Wisp | Devpost

Inspiration

Our inspiration came from our own experiences, our friend's experiences, and experiences we found online about traveling. We came to the conclusion that young adults of our generation are prioritizing different aspects of their travel experiences than what current tech tools help us find. A few aspects were a preference for authenticity, a dislike of overcrowded tourist spots, and the desire to find hidden gems.

What it does

Wisp is a travel location information exchange and crowdsourcing app. Using a tokenized system, in exchange for sharing your own knowledge about your favorite local hidden gems, you gain access to search results from specific destinations. This limited exchange system aims to maintain the quality of the entries made to the app and foster a sense of community.

How we built it

Wisp is a web app built using React.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into issues in initial ideation that ended up reducing our time to be able work on the product itself. Wisp started as a very vague and general idea concerning itineraries. Travel recommendations have been done many times so we really needed to take time to get to the core of what we wanted to accomplish. We ultimately came up with a design we liked though.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud of how we were able to utilize our skills on this project in ways that complemented each other. We're a team that was formed last minute, with two of our team members participating remotely, and spanning 3 time zones and two continents. Thus, it honestly was a big accomplishment to even be able to put this project together.

What we learned

We learned a lot about what sort of pain points and issues we should consider when coming up with a pitch in general; it definitely exercised our analytical skills. A lot of these lessons came from attending YHack panels. We all also definitely grew technically, growing familiar with React and integrating it with other back-end programs.

What's next for Wisp

We are not sure what is next for Wisp, the project itself, but we are definitely carrying all the skills and assets we built for Wisp into our future projects!