{"id":1734,"date":"2013-02-27T00:30:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2013-04-22T21:02:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T15:32:37","slug":"features-ideas-for-vacation-trip-planner-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/features-ideas-for-vacation-trip-planner-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas for a trip\/vacation planner app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a product manager is about not being content with what is around. I looked all around the place for a complete vacation planner app and finally created a wish list of what such an app would constitute. Continuing from the previous <a title=\"There isn\u2019t one great app to plan my vacation!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/vacation-planner-app-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> on the topic, here is a high-level user story for each of my needs:<\/p>\n<h2>Itinerary Planner<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Start with a destination of my choice and add places to it [content]<\/li>\n<li>Each place can be placed on an interactive itinerary map<\/li>\n<li>Add category, description, images, comments, expenses (entrance fees, meals), attachments (bookings, etc.), hyperlinks, mark them as optional<\/li>\n<li>View ratings [integration]<\/li>\n<li>Auto-insert the place on the interactive calendar based on best-time-of-day information [content] and allow me to adjust<\/li>\n<li>Plan the journey between places by specifying mode of transport, journey time &amp; estimate cost [content, integration]<\/li>\n<li>Add meals to places &amp; journey with preferred joint &amp; cost estimate<\/li>\n<li>Validate if too much is planned for a day based on visit duration [content] and highlight optional places from the \u2018Going to\u2019 bucket that can be moved to a \u2018May be\u2019 bucket<\/li>\n<li>When moving places around, system should remind to update the journey between places<\/li>\n<li>Total itinerary cost should be constantly updated and displayed in local currency so I can budget; highlight places &amp; journeys without estimates<\/li>\n<li>Filter places on the by category, expense<\/li>\n<li>Share my itinerary with others on the website; email the web link<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with co-travellers on the itinerary [roadmap]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Travel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Print\/Email the itinerary with selected elements<\/li>\n<li>Allow including embassy information,\u00a0emergency numbers, weather, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile site to rate places, enter actual cost &amp; time, add public &amp; private notes<\/li>\n<li>Update current location, upload photos &amp; add notes that loved ones can view on a shared link<\/li>\n<li>Mobile app [roadmap], share location on social media [integration]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <a title=\"Ideas for a trip\/vacation planner app \u2013 Part II\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/ideas-for-trip-vacation-planner-app-part-2\/\">Part 2 of this post<\/a>, we talk about more features ideas and concept&#8217;s strengths and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a product manager is about not being content with what is around. I looked all around the place for a complete vacation planner app and finally created a wish list of what such an app would constitute. Continuing from the previous post on the topic, here is a high-level user story for each of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/features-ideas-for-vacation-trip-planner-app\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ideas for a trip\/vacation planner app<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[723],"tags":[822,823,821,825,820,824],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-being-a-product-manager","tag-features","tag-ideas","tag-itinerary-planner","tag-travel-planner-website","tag-trip-planner","tag-vacation-planner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}