Topic: [ANN][ICO]🌟🌟Smart Trip Platform - for travelers and travel businesses🌟🌟 - page 12. (Read 24372 times)
May 17, 2018, 03:16:57 PM
I reviewed this project, and I like it! Just don't really understand how TripChat works on platform...
May 17, 2018, 05:21:57 AM
A wonderful concept. The guide will detail every action needed, providing various options for events. With this service, traveling can become more exciting. Since this is very similar to the passage of the quest, which gives the traveler a share of adventures.
May 16, 2018, 04:54:14 PM
I wish to join Smart Trip Platform bounty on blog campaign as this project is a special interest to me as one that loves travelling.
May 14, 2018, 11:31:11 AM
Resolving conflicts intelligently on Smart Trip Platform
We are building much more than a travel booking platform — we are building a living, dynamic community that can expand and evolve on its own. In the Smart Trip Platform ecosystem, travelers will be able to make new friends, find travel buddies, and exchange experience.
https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/resolving-conflicts-intelligently-on-smart-trip-platform-2491fb6c5da1
We are building much more than a travel booking platform — we are building a living, dynamic community that can expand and evolve on its own. In the Smart Trip Platform ecosystem, travelers will be able to make new friends, find travel buddies, and exchange experience.
https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/resolving-conflicts-intelligently-on-smart-trip-platform-2491fb6c5da1
May 11, 2018, 07:16:28 PM
In the Cryptoworld of coins, this shall be the very first time that I shall be witnessing A travelling and Tour project which shall actually connects Travelers together in a co habitat social manners which shall give them an unforgettable experience during their Travelling. I cherish this project. And I believe in the concepts which ginger me to try and take part in the ICO, in other for the project to record more success.
May 11, 2018, 12:05:44 PM
Machu Picchu on a budget, part 2 — what to see and how to get back
In our previous installment, we gave you tried and true advice on how to get to Machu Picchu for $20. In this post, Smart Trip Platform brings you even more practical information about the legendary site and what to see (or not to see) there.
If you have followed our recommendations and arrived in Machu Picchu village on foot walking along the tracks, then simply keep following the river to the town center, and soon you will see a ticket booth for the bus that brings tourists to the ruins. When we were last at MP, the ticket price was $11 one way. The alternative is to walk: there is a trail (with a lot of stairs) through the jungle straight to the ruins, which takes about an hour and a half to walk from town. It is steep, and the air is very humid; if you are really, really on a tight budget, then this is a an option, but we advise you to ride the bus up… and walk down after you visit.
Buy your bus ticket (one way) once you arrive in MP village, don’t leave it till next morning! Then have a good rest, perhaps at the hot springs at the northern edge of town (they bring you beer and other drinks straight to the pool!) and go to bed early. Your hotel receptionist might tell you that it’s ok to go out at 4:30 am to take the first bus, which leaves at 5:30: don’t believe it, you will find a huge queue at that time already. Go out at 3:30 or at 4 am the latest. There will already be some snack bars open, so you will get a coffee, and most hotels and guesthouses proved packed breakfast. Once the buses start going, they leave every 5 minutes, so the queue moves rapidly.
If you want to save time and move on the same day (which we advise), then take all your stuff with you (we’ve said it in our previous post, but we’ll repeat: most of your things should remain in Cuzco, Ollantaytambo, or wherever it is that you stay before MP). There is a cheap luggage storage service at the ruins, both before and after the ticket control.
When visiting Machu Picchu, you have a choice between several types of tickets: just the site, the site plus Huayna Picchu (the iconic mountain you see in all the photos), and the site plus Machu Picchu Mountain — it’s a much higher mountain on the other side of the ruins, in the direction of the Sun Gate, where the Inca Trail ends. If you want to climb Huayna Picchu, you absolutely have to buy your ticket in advance, since the number of places each day is limited. However, Huayna Picchu is directly above the ruins, so the view is actually not that tremendous; plus, you cannot see the fantastic mountain itself, of course. Machu Picchu Mountain is a better choice, though the hike is longer (there are stairs all the way, but you still need to be in reasonable shape). Take collapsible hiking poles and hide them in your backpack until you are on the trail.
Machu Picchu Mountain can be hiked in two shifts. Till 10 am it is usually completely covered in mist, so it is better that you climb in the second shift and prepare to wait. To make sure you don’t waste any time, see as much of the site before you start climbing. Believe us, it doesn’t take too much time! In fact, the fantastic location and the mystery aside, the actual ruins of Machu Picchu are far less impressive than those at Pisac, Tipon, or Ollantaytambo. There are mostly ruined houses, and if the majestic Huayna Picchu was not there to add drama to the view, the site would lose much of its appeal. It looks fantastic from the Watchman’s Hut and from the mountain, but close up it is… well, go and see for yourself.
Once you have seen the ruins and climbed down from the mountain, there is no reason to linger: get your stuff from the storage, locate the trail to go down (obvious stairs on your left as you exit, heading down into the jungle), and descend. You will not have to pass through the town — that’s why you should have all your stuff with you. Walking down to the railway tracks takes an hour or so. Then you will need to retrace your steps along the tracks to Hidroelectrica, where you will find lots of colectivos waiting for tourists; they start leaving around 2 pm, but don’t believe if the driver says he is leaving “right now”. Buy snacks and water and prepare to wait.
If you started from Cuzco, then it makes sense to only go as far as Ollantaytambo on the way back: this way you can make your way to Cuzco in a couple of days, visiting ruins along the way. If you start from Hidroelectrica around 3 pm, by 7 pm you will be in Ollanta, with plenty of time to rest and eat. https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/machu-picchu-on-a-budget-part-2-what-to-see-and-how-to-get-back-37d2f7fb2691
In our previous installment, we gave you tried and true advice on how to get to Machu Picchu for $20. In this post, Smart Trip Platform brings you even more practical information about the legendary site and what to see (or not to see) there.
If you have followed our recommendations and arrived in Machu Picchu village on foot walking along the tracks, then simply keep following the river to the town center, and soon you will see a ticket booth for the bus that brings tourists to the ruins. When we were last at MP, the ticket price was $11 one way. The alternative is to walk: there is a trail (with a lot of stairs) through the jungle straight to the ruins, which takes about an hour and a half to walk from town. It is steep, and the air is very humid; if you are really, really on a tight budget, then this is a an option, but we advise you to ride the bus up… and walk down after you visit.
Buy your bus ticket (one way) once you arrive in MP village, don’t leave it till next morning! Then have a good rest, perhaps at the hot springs at the northern edge of town (they bring you beer and other drinks straight to the pool!) and go to bed early. Your hotel receptionist might tell you that it’s ok to go out at 4:30 am to take the first bus, which leaves at 5:30: don’t believe it, you will find a huge queue at that time already. Go out at 3:30 or at 4 am the latest. There will already be some snack bars open, so you will get a coffee, and most hotels and guesthouses proved packed breakfast. Once the buses start going, they leave every 5 minutes, so the queue moves rapidly.
If you want to save time and move on the same day (which we advise), then take all your stuff with you (we’ve said it in our previous post, but we’ll repeat: most of your things should remain in Cuzco, Ollantaytambo, or wherever it is that you stay before MP). There is a cheap luggage storage service at the ruins, both before and after the ticket control.
When visiting Machu Picchu, you have a choice between several types of tickets: just the site, the site plus Huayna Picchu (the iconic mountain you see in all the photos), and the site plus Machu Picchu Mountain — it’s a much higher mountain on the other side of the ruins, in the direction of the Sun Gate, where the Inca Trail ends. If you want to climb Huayna Picchu, you absolutely have to buy your ticket in advance, since the number of places each day is limited. However, Huayna Picchu is directly above the ruins, so the view is actually not that tremendous; plus, you cannot see the fantastic mountain itself, of course. Machu Picchu Mountain is a better choice, though the hike is longer (there are stairs all the way, but you still need to be in reasonable shape). Take collapsible hiking poles and hide them in your backpack until you are on the trail.
Machu Picchu Mountain can be hiked in two shifts. Till 10 am it is usually completely covered in mist, so it is better that you climb in the second shift and prepare to wait. To make sure you don’t waste any time, see as much of the site before you start climbing. Believe us, it doesn’t take too much time! In fact, the fantastic location and the mystery aside, the actual ruins of Machu Picchu are far less impressive than those at Pisac, Tipon, or Ollantaytambo. There are mostly ruined houses, and if the majestic Huayna Picchu was not there to add drama to the view, the site would lose much of its appeal. It looks fantastic from the Watchman’s Hut and from the mountain, but close up it is… well, go and see for yourself.
Once you have seen the ruins and climbed down from the mountain, there is no reason to linger: get your stuff from the storage, locate the trail to go down (obvious stairs on your left as you exit, heading down into the jungle), and descend. You will not have to pass through the town — that’s why you should have all your stuff with you. Walking down to the railway tracks takes an hour or so. Then you will need to retrace your steps along the tracks to Hidroelectrica, where you will find lots of colectivos waiting for tourists; they start leaving around 2 pm, but don’t believe if the driver says he is leaving “right now”. Buy snacks and water and prepare to wait.
If you started from Cuzco, then it makes sense to only go as far as Ollantaytambo on the way back: this way you can make your way to Cuzco in a couple of days, visiting ruins along the way. If you start from Hidroelectrica around 3 pm, by 7 pm you will be in Ollanta, with plenty of time to rest and eat. https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/machu-picchu-on-a-budget-part-2-what-to-see-and-how-to-get-back-37d2f7fb2691
May 11, 2018, 07:42:11 AM
And indeed, thanks to the technology of the block chain, we were able to monetize the work of users of services. What gives a weighty advantage over other services of this topic. And this improves the quality of information on the service. Of course, only the pluses. But as it were there, in only one day the popularity can not be won.
May 10, 2018, 11:19:26 AM
Discover the world with Smart Trip Platform — and plan better trips
Booking trips and tours is all well and good when you know exactly where you want to go and what you prefer to see. But what if you need a little inspiration to choose? What if your itinerary is still not quite formed, and the attractions of a country are definitely too many for just one trip? Smart Trip Platform can help you solve the problem thanks to its amazing Discover section.
While our focus is definitely on offering the largest possible variety of travel services at the most competitive prices, we are also going to take care of trip planning and inspiration. To do that, we will introduce a decentralized travel guide module created by users — we have named it Discover. You probably know about Wikitravel and Wikivoyage already, and many of you probably use Tripadvisor to get opinions on what is worth seeing and what is not. We will have similar functionality on our platform, the main difference being that users will be rewarded for their creative activity and input.
What do Wikitravel users get in exchange for creating and editing pages about cities and attractions? Nothing! That is why tons of pages on this site are simple stumps, with the most basic information about a place. You have to be a particular kind of person to spend your time expanding or updating information on a Wikitravel page knowing that you will not be paid and nobody will know your name. We find it inefficient and unfair.
Here is a case scenario to make our idea clear. Imagine you’ve just been to Sri Lanka, visiting national parks with their amazing wildlife and ruins — all by public transport. Your memories of prices and transportation are still fresh, so you decide to earn a good bonus and increase your rating by sharing your experience. You visit and edit pages in the Discover section, such as Yala NP and Sinharaja rainforest, filling in some details on current costs, whom to contact, and how often buses go. Your effort is rewarded with activity points, that increase your rating. Of course, we will have a system in place to prevent abuse — such as people adding nonsensical text in order to get rating points: all texts will need to pass moderation, which will also be decentralized.
If, on the other hand, you use Discover pages to plan your trip, and you find a particular page very helpful, you can put your Like on it, and every author who worked on a page will automatically get a rating point. This way, the authors’ efforts will keep bearing fruit as long as other users read pages created by them!
Each Discover page will include background information on history and culture, details on how to get to a place, moving around, where to eat and sleep, common scams and annoyances, entry fees and opening times… The page will also be linked to user reviews of the attraction, giving you the best tools for evaluating it. Each attraction will be supplied with a range of tags, so that if your interest is birdwatching, for example, you will be able to run a search in the Sri Lanka section looking just for places of interest to birdwatchers.
Of course, even with a wealth of detailed information pages building a complete itinerary can be hard — that is why we will give our users a fantastic possibility to share their itineraries with others! If instead (or in addition to) editing pages about places you visited in Sri Lanka you will also write down your whole itinerary — including transportation details and all the practicalities — and make it available to other users on the platform, you will get not only rating points, but also loyalty points each time your itinerary is used. This way, you can increase your status and unlock additional discounts faster!
If you have any suggestions on further improving our Discovery section, share them with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/STplatform/ and Telegram t.me/st_platform! And of course, remember that the Smart Trip Platform token presale is in progress — join now at smarttripplatform.io and get a fantastic 20% discount.
https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/discover-the-world-with-smart-trip-platform-and-plan-better-trips-7460d4bbce45
May 10, 2018, 12:42:10 AM
I like this idea, it's very unusual. I think the project will be successful, I will participate.
May 09, 2018, 09:43:21 PM
the concept of this project is particularly suited to win this right now where a lot of people are fond of traveling to find attractions that are viral, and I believe that this project is going to get a positive reception from investors.
May 08, 2018, 11:50:11 AM
I'm big into travelling and all I can say is that I'm very excited about this project, because the tourism industry is in need of some serious adjustments, especially when it comes to Eastern European countries like Montenegro and the like.
May 07, 2018, 10:28:07 PM
good idea and in line with the development of a better travel service, I have an insight into this concept that everyone will be enthusiastic about the idea of this project that gives satisfaction to the services of tourists, and hopefully his dev is committed to all delivered based on the idea so that satisfaction achieved in every line of investors, customers and participants
I think that this will not greatly affect the quality of the tourist service, at least in the near future. But we can get, which is very important, a reliable opinion about a particular place or service.
May 03, 2018, 06:52:36 AM
good idea and in line with the development of a better travel service, I have an insight into this concept that everyone will be enthusiastic about the idea of this project that gives satisfaction to the services of tourists, and hopefully his dev is committed to all delivered based on the idea so that satisfaction achieved in every line of investors, customers and participants
I think that this will not greatly affect the quality of the tourist service, at least in the near future. But we can get, which is very important, a reliable opinion about a particular place or service. 
May 02, 2018, 11:34:33 AM
Best-ever way to get travel advice: chat rooms on Smart Trip Platform
What do Smart Trip Platform and the history of human civilization have in common? Our civilization is built on collective learning, on our ability to transmit and share useful information. Each new generation did not have to learn and invent everything anew — they could use the knowledge accumulated by those who came before them. And this works for travel, too!
When we read guidebooks or travel websites, we draw on information collected by someone who visited the same destination before us. However, Smart Trip Platform will take this idea to the next level thanks to our chat rooms.
The concept of chat rooms is not new, of course, but we will be the first travel tech startup to have them. We see chat rooms as both a fantastic way to generate crowd wisdom and share experience. And to add to chatrooms’ practical usefulness, Smart Trip Platform users will be rewarded for moderating and giving valuable insight!
Imagine: you are an expert on some famous national park — Pantanal swamps in Brazil, for example. Or a city, a country, a particular attraction… So, to share your knowledge and earn some rating points in the process, you create a chat room in South America — Brazil section and you name it Pantanal. Those travelers who plan to visit Pantanal (one of the best places on the planet to see jaguars in the wild, by the way) check if there is a chat room on the topic — and sure enough, they find it.
You will start getting questions like, “How much does it cost to rent a motorboat for a day?”, “Which part of the reserve is best for jaguars?” and “What is the cheapest lodge?” As you reply, users will thank you with Likes, increasing your rating on the platform. Soon, other users who have already visited Pantanal will join you in answering questions.
Sure enough, some trolls or spammers may eventually appear, but as the chat room moderator, you will block them. The fact that you moderate a chat room will bring you some additional rating points every month, making you eligible for discounts and special offers for high-rated members.
What about all the useful information that appears in the chat room? Will it simply be gone, erased after a while? Of course not. First of all, chat history will be stored. Second of all, every important bit of information, every update and address and bus schedule will need to be copied into the Pantanal page in the Discovery section of the platform — our detailed travel guide. This editing can be done by you or other users (for example, those who acquire this info first-hand, by traveling to Pantanal), and whoever makes a useful addition to the travel guide page will be rewarded by rating points.
You see, while free online travel guides exist (Wikitravel and Wikivoyage, for example), they do not reward their authors, which means that many travelers have no motivation to add information. Smart Trip Platform will integrate its collective learning tools with its travel services system in a creative, seamless way: travel and learn, share your knowledge with others, earn discounts and other perks that help you travel even cheaper!
Chat rooms can also be a great tool for travel business to promote their services. If you own a lodge in the Pantanal and earn yourself a reputation of a real expert on the place, then tourists will more likely choose one of your travel packages. What’s more, businesses will have the option to place ads in chat room windows, pinning them at the top — in bright red letters, for example — or in the form of banners. The amount of advertising in chat rooms will be strictly controlled, so as not to make it intrusive and annoying, but it will definitely bring great visibility to travel firms.
Of course, chat rooms can be created not only for particular locations, but for events, too. The famous tomato-throwing festival La Tomatina in Spain or Holi in India are great examples — there is much one needs to learn to plan a trip focused on a specific event! What’s more, in such a chat room you can meet other travelers going to the same event, make friends and travel together! This also applies to group tours: imagine you booked a multi-day guided trip in the Pamir mountains, for example, and there are ten other people going on the same trip.
The tour organizer will create a private chat room just for the tour participants, where you can meet and get to know your future travel companions instead of exchanging emails individually or simply meeting them for the first time at the start of the tour. Isn’t it a neat idea?
What are your thoughts about our chat room concept? Can you think of any potential issues or provide useful examples? If yes, please do so in the comments — here, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/STplatform/ and Telegram t.me/st_platform! And of course, remember: Smart Trip Platform token presale is in full swing, and you can still get an amazing discount on our TASH tokens at smarttripplatform.io.
https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/best-ever-way-to-get-travel-advice-chat-rooms-on-smart-trip-platform-baaddae0c3a0
What do Smart Trip Platform and the history of human civilization have in common? Our civilization is built on collective learning, on our ability to transmit and share useful information. Each new generation did not have to learn and invent everything anew — they could use the knowledge accumulated by those who came before them. And this works for travel, too!
When we read guidebooks or travel websites, we draw on information collected by someone who visited the same destination before us. However, Smart Trip Platform will take this idea to the next level thanks to our chat rooms.
The concept of chat rooms is not new, of course, but we will be the first travel tech startup to have them. We see chat rooms as both a fantastic way to generate crowd wisdom and share experience. And to add to chatrooms’ practical usefulness, Smart Trip Platform users will be rewarded for moderating and giving valuable insight!
Imagine: you are an expert on some famous national park — Pantanal swamps in Brazil, for example. Or a city, a country, a particular attraction… So, to share your knowledge and earn some rating points in the process, you create a chat room in South America — Brazil section and you name it Pantanal. Those travelers who plan to visit Pantanal (one of the best places on the planet to see jaguars in the wild, by the way) check if there is a chat room on the topic — and sure enough, they find it.
You will start getting questions like, “How much does it cost to rent a motorboat for a day?”, “Which part of the reserve is best for jaguars?” and “What is the cheapest lodge?” As you reply, users will thank you with Likes, increasing your rating on the platform. Soon, other users who have already visited Pantanal will join you in answering questions.
Sure enough, some trolls or spammers may eventually appear, but as the chat room moderator, you will block them. The fact that you moderate a chat room will bring you some additional rating points every month, making you eligible for discounts and special offers for high-rated members.
What about all the useful information that appears in the chat room? Will it simply be gone, erased after a while? Of course not. First of all, chat history will be stored. Second of all, every important bit of information, every update and address and bus schedule will need to be copied into the Pantanal page in the Discovery section of the platform — our detailed travel guide. This editing can be done by you or other users (for example, those who acquire this info first-hand, by traveling to Pantanal), and whoever makes a useful addition to the travel guide page will be rewarded by rating points.
You see, while free online travel guides exist (Wikitravel and Wikivoyage, for example), they do not reward their authors, which means that many travelers have no motivation to add information. Smart Trip Platform will integrate its collective learning tools with its travel services system in a creative, seamless way: travel and learn, share your knowledge with others, earn discounts and other perks that help you travel even cheaper!
Chat rooms can also be a great tool for travel business to promote their services. If you own a lodge in the Pantanal and earn yourself a reputation of a real expert on the place, then tourists will more likely choose one of your travel packages. What’s more, businesses will have the option to place ads in chat room windows, pinning them at the top — in bright red letters, for example — or in the form of banners. The amount of advertising in chat rooms will be strictly controlled, so as not to make it intrusive and annoying, but it will definitely bring great visibility to travel firms.
Of course, chat rooms can be created not only for particular locations, but for events, too. The famous tomato-throwing festival La Tomatina in Spain or Holi in India are great examples — there is much one needs to learn to plan a trip focused on a specific event! What’s more, in such a chat room you can meet other travelers going to the same event, make friends and travel together! This also applies to group tours: imagine you booked a multi-day guided trip in the Pamir mountains, for example, and there are ten other people going on the same trip.
The tour organizer will create a private chat room just for the tour participants, where you can meet and get to know your future travel companions instead of exchanging emails individually or simply meeting them for the first time at the start of the tour. Isn’t it a neat idea?
What are your thoughts about our chat room concept? Can you think of any potential issues or provide useful examples? If yes, please do so in the comments — here, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/STplatform/ and Telegram t.me/st_platform! And of course, remember: Smart Trip Platform token presale is in full swing, and you can still get an amazing discount on our TASH tokens at smarttripplatform.io.
https://medium.com/@smarttripplatform/best-ever-way-to-get-travel-advice-chat-rooms-on-smart-trip-platform-baaddae0c3a0
May 02, 2018, 10:34:59 AM
Chats between travelers and travel businesses are great, but Smart Trip Platform will have something even cooler – chat rooms!
Our chat rooms will be the best place to ask for advice. How will they work?
Read in our blog! https://[Suspicious link removed]/2rdiX70
Our chat rooms will be the best place to ask for advice. How will they work?
Read in our blog! https://[Suspicious link removed]/2rdiX70
May 01, 2018, 09:45:22 PM
good idea and in line with the development of a better travel service, I have an insight into this concept that everyone will be enthusiastic about the idea of this project that gives satisfaction to the services of tourists, and hopefully his dev is committed to all delivered based on the idea so that satisfaction achieved in every line of investors, customers and participants
April 30, 2018, 04:40:23 PM
If you manage to realize what is planned, Smart Trip will be a leader in tourism and recreation. Since I have not yet seen such projects. You can easily create a competition such as booking.com. The main - implementation, as well as the correct marketing.
Yes, the idea of the project is really tempting. I think that realizing this in life, this is a "stone of accent", this project. Integration and synchronous work, convenient and useful service, can quickly, become popular. April 29, 2018, 01:22:13 PM
For the facebook bounty, when does a new week start
April 28, 2018, 03:52:15 AM
If you manage to realize what is planned, Smart Trip will be a leader in tourism and recreation. Since I have not yet seen such projects. You can easily create a competition such as booking.com. The main - implementation, as well as the correct marketing.
April 27, 2018, 04:30:54 AM
This project is so great!!
Good luck!!
Good luck!!
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