Redefining travel experiences and creating a like minded travel community

Travelverse is a web based platform that would assist the users in all spheres of travelling starting from planning to sharing your experiences.

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Visual Experience | User Interface | Design System

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13 Weeks

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Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west.

My 4 day trip to Sydney, Australia

James Cameron

November 2019

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Day 1

Arrival at Sydney Airport

Hyde Park

Sydney Tower

455 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Mon - Fri : 9am - 6pm

Sat : 10am - 4pm

Sun : 11am - 4pm

Fish & Chips Restaurant

80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia

Best place to have authetic fish and chips in the whole

of Australia

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Took a cab to reach the hotel

Rendezvous Hotel Sydney Central located in the CBD area, the most well connected and lively part of the city.

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Queen Victoria Buidling

Shopping mall

$250

455 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

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Sat : 10am - 4pm

Sun : 11am - 4pm

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Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Gallery

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Overview

Colandian is a traveller-centric platform that aims to make things easier for those who love to travel. It’s a platform where users can connect and share experiences (via vlogs, pictures and blogs) with other members of the travel community, and across social media.

Problem Statement

Based on the study of travel experience behavoiur, it shows that a large number of young people prefer to travel on their own than an organized tour.

Travel cycle

Usually users have to discover which place to go, deciding on the trips, planning for the trip, experiencing the trip and keeping the process engagning to other members.

We have to design a community or experience driven travel that helps people in one or many aspects of travel in a way it’s seemlessly integrated with exsisting user and flexible to the user’s needs.

Design process

4D design process is an user-centric and iterative process we could use in digital design and development.

The four stages of 4D design process are Discover, Define, Design and Develop

Discover

Define

Design

Develop

Who are the users?

Based on few of the intial user interviews from different age group of people who like to travel, we got few of the types of users that would onboard onto this travel platform.

Attentive naturalist

Obsessed foodie

Outdoor adventurer

Five-star luxuriator

Total badass

User Journey

User Actions

Source

Painpoints

Identified

Features to

be Considered

- Find best dates to travel

- Find the best place to go

- Find the activities to do there

- Find how many are travelling

- Find best means of travel

- Find best accommodation

- Read Reviews / Blogs / Watch Videos

- Ask people about the place

- Prepare Itenararies

- See last minute deals

- Know Visa requirements ( Overseas travel)

- Scanning all the listings

Websites , Word of Mouth , AdvePising

- Budget Constraints

- Safety Concerns

- Where to go for credible info

- Legal constraints : Overseas travel

- Commute Issues

- Decision disputes /

miscommunication for group plans

- Explore (Search)

- Blogs

- Filters

- Listings

- Worldmap

- Signup / Login

- ViPual Tour

- Videos

- Categories

- Suggestions

- Scanning all the listings

- Shortlisting favourites

- Discussing of shortlists

( in group travels)

- Choosing the best option

- Booking the best and budget friendly accommodation

- Booking all the transport options

- Booking all activities

- Splitting expenses

( in case of group)

Websites , Applications

- Splitting expenses (in group travel)

- Arriving at an option

- Credibility of options

- Hidden charges while booking

- Visa issues due to which you drop

the plan ( in overseas travel)

- Dashboard

- Filters

- Categories

- Listings

- Group Chats

- Pinboards

- Booking forms

- Itenarary creator

- Expense Manager

- Keep all documents ready

- Download necessary maps

- Make a list of things to take/pack

- Weather forecasts

- Reminders

- Currency withdrawal

- Tracking any cancellations

- Last minute deals in booking

- Web check in for flights

- Making own itenararies

- Finalising itenararies

- Sharing itenararies (group plans)

- Travel Insurance (reminders)

- Sim purchase / mobile upgrade for overseas travel

Websites , Youtube Videos

- Accuracy of details

- Time Management

- Last minute drop outs

(group travel)

- Organising all documents

- Last minute cancellations

- Dashboard

- Ofine Maps

- Saved Itenararies

- Itenaray creator

- Reminders / Notidcations

- Tracker

- Support

- Manage Bookings

- Last minute deals

- Group chats

- Local support for exploring

- Authentic experience

- Guides for a_ractions

- SuppoP (incase of emergencies)

- Downloading maps

- Rewards like food coupons

- Emergency services (overseas travel)

- Tackling change of plans (Plan B)

- Keeping track of daily expenses

- Knowing what to explore near me?

- Scratch maps

- Notidcations (group plans)

- Split plans (group plans)

- Sharing locations (group plans)

Websites , Event Apps , Locals

- Time Management

- Group plans end up messed up

- Organising all documents

- Last minute drop outs

(group plans)

- Splitting daily expenses

- Trust issues in meeting strangers

- Dashboard

- Ofine Maps

- Saved Itenararies

- Dashboard

- Reminders / Notidcations

- Tracker

- Nearby Events

- Support

- Manage Bookings

- Coupons

- Location share

- Expense Manager

- Reward points claiming

- Writing reviews and blogs

- Scratch maps/ travel paths

- Itenarary sharing for rewards

- Photo albums (Journal)

- Community forming

- Suggestions for future travels

- Discounts on future travels

- Referral programmes

- Frequent traveller memberships

Apps , Codes through mail

- Losing motivation

- No time to write reviews

- Privacy issues

- Why do this?

- What are the benedts?

- Photo Sharing

- Itenarary Sharing

- Stories (Journal)

- Personalisation

- Referrals

- Reward points

- Support

- Saved Bookings

John

/ 23 years old

John is a travel bug who loves travelling domestically and internationally, solo and group and wants to have the best experience while doing so. Being a tech savy person, he makes all of his researching, bookings and organising on the internet, in multiple platforms.

Phases

DISCOVERY

BOOKING

PLANNING

EXPERIENCING

ENGAGING

Information Architecture

Once user jounery is clearly defined, we can easily communicate the flow of the product annd provide a general view of how the interface is intented to work in most efficient form.

The main goal of Information Architecture is to categorize and bucket the various features/functions of the product into a hierarchical structure. This help to define the workflow and gauge how content is distributed across various sections of the product.

Logout

Profile Info

Name

Date of birth

Mail ID

Phone Number

Maps

Your Pins

Customize Maps

Share maps

Notifications

Settings

Notification list

Support

Forums

FAQs

Change language

Credits

Credit points

Coupon codes

Invite friends

Template

Guides

Publish

Blogs

Images

Text

Videos

Links

Blogs

Images

Text

Videos

Links

Discovery

Research docs

Links

Compare options

Book options

Bookings

Store all booking information

Planning

Suggest itinerary

Use exsisting

Preparation

Downloads

Experience

Maps + Trails

Emergency

Locate nearby

FAQs

Engaging

Tempate selection

Pin to maps

Content writing

Social share

Home screen

Search

Filter

Date

Guests

Type

Budget

Listings

My Journal

Write a Blog

Profile

Wireframes

After a detailed Information Architecture, we created wireframes to make sure the flow and functionality are perfect for the users before setting the visual design language.

Visual Design

Visual design is so much more than making an application look pretty. In a technology driven world, first impression is everything -and a bad first impression is a lasting impression.

Based on the established wireframes, we started to define visual design components such as Typography, Color palette, Iconography, CTAs and other components

Typography

We wanted to go for a sans-serif & sans-serif typeface combination which are also open-source typeface that provide readability to the application, here information is weighed more than the aesthetic preference.

Barlow and Nunito Sans

Barlow is a sans serif font family with its bold nature giving a strong feeling when used as Display texts and Headings. And Nunito Sans is chosen for its legibility is paired with Barlow to create a visual hierarchy.

Flexible Template for your business

Headline 1

Barlow Semibold, 49 px/ 60

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Headline 2

Barlow Semibold, 39 px/ 49

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Headline 3

Barlow Semibold, 25 px/ 31.2

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Subtitle 1

Nunito Semibold, 25 px/ 31.2

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Paragraph

Nunito Regular, 16px / 20

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Caption

Nunito Regular, 12.8px / 16

Color Palette

The human mind is programmed to respond to a color instantly and make associations. It is crucial to define the brand colors and make use of them throughout the design for an identity that is constant.

Minimal approach of using colors complementary to each other might help us in defining the contrast between the different elements of highlight.

Primary colour

Usage : Call to actions / Iconography

Secondary/ Text colour

Usage : Typography/Iconography

#4BB4F5

Picton Blue

#F16075

Pale Pink

#33B669

Medium Sea Green

#2D3142

Gunmetal

#55596A

Black Coral

#D8D8D8

Grey - 3

User Interface

We focused on similicity, style and use ablity as the platform will be used my n number of users on a daily basis. The platform will primarily be used to discover new blogs/places and also write blogs about the places visited in a templatized format for consistency over all the blogs written by different users.

My experience

Travelverse has helped us learn about how travel industry works and what are the requirements for any user who is looking forward to user this platform to plan and organise their travels.

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yugeshr16@gmail.com

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