- The user should be able to indicate their travel preferences
- The user should be able to create an account to save their preferences
- The user should be able to see travel recommendations based on their:
- Activity-type preferences
- Cultural
- Sports
- Entertainment
- Food
- …
- Social preferences
- e.g. sole event, event with others, crowded areas
- Budget
- Location
- Historical relevance
- Seasonal relevance
- e.g. Tulip fields
- Time preference
- Accessibility
- Popularity (e.g. Google Maps reviews)
- “Best local spots” - The Nederlands Guide, the Authentic
- “Student Cities”
- “Instagram Places”
- The user should be able to select individual parts of recommendations to build their own trip
- The app should not be restrictive in terms of language (offer at least a few translations for the most common expat nationalities)
- The user should be able to rate the recommendations given
- The user should see the language levels spoken for a specific location / trip
- The UX/UI Design should be simple and easy to use, ready for low-literacy people
- The user should be able to see the prices of the recommendations (average, but show trip price + food price, etc.)
- (Will Not) The app will be able to plan specific activities, transportation, etc. based on time and location
- (Will Not) Add an LLM Chatbot
- (Optional) Users should be able to use the app offline to get trips (but no recommendations)
- (Optional) Users should be able to see on a Google-like map their recommended trips and locations
- (Optional) Add bookmarks (e.g. user picks 5 favourite places to visit soon)
- The recommendations should:
- Show images (visual feedback)
- Show reviews/ratings of other users doing the same or similar
- give a detailed description of what the user could do
- give options to do the recommendation in different ways (e.g. to get there, or once you are there what to do)
- Show similar recommendations
- The user should be able to provide additional recommendations to the system, if they have found some hidden gems not previously present
- The user should be able to access Frequently Asked Questions about the system
- Push notifications for new recommendations sporadically/remind the user that there are some unexplored places in the Netherlands!
- The user should get suggestions of the best dates to visit places
- The user should be able to see a list of hot spots of frequently liked recommendations