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New.to ā Find everything you can do in your destination
New.to was built from the frustration of limited results on other travel platforms. New.to aims to be a one-stop shop for everything you can do in your destination. From live-events, to places to stay, and top-tier local experiences, you can find it all here.
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@jaumeros @jaume_ros2 This looks great! Really useful with all the possible services available. Congratulations on the launch. Just curious about how you are planning to expand the database at scale?
@jaumeros @porush_puri Thanks Porush for the constant support! Honestly not too sure as of just yet. I'm trying to simplify as much as possible adding new data, which would help me scale the database quicker, so theres a few things that are just API calls which will be quick. But there's a lot of data that I have to scrape so well see how that works. Any suggestions?
@jaumeros @porush_puri @jaume_ros2, It sounds liek you already have this approach but regardless I wanted to share what I would do. I would run all of it as a set of templates filled out through API calls or by data scraping. Don't host the information anywhere instead whatever the user searches or clicks on becomes the input for the API calls. If the user wants "France" then you API call all the best places to eat in "France" best hotels in "France".... If they want "Vilanova" you pass vilanova on as the attribute. This way you can search at the country region city or municipality level, not have to host anything and always have the most up date content. Main issue though is you dont have anything for google to recognize and SEO rank you as it would be constructed live for every client, unless you save the data every so often just so google can rank you.
Quick feedback: I might include the search text field in the top nav so it's easier to access. This is the first thing I looked for when visiting the site.
Does New.to also provides recommendations about local culture, i.e. how to easier integrate with the local society, even for a short term or holiday?
@igorpavlov This is a great question. My initial thought was to add local meetups so that if you'd like to integrate and meet people then you can. I also added in airbnb experiences which are usually led by a local. That's definitely not enough, but i think its a solid start. Do you have any ideas about how I could go about doing that?
@jaume_ros2 Honestly, not sure, but I think this is how AirBnB became so popular because it made you closer to locals, so if you find a way to gain information on how to get best local experience (you know, stay away from touristic places and dive into the real culture), that may be a killer feature. I would call it "hidden gems" feature and try to make it very premium, so it is not exposed to many people, also suggest NOT to share via social media to keep them hidden as they are.
Super resourceful travel site. Really useful for seeing at a glance the things to do in a city! Hope you expand to more countries soon. Great idea!
Amazing site. There isn't really a place for it all, great idea and implementation
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