Time spent: 12 hours spent in total
One of the biggest challenges any online travel platform faces, especially in the vacation rental space, is monthly active or even daily active users. How can travel booking companies such as HomeAway and Expedia increase user engagement frequency?
After our team came up with the idea do a swipe-based platform, we immediately decided what other features to include. We first worked on the core functionality to ensure that the swiping mechanism worked, and then implemented as many features as the time constraint allowed, which are listed below. Considering the time constraint, our main goal was to show the proof of concept that the app could be built as well as have a positive impact on creating recurring customers at HomeAway.
The following functionality is completed:
1. Tinder-like interface
- Users can swipe right if they like a property and left otherwise.
- Swiping up displays the details of the property
2. Filtered list results
- Ability to rank properties according to user preferences
- Ability for users to enter their preferences
3. Display Favorited Properties
- Add liked properties to a preferred list for viewing later
- View liked properties
Upcoming features:
1. Easy Booking
2. Machine Learning for Smarter Listing Results
3. Browse Properties in Augmented Reality
Kushantha Attanayake (github)
David Bush (github)
Min Han (github)
Johnathon Love (github)
Kiankris Villagonzalo (github)