“The World is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” This famous quote by Saint Augustine highlights the essence of travel. As soon as the word “Traveling” is mentioned, excitement ensues, and bags are packed. There are different kinds of travelers, from meticulously planning every detail to those who prefer spontaneous adventures. Now, let’s delve into developing a hotel booking app similar to TripAdvisor.
Whatever the trip kind is all you need is accommodation and places to visit. By considering all these factors, the travel and tourism industry has widely developed in all the places. As per the past travel industry, the tourist has to go to the resort or to the destination and need to book the essential things like rooms or ticket places to visit. If anything is not available to the visitor they used to wait for the next booking. But times have changed, people have changed, now you can do anything from your mobiles in just a few clicks. You can book your travel tickets, accommodation for trips, order food online.
What’s if a travel agency has a mobile application for its business? Believe us the agency will have definitely grown their business in terms of revenue and branding. If you are a travel agency and want to enhance your business through digital transformation and developing an app like Tripadvisor, it is a smart move and will be an advantageous for your business. Come let’s learn about what is Tripadvisor is all about.
Important characteristics of Tripadvisor:
- Book anything in few steps
- Book the restaurant
- Flight booking
- Travel search through filters
- Maps of the destinations
- Destination photos and videos available.
Features of Tripadvisor App:
The Tripadvisor application has 3 main panels and those panels made the application so successful in the world.
- User Panel
- Agency Panel
- Admin Panel
User Panel Features of Tripadvisor App:
Coming to the user panel used by the persons who are seeking the service.
Login:
The user has to login to the application with their email ids or social media login for better updates and experience.
View offer/ discounts:
Once the user logs into the application and selects the tickets, hotels, and everything, the user can view the offer coupon code where they can apply and book the package.
View travel package:
According to your destination, the user can view the travel packages set by the travel agency which are best and affordable.
Navigation:
The user can navigate through the locations in the specific region which gives the tourists to explore specific areas.
Explore and book cabs:
Here the user can search the cabs and book the cab through the app itself. The user can find out premium cabs to normal cabs for the tourism places
Book a guide:
In the application, the user can also pre-book or book the guide to know the information about the tourism place.
Transaction:
Finally the user can pay within the app through multiple gateways of ticket booking, accommodation, guide, and many more.
Agency Panel Features of Tripadvisor App:
Travel Package Management:
Here the travel agent can manage the packages or offers of the destination and share it to the customers. They can set the budget range according to the profitability of the company and as well as the customer.
Index destination spots:
The travel agency can list the book of service they provide at destinations. So that the user can take the agent services.
Organize Payment:
The travel agent can organize their payment because there might be money transferring from different gateways and they can check all transactions in one place.
Booking management:
The agent can manage the user booking of flights and hotels. For better experience and easy workflow.
Revise packages:
Travel agencies can edit the packages that have been mentioned on the application according to the seasons or marketing.
Admin Panel Features of Tripadvisor App:
Control of advertising and promotions:
The advertising on the application is controlled by the admin. The admin can manage and refresh the content.
User management:
Admin will have full control over the user data that is being signed into the application.
Travel agent management:
The admin will deal with the agent promotions and special offers for those who are registered in the app.
Ahh!!! We came to an end of knowing the features and characteristics of apps like Tripadvisor. If you are interested in developing a hotel booking app similar to Tripadvisor contact Krify Software Technologies, who has 15+ years of experience in developing mobile and web applications. We provide the best skill set of developers and quality assurance to your product. For more information,contact us.