Move
Itenarary Planner
UI Design
A Perfect Itenarary Planner
Move is an app designed to make travel planning and organization easy. It helps with everything from planning trips and finding the best places to visit to keeping all important documents like tickets in one place. Move goes further by helping manage expenses, splitting costs with travel companions, and storing travel photos all in one spot. With a focus on a seamless user experience, Move is the perfect tool for anyone looking for a hassle-free way to stay organized during their travels.
User Journey
Stage | User Actions | Task List | Emotions | Pain points | Improvement Opportunities |
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Research | - Browses online for destinations.
- Reads travel blogs and reviews. | - Identify potential destinations.
- Gather travel tips. | Curious, excited | Overwhelmed by too much information. | Curate personalized recommendations. |
Budgeting | - Estimates travel costs.
- Compares accommodation and activity prices. | - Create a budget for the trip.
- Consider hidden costs. | Anxious, cautious | Difficulty managing expenses.
Hidden costs. | Provide a clear budgeting tool with expense categories. |
Itinerary Creation | - Outlines daily activities.
- Plans meals and accommodations. | - Schedule activities and meals.
- Reserve accommodations. | Confident, slightly stressed | Fear of missing out on key attractions. | Suggest popular attractions and restaurants based on preferences. |
Booking | - Books flights, hotels, and activities.
- Confirms reservations. | - Finalize bookings and payments.
- Organize confirmation documents. | Accomplished, but stressed | Confusing booking processes.
Multiple confirmations to track. | Streamline booking with a centralized platform for all reservations. |
Packing | - Creates a packing list.
- Gathers travel documents. | - Ensure all essentials are included.
- Prepare travel documents. | Excited, nervous | Fear of forgetting important items. | Provide customizable packing lists based on destination and activities. |
Pre-Trip Check | - Reviews itinerary and confirms plans.
- Shares plans with travel companions. | - Double-check bookings.
- Finalize group communication. | Anticipation, slight anxiety | Last-minute changes can cause stress. | Enable real-time updates and notifications for any changes. |
Plan Your Itenerary
The trip planning feature creates a personalized travel blueprint tailored to unique preferences. Users can effortlessly add cities to their itinerary and plan travel arrangements, including booking tickets. The app suggests must-visit places in each city, allowing travellers to explore local highlights and hidden gems. Additionally, users can plan places to eat and accommodations, ensuring every aspect of their journey is well-organized. This comprehensive approach results in a perfect itinerary that enhances the overall travel experience, making it easy to explore new destinations with confidence and excitement.
Steps to Plan Your Trip:
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Add Cities: Start by selecting the cities you want to visit.
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Plan Travel: Arrange your travel to each city, with tickets and document organisation.
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Plan Days: Organize your daily itinerary with suggested visits, meals, and stays.
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Summary: Review your complete itinerary for a clear overview of your trip.
Manage Trip Expenses
The expense management feature helps users effectively manage their travel budget and ensure a smooth financial experience. Users can easily add group members to split expenses, making it simple to handle costs with friends or family. The app allows users to plan budgets for different categories of expenditure, such as accommodation, meals, activities, and transportation. By tracking spending and monitoring essential expenses, users can keep their finances organized and transparent throughout their journey. Additionally, the expense feature offers multiple split options for customizability, ensuring an accurate representation of each person's contributions.
Steps to Manage Your Expenses:
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Add Group Members: Include everyone in your travel group.
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Plan Budgets: Set budgets for various expenditure categories.
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Track Spending: Record and monitor expenses.
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Split Options: Choose from various split methods to customize how expenses are shared.
Challenges
Travelling without a proper planner can quickly become chaotic. Planning itineraries often turns into a cumbersome task, with countless resources to sift through and no clear way to prioritize activities or destinations. This lack of organization can lead to missed opportunities and a less enjoyable travel experience. Keeping track of important documents like tickets, reservations, and passports often means digging through emails or scattered files. Managing expenses with friends or family can turn into a headache, with the challenge of remembering who paid for what and ensuring costs are split fairly. It’s easy to lose track of spending, leading to unnecessary stress during the trip. Additionally, collecting all travel photos can be cumbersome when they’re scattered across different devices and apps. A comprehensive solution is needed to streamline planning, organization, and documentation, ensuring that every aspect of travel enhances the overall experience.
User Personas
To understand the diverse needs of travellers, we’ve created user personas that represent various segments of our audience. Each persona reflects unique characteristics, goals, and challenges in travel planning. By examining these personas, we can tailor the app to enhance the travel experience for adventure-seeking millennials, family vacation planners, and frequent business travellers. These insights are essential for developing a user-centric solution that meets everyone’s needs.
Priya Sharma
Adventure-Seeking Millennial
28, Marketing Specialist
Bangalore, Karnataka
Travel Style: Budget-conscious, spontaneous, and adventurous
Goals:
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Wants to explore new destinations while keeping costs low.
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Seeks to discover hidden gems and local experiences.
Challenges:
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Struggles with organizing travel plans on the go.
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Finds it difficult to keep track of shared expenses with friends.
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Often loses important travel documents and photos.
How Move Helps:
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Provides a streamlined way to plan trips and discover local attractions.
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Allows easy expense management and splitting costs with travel buddies.
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Keeps all travel documents and photos organized in one place.
Arjun & Meera Verma
Family Vacation Planner
34 & 35, Software Engineer & Teacher
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Travel Style: Family-oriented, organized, and educational
Goals:
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Wants to plan memorable family vacations that are fun and educational.
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Seeks to involve their children in the travel planning process.
Challenges:
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Finds it hard to coordinate schedules and preferences among family members.
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Struggles to manage travel documents and expenses while on the move.
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Needs a way to collect and organize family photos from each trip.
How Move Helps:
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Facilitates collaborative itinerary planning to include input from all family members.
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Keeps track of important documents and manages expenses seamlessly.
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Provides a centralized space for storing and sharing family photos.
Vikram Singh
Frequent Business Traveler
42, Sales Director
New Delhi
Travel Style: Professional, efficient, and goal-oriented
Goals:
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Aims to maximize productivity during business trips while making the most of it
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Wants to maintain organization to avoid last-minute chaos.
Challenges:
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Struggles to keep track of multiple itineraries and business-related documents.
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Often juggles expenses across different clients and business partners.
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Finds it tedious to gather travel photos from various events.
How Move Helps:
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Streamlines itinerary planning for both work and leisure, for efficient time management.
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Organizes essential business documents and tracks expenses easily.
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Provides a platform for storing and organizing photos from business events and trips.
Move – Your Ultimate Travel Companion
This app represents the beginning of a transformative approach to trip planning, making it more streamlined and user-friendly than ever before. Combining comprehensive planning tools for itineraries and expenses shifts the focus from the stress of organization to the joy of exploration. Travellers can now enjoy their adventures with confidence, knowing that every detail is managed efficiently. As this project continues to evolve, the vision is clear: to create a seamless travel experience that allows users to fully immerse themselves in their journeys, creating unforgettable memories along the way. This is just the start and the commitment to making this vision a reality is unwavering.
Within the Trip
While on a trip, the app enhances the travel experience by providing easy access to the curated itinerary, ensuring no must-see attractions are missed. Real-time updates keep users informed of any changes, allowing for seamless adjustments. The integrated expense tracker simplifies financial management and makes it easy to split costs with companions. Users can also capture and organize photos in one place, creating lasting memories without the hassle. With this support, travellers can focus on enjoying their journey and making unforgettable memories.
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