link up with for specific activities.
The annoying part of, say, organizing a hike or boat trip and the part that an app would help the most is not necessarily finding people but reaching out and getting the various kinds of commitment from people you barely know when you want to share costs, share cars, sharing taxis, a boat trip, a guide, etc.
Meeting people is way more fun organically and and I would tend to avoid apps for that (or use tinder, i guess, but ick) but if there are 8 of us who want to share $320 for a one day boat trip and somebody you just met drops out the day before... that's where IMHO the pain and profit potential lies. An app that takes deposits, sets deadlines for commitments, finds replacement people, etc. that I could share with somebody I'd met organically that helps deal with people's inherent flakiness OR finds replacement people - I'd use the hell out of that.
And, you'd have taxi drivers, boat trip organizers, hiking guides, etc. clamoring to join too once it reached critical mass coz the economics of their services often only work if they've got groups of tourists of a certain size.
Unfortunately in its current form this basically looks like a tinder equivalent with "just looking for a travel partner" written as your description with zero chance of reaching critical mass.
- globular-toast 5y ago> It would be better if this was less of a "dating" site I think that's the point. "Travelling" (and others like "finding yourself" etc.) is essentially synonymous with no strings attached sex.
- MimiKG 5y agoLightbulb: an app to help travelers stuck at the airport meet each other so they can share the cost of a rental car when their flight gets cancelled. (I've shared a cab with a fellow traveller so we could catch a train when our flight got diverted.)
- SOLAR_FIELDS 5y agoI carpooled with a fellow traveler who lived in my city when our flights got cancelled at Midway and we picked up the same outbound from Indianapolis. The friendship eventually fizzled but it was a great experience during and for the few times we hung out after.