1. Explain app idea briefly

• Brainstorming Objectives:

  • Additional requirements
  • Validate current ideas (Such that they appear in brainstorm)
  • Get “additional preferences” for CARD technique
    • Current additional preferences:
      • Social
      • Time
      • Historical
      • Seasonal
      • Accessibility
      • Popularity

• Brainstorming Questions:

  1. What are the top three features you look for in a travel app?
     • Response 1
       • Recommendations in addition to what has been searched
       • Price ranges
       • Filtering searches (Easy UX)
     • Response 2 → Filtering (You can search something up and not get overwhelmed with things)
     • Response 3 → Ratings/reviews of other people’s experiences
     • Initially be shown more things, and then you filter by yourself (or by length…)
       • Idea 2 → First 3 activities are tailored, rest are broader
     • Everything should be done in the app (No extra emails/complexity…)
       • Hotel booking through app, restaurants…
       • Integration with NS app for trains, activities booked through the app instead of manually booking through website/emails…
       • Exit as little as possible from app
       • How big of a problem is this (If not integrated)?
         • Don’t want app at all if he has many activities planned (Would go to google blog)
         • People would go to booking instead
  2. Describe your best and worst travel planning experiences. What made them so?
  3. If you could imagine the perfect travel app for expats, what unique features would it have?
  4. What information is most important for you before deciding to go on a travel as an expat?
     1. Expected Answers:
        • Location
        • Budget
        • Activity Type (sports, cultural, social…)
        • Time
          • Accessibility
        • Popularity
        • …
     • Actual Answers:
       • Cost (Budget)
       • Duration (If app just recommends activities then it’s less relevant)
       • Activity type (For handicapped, preferences…)
       • Is the amount of people that are going to activity important? Depends
         • Having more people/people that speak your language might be a good filter (If people want to meet more people…)
       • Popularity is doble-edge sword → Popularity filter would be useful
         • Popularity in restaurants is not a bad thing, unless you can’t reserve
  5. As an expat, what resources did you use to discover new places in your new country/area? Why were these resources helpful?
     1. Expected answers:
        1. Blogs
        2. Reddit
        3. Forums
        4. YT videos…
     2. Actual answers:
        • Suggestions from other expats
        • Google (Depends on activities)
          • Restaurants → Google maps
          • Shows → Depends
          • Blogs are valuable for vacation, not so much for activities
            • Disagrees → Useful for holidays
              • Tripadvisor lists top 10 activities
          • Reading blog post helps understand what things he likes most and helps understand what things they would recommend well
          • Ratings play important role in choosing
        • Integration of reviews valuable?
          • Seems helpful
          • Downside → Overlapping info between blog posts
            • Less blog posts of higher quality
  6. How do you feel about integrating local culture and off-the-beaten-path recommendations into your travel planning?
  7. In terms of content, what do you find more useful: textual descriptions, photos, videos, or maps? How should an app integrate these elements?
  8. Share a time when a travel app greatly exceeded your expectations as an expat. What did it do?
     1. TripAdvisor
     2. Google Maps
     3. …
  9. What are your main concerns regarding accessibility and inclusivity in travel apps?
  10. How do you balance between planning and spontaneity in your travels, and how could an app support both approaches?
  11. What role do reviews and recommendations from other travellers play in your travel planning, and how do you prefer to see them in an app?

• CARD (Collaborative Analysis of Requirements and Design) technique → Flow of activities

  • Expected Answer:
    1. Type
    2. Budget
    3. Location
    4. Start
    5. Additional Preferences
  • Actual Answers:
    • Response 1 → Notice if activity is available at x hours (Opening hours of events/museums…)
    • Response 2
    • Response 3 → Less filters at beginning, be able to filter manually
    • Response 4
    • Response 5
    • Response 6 → Only filter (With option to skip) should be location

• Master Prompt

Chosen Focus Groups

• Marina’s group

After

1. Send new requirements to Juan & others
2. Write about Information Architecture
3. Do wireframe

-Wireframe

• Playlist view
• Planned trips repo