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I'm always fascinated by group travel apps although I certainly haven't seen a successful uber-app for managing all aspects of a trip. I like the focus here on

I'm always fascinated by group travel apps although I certainly haven't seen a successful uber-app for managing all aspects of a trip. I like the focus here on getting commitment from participants. That can be so challenging when putting together a trip. It doesn't look like Villagers handles everything (and that's ok!) - e.g. when I went to create a new trip I noticed it looks like everything is based on having a single location - you can't set up lodging in location A for the beginning of a trip, have a few days on the trail hiking, and the lodging for the end of trip in location B (unless I missed it). EDIT: Oh, and it looks like the lodging HAS to be an AirBNB (the field validates that the AirBNB URL contains AirBNB.com). That's certainly limiting.

bjpless 4y ago
Yes, I'm really focused on the commitment mechanism -- Kickstarter for group travel effectively. I had thought that was already eliminated so thanks for pointing that out! I just pushed a fix to remove the AirBnb requirement. As for more complex itineraries, certainly want to tackle that in the future...
- lastofthemojito 4y ago
  > Yes, I'm really focused on the commitment mechanism I think that's smart. Honestly, the UI is nice and all, but I don't think that's the killer feature. The great thing here is that folks don't want to be an asshole to friends/family/coworkers. They don't want to nag about getting commitments or on-time payments. They don't want to be a jerk about not giving money back if someone bails the night before a trip, or whatever. But Villagers can be the asshole (in a good way!) and enforce the agreed-upon terms so the trip planner doesn't have to.
  - bjpless 4y ago
    That’s exactly my thinking as well :)