Xplor

Inspiration

Our team is composed of close friends who have spent three years together at Georgia Tech. Every fall break and holiday, we traveled the world—across the States, Asia, South America, and more. Through these experiences, we realized that preparing for a trip, even a short one, is often tedious and fragmented. From juggling budget, weather, and preferences to wasting hours on scattered tabs and spreadsheets, planning felt more stressful than it should be. This inspired us to create Xplor, a platform that simplifies trip planning through personalization, real-time adaptability, and community sharing—supported by an AI travel agent.

What it does

Xplor combines personalization, AI, and gamification to make travel planning effortless: Travel Personality Quiz → An MBTI-style quiz that matches each traveler to one of 8 unique travel personalities, ensuring itineraries reflect how you like to travel. AI-Powered Itineraries → Generates customized plans based on quiz results and trip details. Activities are editable—users can delete, swap, or request alternatives. Save & Share → Users can save itineraries to their profile, like and collect friends’ plans, and share their own with the community. Real-Time Tracking → Plans adjust live: stay longer at a restaurant, hit unexpected traffic, or face delays—the itinerary recalculates automatically. Quests & Missions → Gamified challenges that encourage exploration and support small businesses (e.g., “Visit 3 local coffee shops”) while making travel more engaging.

How we built it

Frontend → Built with React and Three.js for an interactive 3D globe showing trips (personal and friends’). A clean, minimal UI houses the personality quiz, trip setup form, and itinerary editor. Backend → Manages user authentication, stores profiles, and powers quiz + itinerary generation. Personalized itineraries are built by weighting preferences, constraints, and real-time updates. Integration → Features like plan saving, sharing, and real-time adjustments were designed to work seamlessly across devices, making the trip accessible anywhere.

Challenges we ran into

Designing a quiz that feels fun but still informative, balancing personality with practical planning. Making the itinerary adaptive in real time—synchronizing live location, delays, and preferences without breaking the flow. Managing design–development collaboration across disciplines (CS + Industrial Design) to translate sketches and ideas into functional UI. Choosing what to build first within hackathon constraints—prioritizing a strong V1 while leaving stretch goals (like outfit/weather recommendations) for later.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Creating a working prototype that brings together design, engineering, and user experience in just one hackathon. Building an engaging quiz + results system that makes travel planning feel personal. Implementing the interactive 3D globe, which adds both functionality and visual delight. Introducing the quest system—a unique twist that combines exploration with local business support.

What we learned

Personalization is key: users want trips tailored to them, not a generic template. Real-time data and adaptability make tools more useful in practice, not just theory. Strong collaboration across fields (frontend, backend, design) leads to a richer product. Sometimes less is more: focusing on core features creates a more polished MVP.

What's next for Xplor

We see Xplor growing into a global travel platform that: Expands the quest system into a gamified ecosystem for travelers and local businesses. Adds weather-based outfit suggestions to make trips even smoother. Integrates with flight/hotel APIs for end-to-end trip booking. Builds a social layer where users can follow, share, and collaborate on travel plans.

Built With

• firebase
• openai5.0mini
• react-native
• typescript