Creating new iPhone app/Website re: HOTELS
Jan 25, 2011, 5:10 pm
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Creating new iPhone app/Website re: HOTELS
I’m a web/mobile developer who travels frequently for mostly pleasure (rarely business). As I’ve become more seasoned in travel & moved up in tax brackets I realize I am becoming more picky with how I travel. I’m ok with how I book my flights, i.e. kayak and choose my seats, i.e. seatguru, choose my restaurants, yelp/opentable/food spotting, but I’m more and more dissatisfied with my hotel experiences. For example, I recently booked a winter get away at The Ritz Carlton/Lake Tahoe and just assumed with a hotel of this magnitude I shouldn’t have to worry about certain things. I was wrong. This is becoming more and more the trend with me it seems.
So I guess my question is, “is anyone else out there experiencing a serious pain point with regards to hotels (online or in physical hotel) that you would like to see fixed?” In other words, what are your pain points if anything? I just want to know before I start building a mobile app/website if I’m just too much of a diva or if others are experiencing a need as well?
So I guess my question is, “is anyone else out there experiencing a serious pain point with regards to hotels (online or in physical hotel) that you would like to see fixed?” In other words, what are your pain points if anything? I just want to know before I start building a mobile app/website if I’m just too much of a diva or if others are experiencing a need as well?
Jan 25, 2011, 5:43 pm
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OK, I've got one.
I have a heck of a time finding "junior suites" suitable for three adults on hotel websites. Even in hotels that have such facilities, I really have to dig to find them.
My husband and I like to travel with a single male friend. Years ago, we would book two rooms and try to get connecting rooms. Some years back, we ended up in a "junior suite" and really liked it.
The typical junior suite has a king or queen bed in one area, then a pull-out sofa bed in a semi-separate sitting room. That suits our needs just great. We pay a bit more for one room, but not for two separate rooms.
I would really like a fast and easy way to identify hotels with junior suite type rooms, suitable for three adults.
We like junior suites so much that even when my husband and I travel without our friend, we still seek them out. It's nice to have a semi-separated area if one wants to read and the other wants to sleep.
I have a heck of a time finding "junior suites" suitable for three adults on hotel websites. Even in hotels that have such facilities, I really have to dig to find them.
My husband and I like to travel with a single male friend. Years ago, we would book two rooms and try to get connecting rooms. Some years back, we ended up in a "junior suite" and really liked it.
The typical junior suite has a king or queen bed in one area, then a pull-out sofa bed in a semi-separate sitting room. That suits our needs just great. We pay a bit more for one room, but not for two separate rooms.
I would really like a fast and easy way to identify hotels with junior suite type rooms, suitable for three adults.
We like junior suites so much that even when my husband and I travel without our friend, we still seek them out. It's nice to have a semi-separated area if one wants to read and the other wants to sleep.
Jan 25, 2011, 7:03 pm
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Room categories are not the same even in hotels within the same chain. I would like to see an app that categorizes by square feet and view, as well as package, instead of name.. at least build an app that can reorganize to such a list.