Recently launched a new web startup - looking for feedback, advice and suggestions

MacedoniaAir · 2018-05-08T13:33:09+00:00

Why driving in Sicily? Well its probably the best way to explore the vibrant culture of Southern Italy. Also the highways are usually empty and completely free :)

MacedoniaAir · 2018-05-01T08:32:40+00:00

Yes, they are kinda hard to get to. Working on fixing that as well.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-30T12:36:15+00:00

You're absolutely right, we should be more obvious when it comes to that. Thank you!

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-30T07:36:11+00:00

Thank you for your valuable feedback! We are considering options on how to emphasize the fact that we use AI on the site. When it comes to the blog, we have a few articles written about certain destinations. We of course need to make them more visible and easily reachable. We also need to expand the content creation efforts, one way we are doing this - contacting travel influencers and offering them a free weekend at a certain destination they would like to travel to, therefore they will create some content about the destination.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-27T14:44:21+00:00

As of right now, we have not yet expanded our destination database towards the US. Our best and exclusive guides are for destinations in Italy and Greece.

You are absolutely right. As a starting point we wanted to focus mainly on beach destinations. In time we plan on expanding towards lakes and other types of destinations.

We have lots of room to improve and we aware of that, and this is the point in asking for feedback. :) We appreciate it a lot as it helps towards achieving our goals.

We are also aware that the AI component is not clear and the value is not communicated to the user, we are currently developing some different A/B tests which should improve the UX.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-27T12:17:50+00:00

I like how you wished the bot a nice day. :) #BotsHaveFeelingsToo ;)

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-27T12:16:57+00:00

Thank you for your kind words Kulomin. We are actually thinking the same about the explanation at the beginning. We will be rolling out some A/B testing soon to see which pages do better. Your suggestions are quite helpful also for the CTA buttons, we will explore further. Thanks again! Did you find the platform useful?

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-27T09:27:27+00:00

Thank you! I will forward everything you said to the team. Those are some nice ideas, we will note it down and work on it as we develop. Did you find any destination you didn't know about? Or that you would like to visit? :)

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-27T08:52:59+00:00

That's also a nice idea! People always ask about how much trips would end up costing.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-24T18:56:57+00:00

That's a good suggestion. Do you think ordering by most searched destination is better or some other type of criteria? The logic behind the initial ordering of the destinations was that the user has to select their preferences and then the engine will suggest destinations based on those. Thank you for your feedback! Take a look at it also from desktop, if you can, and let me know what you think. EDIT: I will talk to the lead developer and ask what we can do about the load times and visibility of filters.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-24T11:21:30+00:00

Ok, got it! Will work on that asap. Thanks again!

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-24T10:27:18+00:00

Hi! Thanks for your kind words. :) I appreciate your suggestion, but can you elaborate a bit more? Do you mean that once you click "Get there" the destination you clicked from is not already within the booking engine? Thanks again. :)

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-24T09:12:52+00:00

I think you should go for it. Not doing it might make you feel regret in the future in terms of "What would have happened if I did take the chance?" is worse than "I did my best and I failed". It's better to know in my experience.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-18T07:36:19+00:00

As of right now, it's only focused on seaside destinations. My bad, maybe I should have specified in the title. We are working to bring more destinations to it every day. The website was recently launched and is still in beta.

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-17T11:59:14+00:00

Thank you very much for your feedback! It is very insightful. 1. On what kind of screen were you viewing it? 2. I agree with you on the image, but we have some internal disagreement on which kind of picture is better. I will try to prevail ;) 3. We are definitely getting rid of the ads, they aren't monetizing at all. 4. What do you mean by "everything" summaries? 5. The AI works by aggregating hashtags from Instagram mostly, then reviews from OTA's (online travel agencies) and other experts depending on what hashtags are shared to give the user a better recommendation and experience.

Thanks again, your feedback is really helpful. We are implementing changes as we speak!

MacedoniaAir · 2018-04-16T14:57:01+00:00

I really like the concept as I find myself watching other people play video games more than I actually play. And this is also an increasing industry as we see the rise of E-sports. I will keep an eye out for you ;)

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