Nice one, this looks like a good starting point for trips.
One thing I'm confused by is the "$$$" signs on trips. They seem to be roughly the inverse of what I'd expect. My guess is that these are trying to combine too many aspects – travel distance, duration, price perception of the destination – and that because of this they're somewhat meaningless.
Example, Paris for 3 days is $$$, and LA for 3 days is $$. Paris is definitely cheaper than LA when you're there assuming you don't do a tour of tourist traps, it has cheap public transport, and for me it's a cheap train journey away. Conversely, LA is an expensive international flight away, expensive to stay/eat out in, and expensive to get around. I assume the $ signs are this way around on basis of US tourists travelling domestically?
In a similar vein, I suspect the budget part of the site just won't translate well. Budgets might vary by an order of magnitude depending on where you're coming from, what sort of transport options you use while you're there, whether you choose to stay in upmarket hotels or cheap places, which restaurants you go to, etc.
The dollar sign scale is meant to indicate what kind of trip the creator planned: budget vs luxury. But you are right, it doesn’t really account for all the nuances of a trip. I was hoping having the trip budget section would help as you could get an average amount spent for each of the categories: lodging, food, activities, transportation. You gave me a lot to think about though, thanks for that!
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Nice one, this looks like a good starting point for trips.
One thing I'm confused by is the "$$$" signs on trips. They seem to be roughly the inverse of what I'd expect. My guess is that these are trying to combine too many aspects – travel distance, duration, price perception of the destination – and that because of this they're somewhat meaningless.
Example, Paris for 3 days is $$$, and LA for 3 days is $$. Paris is definitely cheaper than LA when you're there assuming you don't do a tour of tourist traps, it has cheap public transport, and for me it's a cheap train journey away. Conversely, LA is an expensive international flight away, expensive to stay/eat out in, and expensive to get around. I assume the $ signs are this way around on basis of US tourists travelling domestically?
In a similar vein, I suspect the budget part of the site just won't translate well. Budgets might vary by an order of magnitude depending on where you're coming from, what sort of transport options you use while you're there, whether you choose to stay in upmarket hotels or cheap places, which restaurants you go to, etc.
Thanks for the feedback!
The dollar sign scale is meant to indicate what kind of trip the creator planned: budget vs luxury. But you are right, it doesn’t really account for all the nuances of a trip. I was hoping having the trip budget section would help as you could get an average amount spent for each of the categories: lodging, food, activities, transportation. You gave me a lot to think about though, thanks for that!
I think budget/luxury tags would be good without being too price specific, although I imagine many trips would be both/neither.
Perhaps you could have tags for things like budget, luxury, family appropriate/kid friendly, educational, relaxing, etc.
that's a great idea! You can do a text search for trips but these would be good for filtering as well as being informational.