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Hi ph0rque, we weren't sure this would work, so needed to test the experts first. We're still not positive it will work at scale. With so many variables and sub

by todsul 14y ago

Hi ph0rque, we weren't sure this would work, so needed to test the experts first. We're still not positive it will work at scale. With so many variables and subjective customer preferences, the experts had quite a tough time. In terms of the business, we're at a crossroads in this respect. We can either A) go much deeper into flights, or B) venture sideways to do entire trips. We're running a battery of these tests to provide the necessary data. We thought the results would be interesting to anyone looking to take some time off. We would never have come up with such thoughtful itineraries, so at least for the FF team we'll plan full trips like this in future.

espadagroup 14y ago
This reminded me a lot of what Wanderfly used to do: you tell them you were interested in "Adventure" for X days under Y budget and it would crawl a bunch of places and spit out a list of trips with the total costs flights included. I thought it was brilliant and loved it. And then they changed into another social travel tagging site of some sort.. Honestly I would gladly pay for what you showed in your example, a list of awesome trips within the parameters set by me. This is also similar to Jetsetter's Concierge service, which is actually quite good, though for a set fee of like $295 or something.
- newman314 14y ago
  Agreed. I'm not into tour groups. I'm much more into going somewhere and having the freedom to explore. At the same time, due to limited time available, I would like to maximize my experiences once I do get somewhere. I also would love some sort of service that is somehow able to look at my past browsing behavior and remember/suggest places to go. To elaborate, I see lot of places online that I think: "Man, that would be cool to see someday". But when it comes time that I actually have an opportunity to go somewhere, sometimes I forget about something I wanted to see previously. Being able to solve that disconnect problem would be fantastic.

by todsul 14y ago

espadagroup 14y ago

This reminded me a lot of what Wanderfly used to do: you tell them you were interested in "Adventure" for X days under Y budget and it would crawl a bunch of places and spit out a list of trips with the total costs flights included. I thought it was brilliant and loved it. And then they changed into another social travel tagging site of some sort.. Honestly I would gladly pay for what you showed in your example, a list of awesome trips within the parameters set by me. This is also similar to Jetsetter's Concierge service, which is actually quite good, though for a set fee of like $295 or something.

newman314 14y ago
Agreed. I'm not into tour groups. I'm much more into going somewhere and having the freedom to explore. At the same time, due to limited time available, I would like to maximize my experiences once I do get somewhere. I also would love some sort of service that is somehow able to look at my past browsing behavior and remember/suggest places to go. To elaborate, I see lot of places online that I think: "Man, that would be cool to see someday". But when it comes time that I actually have an opportunity to go somewhere, sometimes I forget about something I wanted to see previously. Being able to solve that disconnect problem would be fantastic.